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Charges presented in Peru's deadly Amazon clash

A Peruvian government prosecutor presented homicide charges against two police generals and 15 other officers for a June government crackdown at an Amazon highway blockade manned by Indians protesting development on their ancestral lands.

Plane carrying Peru's president makes emergency landing

A plane carrying Peru's President Alan Garcia to Ecuador had to make an emergency landing in the city of Chiclayo in northern Peru on Monday, a presidential press official told AFP.

Peru backs Colombia in allowing US Military Forces to use Colombian Bases

LIMA, PERU: President Alan Garcia of Peru met with Colombia's President for more than an hour Tuesday.

Jail and trial are next for wounded Peru Indians

Santiago Manuin is lucky to be alive. On June 5, the Awajun Indian leader was hit by at least four bullets when police broke up a protest by Indians over government plans for large-scale economic development of their ancestral lands in the Amazon.

Peru: Cold Temperatures Continue in Puno

In Peru, the freezing temperatures in the southern region of Puno have been causing more deaths.

Peru OKs Canada trade deal; to take effect Sat.

LIMA, Peru - The Peruvian government has ratified a trade pact with Canada and says it will take effect Saturday.

Magnitude 5 earthquake shakes southern Peru

An earthquake of magnitude 5 shook Monday the city of Pisco in Ica department, south of Peruvian capital Lima, causing fear among local inhabitants.

Peruvian rebels suspected in attack that kills five

LIMA, Peru a " Peruvian authorities say attackers believed to be Shining Path rebels killed three police officers and two women in an assault on a remote police post in a coca-growing region.Police Maj.

Peru OKs Canada trade deal; to take effect Sat.

LIMA, Peru - The Peruvian government has ratified a trade pact with Canada and says it will take effect Saturday.

17 killed in Peru bus accident

Lima - A bus flipped over and plunged into a ravine on Friday in southern Peru, killing at least 17 people and injuring 23 others, police said.

Peruvian Independence Day Celebrations

The number of Peruvians living in Connecticut continues to grow. Music of the Andes filled Saint Joseph Cathedral in Hartford on Sunday, part of the Solemn Mass commemorating Peruvian Independence Day on July 28th, 1821.

Festival celebrates Peruvian Independence

One-hundred-eighty-eight years ago today, Peru declared its independence from Spain.

Travel Journal: Wonderful Sights Of Peru

Who doesn't like to travel? If you have the opportunity and can plan ahead to save up for the trip, Peru is a must see on your list.

Human Rabies and Rabies in Vampire and Nonvampire Bat Species, Southeastern Peru, 2007

Gabriela Salmn-Mulanovich, Alicia Vsquez, Christian Albjar, Carolina Guevara, V. Alberto Laguna-Torres, Milagros Salazar, Hernan Zamalloa, Marcia Cceres, Jorge Gmez-Benavides, Victor Pacheco, Carlos Contreras, Tadeusz Kochel, Michael Niezgoda, Felix R. Jackson, Andres Velasco-Villa, Charles Rupprecht, and Joel M. Montgomery Author affiliations: US ...

Wish you were here: Machu Picchu, Peru

My teenage sons, Adam and Max, and I traveled to Cuzco, the Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu, Peru.

Messy antiquity is good antiquity - Chachapoyas, Peru

Chachapoyas. Known locally as 'Chacha' , its a small town in the mountains of northern Peru.

50 years gazing at the sun / Solar scientist looks back at life spent in Peru following his passion

A small telescope faces a window in the single-story solar observatory of Universidad Nacional San Luis Gonzaga de Ica, which sits in the middle of a vast campus in the Peruvian town of Ica, about 300 kilometers south of Lima.

Peru's reshuffled government: Playing for time

INTRODUCING a revamped cabinet on July 11th, with seven new faces among the 16 ministers, Peru's President Alan Garca said he hoped it would be his last reshuffle before his five-year term ends in July 2011.

MSU Students Return from Peru

If you live in North Dakota, visiting a city with nearly two-million people can be a culture shock.

Ex-Peru president's embezzlement trial opens

Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori admitted he gave his one-time spy chief $15 million from government coffers, but the money was returned and no crime was committed, his attorneys said at the opening of an embezzlement trial Monday in Peru.