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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Lima</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:05:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Peruvian teen found alive four days after mudslide</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:05:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LIMA - A teenager was rescued Sunday by police combing through the rubble of his house, which was hit by a mudslide four days ago in Ayacucho city in southeastern Peru, officials said.

The teenager was found while officers were removing rubble from the house in Ayacucho&#8217;s Pueblo Libre section, police spokesman Miguel Guerrero told CPN .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/peruvian-teen-found-alive-four-days-after-mudslide-246687/">Original article &nbsp;: Peruvian teen found alive four days after mudslide</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Archaeologists may have found temple of Peruvian mythical ruler</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:37:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LIMA - Archaeologists of the Bruning Museum in Lambayeque, Peru, have discovered, next to the Huaca Chornancap pyramid, what is thought to be the sacred temple of Naylamp, a supposedly mythical ruler that according to oral legend was the founder of the post-Moche Lambayeque civilization.

According to a report in en Peru, it took eight months ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/archaeologists-may-have-found-temple-of-peruvian-mythical-ruler-240883/">Read : Archaeologists may have found temple of Peruvian mythical ruler</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Peru president denies extrajudicial police killings, says some truth to fat-stealing claim</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:14:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Whalen</dc:creator>
		
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Peru&#8217;s fat hangover: Garcia denies police killings

LIMA, Peru — Peruvian President Alan Garcia denied Thursday that his government invented a tale about murderous fat-thieves to distract from allegations of police death squad killings, saying the claim was fundamentally true even if it became exaggerated.
Garcia also rejected a recent magazine report alleging that police carried out ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/peru-president-denies-extrajudicial-police-killings-says-some-truth-to-fat-stealing-claim-240129/" title="Peru president denies extrajudicial police killings, says some truth to fat-stealing claim">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ex&#8217;s relatives haul groom out of mass Peruvian wedding, beat him in the parking lot</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:10:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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Peruvian wedding crashed by groom&#8217;s ex
LIMA, Peru — Edwin Ortiz was just about to utter &#8220;I do,&#8221; but the mother of his two children and her relatives had a different message: &#8220;Oh, no you don&#8217;t.&#8221;

One moment, the 27-year-old Peruvian was sitting happily in a large wedding hall with 17 other couples, declaring his love for .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/exs-relatives-haul-groom-out-of-mass-peruvian-wedding-beat-him-in-the-parking-lot-238928/">Source article &nbsp;: Ex&#8217;s relatives haul groom out of mass Peruvian wedding, beat him in the parking lot</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Peru dismisses chief of police investigations, media questions claim of fat-stealing murderers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Whalen</dc:creator>
		
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Peru purges police, fat-stealing claims questioned

LIMA, Peru — Peru&#8217;s police chief dismissed the head of his criminal investigations unit Tuesday amid suggestions that officers may have invented a story about a murderous gang of human fat thieves, perhaps to distract from allegations of police killings.
Police recently announced they had arrested three members of a murder ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/peru-dismisses-chief-of-police-investigations-media-questions-claim-of-fat-stealing-murderers-238378/" title="Peru dismisses chief of police investigations, media questions claim of fat-stealing murderers">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Lima apologizes to Afro-Peruvians for abuses since 16th century, says exclusion still exists</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/lima-apologizes-to-afro-peruvians-for-abuses-since-16th-century-says-exclusion-still-exists-237046/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:48:21 +0000</pubDate>
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Lima apologizes to Afro-Peruvians for abuses

LIMA, Peru — The government of Peru is apologizing to its Afro-Peruvian population for the first time for centuries of abuse, exclusion and discrimination.
An executive resolution says discrimination against black Peruvians still exists and is &#8220;a barrier for social, economic labor and educational development.&#8221;
Women&#8217;s and Social Development Minister Nidia Vilchez .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/lima-apologizes-to-afro-peruvians-for-abuses-since-16th-century-says-exclusion-still-exists-237046/">Lima apologizes to Afro-Peruvians for abuses since 16th century, says exclusion still exists</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Peruvian killers suspected of selling human fat for beauty products</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/peruvian-killers-suspected-of-selling-human-fat-for-beauty-products-233403/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:03:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DPA</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LIMA - A Peruvian criminal gang is suspected of killing dozens of peasants in order to sell their tissue for use in beauty products, local media reported overnight.

