We have started to collect the most important news related to Peru in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.
Thousands of baby Taricaya turtles have been released into the Peruvian Amazon as part of an effort to save them from extinction.
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Three firefighters died attending a blaze at a shoe factory in Lima, Peru.
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Peru's environmental agency is investigating the deaths of some 10,000 frogs whose bodies have been found in a tributary of the Titicaca lake.
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A fire partially destroys the famous church of San Sebastian in the Peruvian city of Cuzco, burning through historic paintings and a gilded alter.
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Residents in San Martin, Peru rescued a local dog after it became trapped.
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Prosecutors in Peru investigate allegations that a group of rogue police officers killed civilians and passed them off as dangerous criminals to secure promotions.
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Peruvian officials say at least seven people have been killed in a 5.4-magnitude earthquake in the south of the country.
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Peru president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski's first cabinet meeting involved a public workout in front of the Government Palace.
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Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski and most of his cabinet surprise bystanders by beginning their first weekly meeting with an exercise session in public.
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Pedro Pablo Kuczynski takes office as the new president of Peru, with the former investment banker saying he hopes for a more modern and equal society.
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Fishermen in the Piura region of Peru have rescued an exhausted whale calf that had become trapped in a net.
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A Guatemalan army officer convicted of killing an outspoken Catholic bishop dies in a prison riot.
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Eight gunmen in Peru rob tourists, most of them American, enjoying a riverboat cruise along the Amazon.
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The body of a tourist is recovered from a ravine in the Peruvian Andes after he fell while taking pictures of himself near the Machu Pichu site.
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Three people are killed in Madrid, at the office of a lawyer who used to prosecute drugs cases in Peru, Spanish media report.
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Brazil are knocked out of the Copa America in the group stage for the first time in nearly 30 years after losing 1-0 to Peru.
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Giles Gibson analyses the result of the Peruvian presidential election.
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Peruvian presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori has admitted defeat to rival Pedro Pablo Kuczynski following run-off elections.
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The economist Pedro Pablo Kuczynski wins a cliff-hanger presidential election in Peru, but unclear ballots must be settled by electoral court.
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Pedro Pablo Kuczynski takes a slight lead over opponent Keiko Fujimori as votes are counted in Peru's presidential election.
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Colombia deports alleged drug lord Gerson Galvez, known as Caracol or The Snail and described as one of the region's most feared criminals, to Peru.
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Lions rescued from circuses in Colombia and Peru have been released at Emoya Big Cat Sanctuary in South Africa.
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More than 30 lions rescued from circuses in Colombia and Peru are flown to a sanctuary in South Africa - in what is said to be the largest such airlift.
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More than 30 lions which have been rescued from circuses in Peru and Colombia are to be flown to a sanctuary in South Africa.
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A British tourist who was missing for nearly two weeks in the Peruvian Andes has been found dead in a 40-metre deep crevice, rescuers say.
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Centre-right candidate Keiko Fujimori has won the first round of Peru's presidential election, exit polls say.
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