News: Peru

We have started to collect the most important news related to Peru in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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Peru: news

Ferocious Peruvian beetle picks on millipedes 10 times its length

Wednesday, January 21st 2009, 1:11

A remarkable dung beetle has dumped its usual dinner of faeces and begun attacking and eating millipedes 10 times its length.
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Bush signs Peru free trade pact

Saturday, January 17th 2009, 4:02
related countries: United States
related places: Amazon

The US president signs off a free trade pact with Peru despite ecologists' concern at possible agricultural development in the Amazon rain forest.
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Why being drunk for work is not a sackable offence in Peru

Friday, January 16th 2009, 1:51

Peru's highest court rules that employees cannot be fired for turning up to work drunk, in a move which dismays the government.
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Why being drunk for work is not a sackable offence in Peru

Friday, January 16th 2009, 1:51

Peru's highest court rules that employees cannot be fired for turning up to work drunk, in a move which dismays the government.
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Fujimori trial enters final stage

Tuesday, January 13th 2009, 5:07

The trial of former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori for alleged human rights abuses enters its final stages.
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Many killed in Peru bus accident

Saturday, January 10th 2009, 19:25

At least 30 people are killed as the bus they are travelling in veers off the road in northern Peru, police say.
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Peruvian 'Virgin Mary' gives birth to baby Jesus at Christmas

Friday, December 26th 2008, 23:42
related places: Jesus

A Peruvian woman called Virgen Maria and her carpenter husband have a baby called Jesus on Christmas Day.
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Tear gas kills five in Peru club

Thursday, December 25th 2008, 20:17
related places: Juliaca

Five people die after a tear gas grenade is detonated in a packed night club in the southern Peruvian city of Juliaca.
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Peru alters foreign inmate rules

Tuesday, December 23rd 2008, 23:41

Peru passes a law allowing foreign prisoners to serve out their sentences in their home countries.
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'Ancient city unearthed' in Peru

Wednesday, December 17th 2008, 8:06

Researchers in Peru say they have discovered the ruins of an entire city - possibly the "missing link" between ancient cultures.
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So close, and yet so far - Italian almost rows the Pacific solo

Saturday, December 13th 2008, 5:53
related countries: Australia, Italy

An Italian man who rowed across the Pacific from Peru has to be rescued only 65 nautical miles short of landfall in Australia.
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Forest aid

Sunday, December 7th 2008, 14:17

Peru looks to save its rain forests with Western help
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Apec leaders make free-trade vow

Sunday, November 23rd 2008, 4:49
related places: Asia

Leaders from Asia-Pacific nations meeting in Peru pledge not to raise trade barriers in the face of the worldwide financial crisis.
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Bush and Hu meet at Apec summit

Saturday, November 22nd 2008, 4:57
related countries: China, United States
related places: Lima

US President George W Bush meets China's Hu Jintao, ahead of an Asia-Pacific summit dominated by the financial crisis.
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CIA accused over missionary death

Friday, November 21st 2008, 13:38
related countries: United States

A classified US report says the CIA withheld information after the shooting down of a missionary plane in Peru in 2001.
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China and Peru agree trade deal

Thursday, November 20th 2008, 4:41
related countries: China
related places: Lima

Peru and China sign a free trade agreement during the visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao to Lima.
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Big gamble?

Wednesday, November 19th 2008, 17:10
related countries: China

Peru hitches its wagon to China's economic motor
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Why Peruvians think Ears is the ideal dog for the Obamas

Tuesday, November 11th 2008, 11:30

Friends of the Peruvian Hairless Dog Association believe they have the perfect dog for the Obamas to take with them to The White House.
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Peru declares emergency in south

Thursday, November 6th 2008, 0:26

Protesters in southern Peru clash with police in mining revenue protest, after a state of emergency is imposed.
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Peru's songbird Sumac dies at 86

Tuesday, November 4th 2008, 4:08

Yma Sumac, the soprano known as the Peruvian Songbird for her vast vocal range, has died at the age of 86.
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Should ancient artefacts be repatriated?

Wednesday, October 15th 2008, 16:21
related countries: Spain

Spain has returned valuable artefacts to Peru. Should historical objects go back to their country of origin?
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Peruvian soldiers die in ambush

Wednesday, October 15th 2008, 3:58

The military in Peru blame the Shining Path guerrilla group for an ambush in which two soldiers were killed and five injured.
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Leftist heads Peru's new cabinet

Wednesday, October 15th 2008, 0:35

A new, left-wing prime minister takes office in Peru, after a corruption scandal brought down the former government.
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Oil row brings down Peru cabinet

Friday, October 10th 2008, 23:57

Peru's President Alan Garcia accepts the government's resignation over alleged bribes for oil contracts.
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Peru rebels launch deadly ambush

Friday, October 10th 2008, 17:46

At least 12 soldiers and seven civilians are killed by Shining Path rebels in Peru, in the worst attack in a decade.
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Peru's government poised to quit

Thursday, October 9th 2008, 21:15

Peruvian cabinet ministers are poised to tender their resignation to the president over an oil corruption scandal.
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