Four suspected members of a gang known as Los Pishtacos - a word referring to a devil who kills to take the fat of his victims - have .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/peruvian-killers-suspected-of-selling-human-fat-for-beauty-products-233403/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Peruvian police says gang killed people for their fat, allegedly for use in cosmetics</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/peruvian-police-says-gang-killed-people-for-their-fat-allegedly-for-use-in-cosmetics-233020/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:38:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Whalen</dc:creator>
		
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Peruvian police: Gang killed people for their fat

LIMA, Peru — Police say a gang in the Peruvian jungle has been killing people and draining fat from the corpses to sell on the black market for use in cosmetics, although medical experts say they doubt a major market for fat exists.
Three suspects confessed to killing five ... Read : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/peruvian-police-says-gang-killed-people-for-their-fat-allegedly-for-use-in-cosmetics-233020/">Peruvian police says gang killed people for their fat, allegedly for use in cosmetics</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Squirrel monkeys among hundreds of rare animals rescued in Peru</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/squirrel-monkeys-among-hundreds-of-rare-animals-rescued-in-peru-231992/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:53:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>EFE</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LIMA - The Peruvian Police have rescued hundreds of rare animals, including squirrel monkeys, yellow-foot tortoises, iguanas and diminutive brotogeris parakeet that were being sold illegally in downtown Lima.

The sellers kept the animals in cramped cages without food or water.	 	
Squirrel monkeys, yellow-foot tortoises, yellow side-necked turtles, iguanas, brotogeris parakeets, toads, lizards and macaw were ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/squirrel-monkeys-among-hundreds-of-rare-animals-rescued-in-peru-231992/" title="Squirrel monkeys among hundreds of rare animals rescued in Peru">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ohio trooper honored by MADD for making most DUI arrests in 1997 charged with drunken driving</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ohio-trooper-honored-by-madd-for-making-most-dui-arrests-in-1997-charged-with-drunken-driving-224897/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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Ohio trooper of year charged with drunken driving

LIMA, Ohio — A state trooper in northwest Ohio who was honored by Mothers Against Drunk Driving in 1997 for the number of drunken-driving arrests he made has been charged with drunken driving.
A patrol spokesman said Monday that Gerald Gibson had taken leave following his arrest last weekend.
Gibson ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ohio-trooper-honored-by-madd-for-making-most-dui-arrests-in-1997-charged-with-drunken-driving-224897/">Ohio trooper honored by MADD for making most DUI arrests in 1997 charged with drunken driving</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Archaeologists find mummy of young priestess from 300-450 AD in Peru</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/archaeologists-find-mummy-of-young-priestess-from-300-450-ad-in-peru-222883/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:31:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LIMA - An archaeological excavation has uncovered the mummy of a young priestess, a member of the elite, with several precious items dating from the period of 300-450 AD in Cahuachi, Peru.

According to a report in Travel Culture History News, the mummy was found inside a series of rooms between the Great Pyramid and what .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/archaeologists-find-mummy-of-young-priestess-from-300-450-ad-in-peru-222883/">Archaeologists find mummy of young priestess from 300-450 AD in Peru</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>LatAm Indians struggle to keep identity, native tongues alive</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/latam-indians-struggle-to-keep-identity-native-tongues-alive-221760/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:15:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Bajak</dc:creator>
		
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Fighting the odds to keep Indian tongues alive

