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A Pakistani man on a donkey-drawn cart passes by a burning oil trucks in Shikarpur, southern Pakistan on Friday Oct. 1, 2010. Suspected militants set ablaze at least 27 tankers carrying fuel for U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan on Friday, police said. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

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Pakistani residents walk by the still smoldering oil trucks in Shikarpur, southern Pakistan on Friday Oct. 1, 2010. Suspected militants set ablaze at least 27 tankers carrying fuel for U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan on Friday, police said. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

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A Pakistani boy look at the remains of a truck that was parked near burning oil tankers in Shikarpur, southern Pakistan on Friday Oct. 1, 2010. Suspected militants set ablaze at least 27 tankers carrying fuel for U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan on Friday, police said. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

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Pakistani policemen show bullet cases they gathered near burning oil trucks in Shikarpur, southern Pakistan on Friday Oct. 1, 2010. Suspected militants set ablaze at least 27 tankers carrying fuel for U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan on Friday, police said. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

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Pakistani flood affected residents pass by the still smoldering oil trucks in Shikarpur, southern Pakistan on Friday Oct. 1, 2010. Suspected militants set ablaze at least 27 tankers carrying fuel for U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan on Friday, police said. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

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With a gas mask on his head, Ecuador's President Rafael Correa, center, gestures as he runs away from tear gas during a protest of police officers and soldiers against a new law that cuts their benefits at a police base in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010. There were no reports of serious violence against the government, but Correa was hospitalized due to the effects of tear gas after being shouted down and pelted with water as he tried to speak with a group of police protesters. (AP Photo/Patricio Realpe)

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A police officer demonstrates next to a bonfire during a protest of police officers and soldiers against a new law that cuts their benefits at a police base in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010. Hundreds of police protesting the new law plunged the country into chaos on Thursday, shutting down airports and blocking highways in a nationwide strike. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

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Supporters of Ecuador's President Rafael Correa protest against rebellious police outside the hospital where Ecuador's President Rafael Correa is located in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday Sept. 30, 2010. The government declared a state of siege Thursday after rebellious police, angered by a law that cuts their benefits, shut down airports and blocked highways in a nationwide strike. (AP Photo/Patricio Realpe)

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Ecuador's President Rafael Correa, right, speaks to a demonstrator during a protest of police officers and soldiers against a new law that cuts their benefits at a police base in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010. Hundreds of police protesting the new law plunged the country into chaos on Thursday, shutting down airports and blocking highways in a nationwide strike. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

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Supporters of Ecuador's President Rafael Correa, carrying a poster of Correa, protest against rebellious police outside the hospital where Correa is located in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday Sept. 30, 2010. The government declared a state of siege Thursday after rebellious police, angered by a law that cuts their benefits, shut down airports and blocked highways in a nationwide strike. (AP Photo/Patricio Realpe)

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Soldiers guard the government palace in Quito, Ecuador, Friday, Oct. 1, 2010. Ecuador is under a state of siege, with the military in charge of public order, after soldiers rescued Ecuador's President Rafael Correa from a hospital where he'd been surrounded by police who roughed him up and tear-gassed him earlier. The banner reads in Spanish "The revolution of the citizens is running." (AP Photo/Patricio Realpe)

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Burning tires and a gate block the entrance to a police base in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday Sept. 30, 2010. The government declared a state of siege Thursday after rebellious police, angered by a law that cuts their benefits, shut down airports and blocked highways in a nationwide strike. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

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Protesting police burn tires at the entrance of their police base in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday Sept. 30, 2010. The government declared a state of siege Thursday after rebellious police, angered by a law that cuts their benefits, shut down airports and blocked highways in a nationwide strike. (AP Photo/Patricio Realpe)

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A presidential guard, third from left, is taken away by protesting police outside the hospital where Ecuador's President Rafael Correa is located in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday Sept. 30, 2010. The government declared a state of siege Thursday after rebellious police angered by a law that cuts their benefits shut down airports and blocked highways in a nationwide strike. (AP Photo/Patricio Realpe)

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Ecuador's President Rafael Correa, center, covers his head as he runs away from tear gas during a protest of police officers and soldiers against a new law that cuts their benefits at a police base in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010. There were no reports of serious violence against the government, but Correa was hospitalized due to the effects of tear gas after being shouted down and pelted with water as he tried to speak with a group of police protesters. (AP Photo/Patricio Realpe)

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Ecuador's President Rafael Correa, center, wearing a gas mask, is caught in the middle of a police protest at a police base in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday Sept. 30, 2010. The government declared a state of siege Thursday after rebellious police, angered by a law that cuts their benefits, shut down airports and blocked highways in a nationwide strike. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

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Ecuador's President Rafael Correa, sitting in a wheelchair and wearing a gas mask, is rescued from a hospital where he was holed up by protesting police in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday Sept. 30, 2010. The army rescued Correa from a hospital where he had been trapped by rebellious police for more than 12 hours while he was being treated for tear-gas fired by hundreds of police angry over a law that they claim would cut their benefits. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

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Soldiers enter the police hospital where Ecuador's President Rafael Correa is being holed up by protesting police in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday Sept. 30, 2010. The army rescued Correa from the hospital where he had been trapped by rebellious police for more than 12 hours while he was being treated for tear-gas fired by hundreds of police angry over a law that they claim would cut their benefits. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

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An injured police officer, front, lies in the emergency room at the police hospital as the body of another officer lies covered with an Ecuadorian flag in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday Sept. 30, 2010. The two officers were injured and killed apparently during protests by insurgent police angered by a new law that they claim would cut their benefits and clashes with supporters of Ecuador's President Rafael Correa. (Dolores Ochoa)

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Soldiers arrive to enter the police hospital where Ecuador's President Rafael Correa is being holed up by protesting police in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday Sept. 30, 2010. The army rescued Correa from the hospital where he had been trapped by rebellious police for more than 12 hours while he was being treated for tear-gas fired by hundreds of police angry over a law that they claim would cut their benefits. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)