Water debate sparks Ecuador clashes
WEDNESDAY, MAY 05, 2010
13:11 MECCA TIME, 10:11 GMT

Thousands of indigenous Ecuadorean protesters protesting a water privatisation plan have been forcibly removed from the country's congress building. The demonstrators, armed with sticks, had entered congress on Tuesday as legislators were debating the water reform bill. They then prevented legislators from leaving the building in Quito. (cont...)