HUAMPAMI, Peru — In his first year at San Marcos University, Hermenegildo Espejo barely spoke, and certainly not in class.
His Spanish was rudimentary, his accent an embarrassment. Classmates in Lima, a two-day trip from his Amazon home town, laughed at his grammatical stumbles, his odd pronunciation.
&#8220;I didn&#8217;t understand ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/latam-indians-struggle-to-keep-identity-native-tongues-alive-221760/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : LatAm Indians struggle to keep identity, native tongues alive</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Toronto awarded 2015 Pan American Games, beating out Bogota and Lima</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/toronto-awarded-2015-pan-american-games-beating-out-bogota-and-lima-221110/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:02:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Rodriguez</dc:creator>
		
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Toronto awarded 2015 Pan American Games
GUADALAJARA, Mexico — The 2015 Pan American Games are going to Toronto.

The Pan American Sports Organization awarded the games in a secret vote on Friday with Toronto receiving 33 votes to win on the first ballot. Lima, Peru, received 11 votes and Bogota seven. One vote of the 52 was ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/toronto-awarded-2015-pan-american-games-beating-out-bogota-and-lima-221110/" title="Toronto awarded 2015 Pan American Games, beating out Bogota and Lima">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Shining Path rebels attack Peru army outpost in coca-producing highlands, killing 1 soldier</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:12:18 +0000</pubDate>
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Peru rebels attack army outpost, killing 1 soldier

LIMA, Peru — Peru&#8217;s defense minister says Shining Path rebels attacked a military outpost in the country&#8217;s coca-producing highlands, killing one soldier and wounding three.
The post is in Vizcatan, in southern Ayacucho province, long a jungle stronghold for a 350-strong rebel faction.
Peru&#8217;s military dislodged the rebels in an .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/shining-path-rebels-attack-peru-army-outpost-in-coca-producing-highlands-killing-1-soldier-219883/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Many hurt in Peru chopper crash</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:44:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LIMA - An unknown number of people were injured in an army helicopter crash in a remote area of the southeastern Peruvian province of Huancavelica due to heavy winds, a media report said.

&#8220;When it was already near the ground and was going to land, a very heavy wind came up and knocked the helicopter down,&#8221; .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/many-hurt-in-peru-chopper-crash-209331/">Many hurt in Peru chopper crash</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Peru announces construction of 100 dams</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LIMA - Peruvian President Alan Garcia has announced the construction of 100 dams and 30 reservoirs, projects that the government forecasts will be concluded by the end of 2010.

&#8220;We have to scatter the water all across Peru because that&#8217;s going to protect our children from the warming of the earth,&#8221; said Garcia Monday while inspecting .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/peru-announces-construction-of-100-dams-207921/">Peru announces construction of 100 dams</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Tomb shows Peru&#8217;s Moche were Christ&#8217;s contemporaries</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:06:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LIMA - A tomb at the Sipan archaeological site in northern Peru confirms that the ancient Moche people were contemporaries of Christ, scientists say.

Luis Chero, the head of the Huaca Rajada Sipan Archaeological Complex, told EFE Monday that tombs are often found there that date back to the third century, but this burial confirms that .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/tomb-shows-perus-moche-were-christs-contemporaries-207912/" title="Tomb shows Peru&#8217;s Moche were Christ&#8217;s contemporaries">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>500-year-old statues found in Peru</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 05:52:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LIMA - Peruvian archaeologists have found 12 wooden statues more than 500 years old in the archaeological complex of Chan Chan.

Cristobal Campana, director of one of the teams working at Chan Chan, told EFE Tuesday that the statues were discovered at the entrance to the an An palace, the most modern building on the site.	 .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/500-year-old-statues-found-in-peru-201665/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: 500-year-old statues found in Peru</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Peru confers Medal of Honour on UAE minister</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:18:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LIMA - Peru President Alan Garcia has awarded the Medal of Honour of first grade to the visiting United Arab Emirates (UAE) Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan here Tuesday, WAM news agency reported.

