Bolivian protesters shut pipeline to Argentina

Protesters shut down a pipeline delivering Bolivian gas to Argentina last night as two rival Bolivian provinces struggled for control of a valuable natural gas field, officials said.

In a second day of violent protests, more than a thousand demonstrators in the southern border city of Yacuiba swarmed a pipeline control station owned by Transredes, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell, breaking windows and setting fire to two company cars.