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LIMA,
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Peru’s government declared an environmental state of emergency on Monday in a remote Amazon jungle region it says has been affected by years of contamination at the country’s most productive oil f...
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LIMA,
Thursday, August 2, 2012
A deep, magnitude-6.1 earthquake shook people awake in Peru’s central jungle region early Thursday and was also felt in the capital, Lima. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuri...
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Lima,
Monday, June 11, 2012
Authorities recovered late Sunday the bodies of all 14 people on board a helicopter that crashed in a mountainous region in south-eastern Peru, an official and a news report said. Thirteen...
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SANTIAGO,
June 7, 2012
There’s a new group of nations in Latin America - the Pacific Alliance, uniting Mexico, Colombia, Peru and Chile. Presidents of the four nations formally launched the economic integratio...
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LIMA,
January 29, 2012
Doctors in Peru have found a “parasitic twin” in the stomach of a 3-year-old boy, and plan to surgically remove the tissue on Monday. Dr. Carlos Astocondor of the medical team at Las Merced...
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LIMA,
October 29, 2011
A magnitude-6.9 earthquake centred off Peru’s central coast sent people running panicked into the streets Friday in cities badly damaged by a killer quake four years earlier. There were no reports...
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BUENOS AIRES,
July 10, 2011
While favourites Argentina and Brazil struggle for form, Chile and Peru are awakening from years of slumber at the Copa America football after moving closer to the quarterfinals on Friday.
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LIMA, Peru,
June 8, 2011
The U.S. Geological Survey’s posted an initial magnitude of 6.0 for the Tuesday night quake on its website. It put the location at 81 miles (130 kilometres) northeast of Tacna, a sparsely populated region.
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LIMA,
June 5, 2011
Left-wing nationalist Ollanta Humala and his right-wing rival Keiko Fujimori were neck-and-neck in the battle for Peru's presidency, according to polls released 48 hours before Sunday's vote...
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LIMA,
April 10, 2011
Peruvians began voting for President on Sunday, with leftist ex-soldier Ollanta Humala a clear favourite amid widespread uncertainty over his probable rival for a second round in June.
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Lima,
October 3, 2010
A small plane carrying tourists on a sightseeing flight crashed in Peru on Saturday, killing all six people on board.
The propeller plane operated by Air Nasca was carrying four Britis...
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Kancheepuram (TN),
June 7, 2010
Attracted by the teachings of Adi Sankara, a Peruvian envoy in India has decided to undertake research on the eighth century philosopher of Vedanta at a university run by the Kanchi Kamakoti Trust...
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MELBOURNE,
May 6, 2010
India figures among the world’s worst 10 countries causing environmental damage, according to a new study which lists Brazil as the most polluting country.The research led by professor...
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May 31, 2012
More than a decade after the guerilla movement in Peru largely ceased, the rebels' attempt to move into politics has reopened a searing national debate
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Lima,
January 29, 2012
A fire swept through a two-story private rehabilitation centre for addicts in Peru’s capital, killing at least 26 people as firefighters punched holes through walls to rescue residents locked insi...
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September 24, 2011
As a teenager, I was captivated by the Tintin comic series created by Herge. The fascinating element about these adventures was the writer's weaving of factual and fictional lands in adding depth...
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LIMA, Peru,
June 25, 2011
The bloodshed occurred when police turned back protesters who tried to take over an airport near the city of Juliaca in Puno state, an area they have paralyzed with road blockades since May 9 in a bid to cancel the Santa Ana mine as well as a proposed hydroelectric project on the Inambari river.
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Washington,
June 6, 2011
Ollanta Humala (48), a former Army officer and firebrand Leftwing candidate in Peru's presidential election, has snatched a razor-thin victory over Keiko Fujimori (36), daughter of the disgr...
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April 13, 2011
The Peruvian presidential election has shown what ordinary people, given voice by imaginative political leadership, can achieve in a democratic polity. With the incumbent, Alan García Pérez,...
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November 8, 2010
Peru's government formally asked U.S. President Barack Obama on November 2 to assist Peruvian efforts to get Yale University to return thousands of artefacts taken from the Inca citadel of M...
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LIMA,
September 22, 2010
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 was reported near central Peru’s coast.The U.S. Geological Survey says the temblor hit at 3 a.m. (0800 GMT) on Wednesday about 10 mil...
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Lima,
May 24, 2010
Seismologists say a 5.9-magnitude earthquake has shaken southern Peru. There are no immediate reports of injuries or damage.
The U.S. Geological Survey says the temblor struck at 5.46...
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April 29, 2010
India needs to reflect on the lessons from Peru's murderous Maoist war, which claimed 70,000 lives.
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