The Peruvian leader also called for bolstering Peru-UAE trade ties.	 	
The UAE and Peru have signed a memorandum of understanding .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/peru-confers-medal-of-honour-on-uae-minister-194911/">Source &nbsp;: Peru confers Medal of Honour on UAE minister</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Plan to shift businesses away from coal, fossil fuel stirs Rust Belt debate on energy, jobs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:43:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>H. Josef Hebert</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SUGARCREEK, Ohio — Nestled in Ohio&#8217;s Amish country, Bill Belden&#8217;s 124-year-old family owned brick company has thrived on the region&#8217;s rich red clay and shale, and cheap energy from abundant coal.

Which he&#8217;s convinced that a climate bill being considered in Congress will end.
A cap-and-trade system forcing businesses away from fossil fuels, especially coal, will mean ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/plan-to-shift-businesses-away-from-coal-fossil-fuel-stirs-rust-belt-debate-on-energy-jobs-193194/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : Plan to shift businesses away from coal, fossil fuel stirs Rust Belt debate on energy, jobs</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Climate plan to shift businesses away from coal, fossil stirs Rust Belt debate on energy, jobs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:29:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SUGARCREEK, Ohio — Nestled in Ohio&#8217;s Amish country, Bill Belden&#8217;s 124-year-old family owned brick company has thrived on the region&#8217;s rich red clay and shale, and cheap energy from abundant coal.

Which he&#8217;s convinced that a climate being considered in Congress will end.
A cap-and-trade system forcing businesses away from fossil fuels, especially coal, will mean higher .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/climate-plan-to-shift-businesses-away-from-coal-fossil-stirs-rust-belt-debate-on-energy-jobs-193142/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Climate plan to shift businesses away from coal, fossil stirs Rust Belt debate on energy, jobs</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Three dead in Peru helicopter crash</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:39:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LIMA - Three people were killed when a helicopter crashed in Peru&#8217;s southern province of La Convencion, a media report said.

On board the chopper were pilot Luis Miguel Gonzales Aguilar, mechanic Sandro Tello Rios and the manager of the air company, Reynaldo Espinosa Fonseca, Radio Programas del Peru said Sunday.	 	
Emergency rescue personnel located the ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/three-dead-in-peru-helicopter-crash-187026/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : Three dead in Peru helicopter crash</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>29 police, 9 Indians wounded in clash during protest over Ecuador water, oil and mining laws</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:43:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LIMA, Peru — Police clashed with Amazon Indians protesting proposed water, oil and mining laws Wednesday, leaving at least 29 police officers and nine Indians wounded, Ecuadorean officials said. Indians said two civilians were killed.

Government Minister Gustavo Jalkh said late Wednesday that Indians wounded the police with pellets often used by jungle hunters. He said .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/29-police-9-indians-wounded-in-clash-during-protest-over-ecuador-water-oil-and-mining-laws-183407/">Original source &nbsp;: 29 police, 9 Indians wounded in clash during protest over Ecuador water, oil and mining laws</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Peruvian ex-President Fujimori sentenced for bribes, wiretaps to 6 years, fined $9 million</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:07:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Whalen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LIMA, Peru — A court imposed a six-year prison sentence Wednesday on disgraced ex-President Alberto Fujimori, who already faced the prospect of spending the rest of his life in a cell after three previous convictions. He also was fined $9 million for authorizing wiretaps and bribes.

The sentencing concluded two years of televised trials that forced .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/peruvian-ex-president-fujimori-sentenced-for-bribes-wiretaps-to-6-years-fined-9-million-183091/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Peruvian ex-President Fujimori sentenced for bribes, wiretaps to 6 years, fined $9 million</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Peru: Ex-President Fujimori gets 6 more years for wiretaps, bribing lawmakers, journalists</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:33:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LIMA, Peru — A court has sentenced Alberto Fujimori to six years in prison after the jailed former president pleaded guilty to authorizing wiretaps and bribes to politicians, journalists and businessmen.

The 71-year-old politician already faces the prospect of spending the rest of his life in prison after a special Supreme Court panel sentenced him to .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/peru-ex-president-fujimori-gets-6-more-years-for-wiretaps-bribing-lawmakers-journalists-182862/">Peru: Ex-President Fujimori gets 6 more years for wiretaps, bribing lawmakers, journalists</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Peru ex-president pleads guilty in trial for alleged illegal wiretaps, bribes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:02:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Whalen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LIMA, Peru — Former President Alberto Fujimori, who already faces the prospect of spending the rest of his life in prison, pleaded guilty on Monday to authorizing illegal wiretaps and bribes of politicians, journalists and businessmen.

Fujimori, 71 and ailing, appeared to sleep during chief prosecutor Jose Pelaez&#8217;s accusation, but stirred at the close of the ... Original source on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/peru-ex-president-pleads-guilty-in-trial-for-alleged-illegal-wiretaps-bribes-181744/">Peru ex-president pleads guilty in trial for alleged illegal wiretaps, bribes</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Peru&#8217;s jailed ex-president pleads guilty to illegal wiretaps, bribes to congressmen, media</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:51:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LIMA, Peru — Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori has pleaded guilty to authorizing wiretaps and bribes to journalists, politicians and businessmen.

The 71-year-old ex-president already faces the prospect of spending the rest of his life in prison because he has been sentenced to 25 years in earlier trials.
But his daughter is a leading candidate for president .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/perus-jailed-ex-president-pleads-guilty-to-illegal-wiretaps-bribes-to-congressmen-media-181192/">Peru&#8217;s jailed ex-president pleads guilty to illegal wiretaps, bribes to congressmen, media</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Peru&#8217;s jailed ex-president on trial for alleged illegal wiretaps, bribes to congressmen, media</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:37:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Whalen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LIMA, Peru — Former President Alberto Fujimori, who already faces the prospect of spending the rest of his life in prison, went on trial again Monday, charged with authorizing wiretaps and bribes of politicians, journalists and businessmen.

Prosecutors charge Fujimori and his former spy chief Vladimiro Montesinos used state funds to secretly wiretap 28 politicians, journalists ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/perus-jailed-ex-president-on-trial-for-alleged-illegal-wiretaps-bribes-to-congressmen-media-181071/">Peru&#8217;s jailed ex-president on trial for alleged illegal wiretaps, bribes to congressmen, media</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Peru grants troubled US-owned smelter second extension to complete environmental cleanup</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:56:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LIMA, Peru — Peru&#8217;s congress has granted the financially troubled U.S.-owned Doe Run Peru smelter a two-and-a-half year extension to reduce toxic emissions, allowing the company to miss a second deadline to clean up the Andean town of La Oroya.

Doe Run closed the plant in June after lenders cut credit lines amid sagging metals prices. .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/peru-grants-troubled-us-owned-smelter-second-extension-to-complete-environmental-cleanup-177878/">Peru grants troubled US-owned smelter second extension to complete environmental cleanup</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Peruvian parents renting children to pornographers: Report</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 05:57:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LIMA - Peruvian families are renting their children as young as three to pornographic filmmakers for a &#8216;nuevo sol&#8217; (34 cents), a media report said.

&#8220;Many families in the interior of country, for example, in the Amazon city of Iquitos, rent out their children for money. In exchange for a nuevo sol or a quarter of ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/peruvian-parents-renting-children-to-pornographers-report-173953/" title="Peruvian parents renting children to pornographers: Report">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Venezuelan opposition figure seeks asylum in Peru to evade charges of inciting violence</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:17:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LIMA, Peru — A Venezuelan opposition figure sought political asylum in Peru on Thursday to evade charges that he incited violence in an August protest against a controversial education law, his lawyer said.

A Venezuelan court ordered the arrest of Oscar Perez last month on charges of conspiring to commit and instigate crimes during an Aug. ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/venezuelan-opposition-figure-seeks-asylum-in-peru-to-evade-charges-of-inciting-violence-171873/">Venezuelan opposition figure seeks asylum in Peru to evade charges of inciting violence</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Cocaine&#8217;s deadly road begins in rugged Andes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:32:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LIMA - The cocaine chain starts in the mountainous jungles of Colombia, Peru and Bolivia, where peasants sell their coca leaf crop to criminal gangs. It ends on the streets of the US and Europe.

At least 16 million people used cocaine at least once in 2007, according to the UN&#8217;s 2009 World Drug Report.	 	
Cocaine ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/cocaines-deadly-road-begins-in-rugged-andes-168614/">Cocaine&#8217;s deadly road begins in rugged Andes</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Justice Minister: Peru to ask for charges against jailed Shining Path founder&#8217;s lawyer</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 04:40:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LIMA, Peru — Peru&#8217;s justice minister says the government will ask a public prosecutor to file &#8220;apology for terrorism&#8221; charges against the lawyer for imprisoned Shining Path rebel leader Abimael Guzman.

Aurelio Pastor says the request will be made Monday, three days after lawyer Alfredo Crespo announced the publication of a book of manuscripts written by .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/justice-minister-peru-to-ask-for-charges-against-jailed-shining-path-founders-lawyer-167596/">Justice Minister: Peru to ask for charges against jailed Shining Path founder&#8217;s lawyer</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Peru&#8217;s jailed Shining Path founder publishes book on life, defense strategy in terrorism trial</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 01:54:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LIMA, Peru — The jailed founder of Peru&#8217;s fanatical Shining Path insurgency is publishing a book that includes manuscripts about his defense strategy during his terrorism retrial, correspondence with his longtime lover and details of his childhood, his lawyer said Friday.

The manuscripts in the 408-page book were written in prison by Abimael Guzman as he ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/perus-jailed-shining-path-founder-publishes-book-on-life-defense-strategy-in-terrorism-trial-166441/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : Peru&#8217;s jailed Shining Path founder publishes book on life, defense strategy in terrorism trial</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Pre Inca citadel found in Zana River&#8217;s upper basin in Peru</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 05:41:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LIMA - Peruvian archaeologist  Walter Alva has confirmed that a pre-Inca citadel has been found in Zana river&#8217;s  upper basin, between the departments of  Lambayeque  and Cajamarca in Peru.

According  to  a  report  in &#8216;Living in Peru&#8217;,  it  would  be  an archaeological  complex ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/pre-inca-citadel-found-in-zana-rivers-upper-basin-in-peru-165500/" title="Pre Inca citadel found in Zana River&#8217;s upper basin in Peru">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Around 2,900-year-old tomb found in Peru</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:26:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LIMA - Archaeologists in Peru have discovered a tomb containing the remains of a woman believed to be around 2,900 years old in the country&#8217;s northern Cajamarca region, a media report said.

&#8220;On the night of Sep 2, under a full moon, we were finally able to get to the remains of the person who occupied .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/around-2900-year-old-tomb-found-in-peru-163923/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Around 2,900-year-old tomb found in Peru</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Rebels shoot down air force helicopter, killing 3 service members in Peru drug war flare-up</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:31:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Whalen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LIMA, Peru — Drug-funded Shining Path rebels shot down an air force helicopter in Peru&#8217;s coca-growing highlands, killing three troops and wounding five, Peru&#8217;s joint command said Thursday.

Peru&#8217;s fight against the insurgency has flared up in the past week, with guerrillas ambushing army patrols and attacking an army base. A total of five military officials .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/rebels-shoot-down-air-force-helicopter-killing-3-service-members-in-peru-drug-war-flare-up-159276/">Rebels shoot down air force helicopter, killing 3 service members in Peru drug war flare-up</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Venezuela will continue oil exports to US: Chavez</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:28:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LIMA - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said that Caracas will continue exporting oil to the United States because it is in the interest of his country.

Chavez said in a statement published in the Lima daily El Comercio that &#8220;many people don&#8217;t know&#8221; that Venezuelan state oil giant PDVSA, through its Citgo subsidiary, has seven large .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/venezuela-will-continue-oil-exports-to-us-chavez-155784/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Cocaine found surgically implanted inside chest cavities of 2 live turkeys confiscated in Peru</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:06:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LIMA, Peru — Peruvian police expecting to find a shipment of cocaine hidden in a crate holding two live turkeys were surprised to discover the drug surgically implanted inside the birds.

Acting on a tip, officers stopped a Turismo Ejecutivo SRL bus outside the city of Tarapoto in the central jungle state of San Martin, officials ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/cocaine-found-surgically-implanted-inside-chest-cavities-of-2-live-turkeys-confiscated-in-peru-148780/">Cocaine found surgically implanted inside chest cavities of 2 live turkeys confiscated in Peru</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>19 killed in Peru bus accident</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 05:20:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LIMA - Nineteen people, including three women, were killed Sunday when the bus in which they were travelling veered off the road and fell into a ravine in southern Peru, media reports said.

The accident occurred near the Quichuas town in southern Huancavelica province.	 	
The Quichuas Health Centre said 19 people were killed and 10 others .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/19-killed-in-peru-bus-accident-147777/">Source article &nbsp;: 19 killed in Peru bus accident</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Peru&#8217;s Amazon Indians warn of renewed protests, say government has not honored accords</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 10:17:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Whalen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LIMA, Peru — Peruvian Amazon Indian leaders are warning of renewed protests, alleging Friday that the government has not honored promises made in the aftermath of June violence that left at least 23 police and 10 Indians dead.

Indian leader Salomon Awananch accused the government of blocking the formation of an independent truth commission to investigate ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/perus-amazon-indians-warn-of-renewed-protests-say-government-has-not-honored-accords-146699/" title="Peru&#8217;s Amazon Indians warn of renewed protests, say government has not honored accords">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Former ally of Venezuela&#8217;s Chavez seeks asylum in Peru to avoid corruption charges at home</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 09:24:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LIMA, Peru — A former ally of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is in Peru seeking political asylum to avoid corruption charges at home that he contends are politically motivated, his lawyer said Friday.

Didalco Bolivar is a former governor who split with Chavez in 2007 when he refused to join the president&#8217;s newly formed ruling party. .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/former-ally-of-venezuelas-chavez-seeks-asylum-in-peru-to-avoid-corruption-charges-at-home-146677/">Former ally of Venezuela&#8217;s Chavez seeks asylum in Peru to avoid corruption charges at home</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>12 foreigners making ecotourism trip robbed by gunmen at Manu nature reserve in Peru</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:25:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LIMA — Peruvian police say gunmen robbed 12 foreigners on an ecological tourism trip to the Manu nature reserve on a popular forest route.

Authorities say four robbers took an undetermined amount of cash, cameras and video equipment around noon Sunday but did not harm any of the victims. The incident occurred in the Tres Cruces .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/12-foreigners-making-ecotourism-trip-robbed-by-gunmen-at-manu-nature-reserve-in-peru-141349/">Source &nbsp;: 12 foreigners making ecotourism trip robbed by gunmen at Manu nature reserve in Peru</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Protesters block bridge in southern Peru, complaining over slow recovery from major 2007 quake</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 07:47:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Franklin Briceno</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LIMA, Peru — Residents of a city destroyed by an earthquake in southern Peru two years ago protested Saturday over the slow pace of reconstruction, and police fired tear gas after the demonstrators blocked an important bridge.

Some 4,000 people in Pisco blocked the Huamani bridge for four hours, disrupting traffic on the main route linking ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/protesters-block-bridge-in-southern-peru-complaining-over-slow-recovery-from-major-2007-quake-140835/" title="Protesters block bridge in southern Peru, complaining over slow recovery from major 2007 quake">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Farmers seize 13 policemen, 4 civlians at Peruvian dam, demanding ransom of fertilizer</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 07:17:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LIMA, Peru — Farmers freed 13 police officers and four civilians seized at a hydroelectric dam in Peru&#8217;s Andean region after local officials agreed Saturday to provide them with fertilizer.

Authorities said the hostages were held for nearly 24 hours at a church in Huallamayo, a town about 215 kilometers (133 miles) northeast of the capital, .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/farmers-seize-13-policemen-4-civlians-at-peruvian-dam-demanding-ransom-of-fertilizer-140828/" title="Farmers seize 13 policemen, 4 civlians at Peruvian dam, demanding ransom of fertilizer">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Peruvian prosecutor presents homicide charges against 17 police over Amazon violence</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:49:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Whalen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LIMA, Peru — 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.

The criminal charges, which must be ratified by a judge, are the first to implicate police in violence that .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/peruvian-prosecutor-presents-homicide-charges-against-17-police-over-amazon-violence-137196/" title="Peruvian prosecutor presents homicide charges against 17 police over Amazon violence">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Relatives of Peru police killed in Amazon unrest seek charges for ex-interior minister, others</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/relatives-of-peru-police-killed-in-amazon-unrest-seek-charges-for-ex-interior-minister-others-133070/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 07:14:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Whalen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LIMA, Peru — Relatives of police officers killed during a government crackdown on Amazon Indian protesters are seeking criminal charges against Peru&#8217;s former interior minister and three police chiefs, a lawyer said Thursday.

Ten civilians and 23 policemen were killed June 5 when a small, heavily armed troop of officers cleared a highway blockade where nearly ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/relatives-of-peru-police-killed-in-amazon-unrest-seek-charges-for-ex-interior-minister-others-133070/" title="Relatives of Peru police killed in Amazon unrest seek charges for ex-interior minister, others">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Shining Path rebels suspected in attack that kills 3 policemen, 2 women at remote post in Peru</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LIMA, Peru — 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. Quispe Gonzales tells The Associated Press that three more officers were wounded in the raid that ended in the early hours of .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/shining-path-rebels-suspected-in-attack-that-kills-3-policemen-2-women-at-remote-post-in-peru-128482/">Original source &nbsp;: Shining Path rebels suspected in attack that kills 3 policemen, 2 women at remote post in Peru</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>AP IMPACT: From Andes to Argentina, Mexican drug cartels expand, operate in 47 countries</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:50:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juan Carlos Llorca</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemalan drug boss Juan Jose &#8220;Juancho&#8221; Leon was summoned by Mexican traffickers for what he was told was business. Instead, dozens of attackers ambushed his entourage with grenades and assault rifles, killing Leon and 10 others in a brazen demonstration of power.

Mexican drug traffickers are branching out as never before — spreading .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ap-impact-from-andes-to-argentina-mexican-drug-cartels-expand-operate-in-47-countries-116316/">AP IMPACT: From Andes to Argentina, Mexican drug cartels expand, operate in 47 countries</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Peru&#8217;s Fujimori convicted of embezzlement, sentenced to 7 1/2 years for $15 million payoff</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 04:07:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Whalen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LIMA, Peru — Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was convicted of embezzlement and sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison Monday after he admitted illegally paying his spy chief $15 million in government funds.

Fujimori sat expressionless in front of the three-judge panel as the verdict and sentence were read. He told the court he would ... Original source on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/perus-fujimori-convicted-of-embezzlement-sentenced-to-7-12-years-for-15-million-payoff-115232/">Peru&#8217;s Fujimori convicted of embezzlement, sentenced to 7 1/2 years for $15 million payoff</a>.]]></description>
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