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Peru is lifting the antidumping duties levied on Chinese blended fabrics, the South American country's competition watchdog said Friday.

Estas muertes se suman a la muerte de cientos de delfines y aves marinas en la costa peruana de Pecusana

El producto interno bruto de Perú registró un crecimiento de 6,0% en el primer trimestre, informó el Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática.

South Korea's Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan agreed Thursday to grant technology transfers to Peru to help strengthen the Latin American nation's navy and air force.

Tras negar en reiteradas ocasiones que vendería sus operaciones en Latinoamérica, como lo ha estado haciendo su rival Santander (NYSE: STD) durante los pasados meses, el español BBVA (NYSE: BBVA) anun...

Nigeria lose 1-0 in Peru as the Super Eagles continue their preparations for next month's 2014 World Cup qualifiers.

BBVA estudiará alternativas "estratégicas" para su negocio previsional en Latinoamérica, entre las que podría figurar "la venta total o parcial" de las administradoras de fondos de pensiones en Chile, Colombia y Perú, y la administradora de fondos para el retiro (Afore) en México. No obstante, esta fase de estudio no tiene por qué acabar "necesariamente" en una venta, según ha precisado la enti...

Peru vence 1-0 a Nigeria en el Estadio Nacional con gol de Guerrero a los 36'. Pizarro y Farfán fueron titulares en los de Markarian. Roberto Palacios se despidió jugando 15'

SEVEN children have died from rabies in Peru over the past two months after being bitten by bats, an official said today.

LIMA (Reuters) - The mystery surrounding the deaths of at least 877 dolphins in Peru deepened on Wednesday as the government said human activity was not to blame but failed to pinpoint a natural cause for the massive die-off.

BNamericas' latest Oil & Gas Intelligence Series publication, "Latin America opens up to Chinese NOCs," highlights the Asian government's promotion of these companies worldwide, in particular into Lat...

LIMA, Peru -- The mass die-off of nearly 900 dolphins and porpoises along Peru's coast remains unsolved, Peru's government marine research agency says.Tuesday's final report by the Sea Institute ruled out viral and bacterial infections, human intervention, pesticides or heavy metals as causes for the deaths, which were first noticed on Feb. 7 and continued through mid-April. It speculated that ...

Peru’s Sea Institute says in its final report on the mass die-off earlier this year of nearly 900 dolphins and porpoises that the cause remains unknown.

@Richelieu: Auch kleinere Teile machen Aua. Zwar passiert da nicht viel als ein Loch, im Dach wie in Paris, oder einen Chevrolet wie in Peekskill oder im Erdboden wie in Peru. Alles Schäden, die nicht mal eine lokale Bedeutung haben, sehr wohl aber für einzelne Individuen (die Eigentümer der betroffenen Dinge). Wenn du nun so ein Teil sprengst, dann entstehen wohl hunderte von so kleinen Bomben...

Belgische Archäologen haben eine 1.000 Jahre alte Totenkammer mit mehr als 80 Leichen ist in Peru entdeckt. Die gut erhaltenen Mumien und Skelette befinden sich in dem Heiligtum Pachacamac rund 30 Kilometer südlich von Lima, teilte die Universite Libre de Bruxelles mit.

A Peruvian minister denies claims that explosions used in oil exploration are to blame for the deaths of hundreds of dolphins.

Ein vermeintlicher Drogenkurier an Bord hat die Fußball-Nationalmannschaft Nigerias am Samstagabend an der Abreise zu einem Länderspiel nach Peru gehindert.

Ein vermeintlicher Drogenkurier an Bord hat die Fußball-Nationalmannschaft Nigerias am Samstagabend an der Abreise zu einem Länderspiel nach Peru gehindert.

Scientists deploy "leaf packs" to survey threatened water quality in Peru.

LIMA, Peru (AP) -- Peruvians traumatized by years of guerrilla violence cheered in 1997 when government troops raided the Japanese ambassador's residence to rescue hostages held for 126 days by leftist rebels....

Founder Ami Dar, a globetrotter who was born in Jerusalem, grew up in Peru and Mexico, and now lives in New York, started the site with a vision of creating a global network of people and organizations hoping to make a difference.

BOCA SANIBENI, Peru -- Along the murky waters of the Ene River, in a remote jungle valley on the verdant eastern slopes of the Andes, the rhythmic humming of an outboard motor draws the stares of curious Ashaninka children. With encroachment from settlers and speculators, and after a devastating war against Shining Path rebels a decade ago, the indigenous Ashaninkas' hold is precarious. And the...

A former Eircom director who defrauded a building society out of €1.4 million for the purpose of setting up a lottery in Peru has been jailed for four years.

Tweet Widget Facebook Like Peru should remove significant barriers preventing people with disabilities from exercising their right to vote and other civil rights. The failure to dismantle the obstacles is undermining Peru’s leadership as one of the first countries to ratify, in 2008, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. ...

A strong earthquake measuring 6.2 shook an area near the border between Chile and Peru early Monday, US government researchers said.

TWO 5.9 magnitude earthquakes have struck along the Peru and Chile border, the US Geological Survey reported.

Awwwww!!! Oh we hope the folks behind this stay true to the beautifully illustrated original books and the incredibly sweet British 1970's stop-motion animation series that we ADORE so much! Harry Potter producer David Heyman and Studio Canal are in talks to produce a CGI/live-action version of Paddington Bear, the story of a wandering bear from deepest, [...]

HSBC sells units in Colombia, Peru, Uruguay and Paraguay to Banco GNB Sudameris for $400m.

LIMA : At least 19 people were killed and seven injured on Friday when a bus plunged off a cliff into a ravine in a remote area of the Amazon region in northeastern Peru, police said. Theaccident occurred near the city of Rodriguez de Mendoza, 850 kilometers (530 miles) northeast of the capital Lima, said regional police official Carlos Mego, who confirmed the death toll and casualty numbers....

At least 1,500 birds, mostly pelicans, and 877 dolphins died in the last two weeks...Peruvian authorities have advised people to avoid several beaches and not to eat fish after the mysterious death of hundreds of dolphins and pelicans in recent weeks.

HONG KONG (Reuters) - HSBC plc is in talks over possible sale of its operations in Colombia, Peru, Uruguay and Paraguay, as the Europe's biggest bank continues to retreat from non-core markets.

Scientists blame rise in sea temperatures for death of thousands of pelicans in Peru.

Vor vier Jahren ließ die Initiative "One Laptop per Child" in Peru 810.000 kostenlose Laptops an Kinder verteilen. Nun liegt eine erste Zwischenbilanz des Projekts vor: Die Laptops führen nicht automatisch zu besseren Noten für die Kinder - können aber trotzdem sinnvoll sein.

The Peru international claims he turned down advances from the Bavarian giants and the Bianconeri before he signed a contract extension tying him to the Veltins Arena until 2016.

The mass deaths of thousands of pelicans and nearly 900 dolphins along the beaches of northern Peru are being investigated by scientists, as environmentalists queried the government's ability to protect one of the world's most abundant areas of marine life.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Here's a tip for the thirsty traveller: Both Chile and Peru make tasty variations on the grape brandy known as pisco. Try both if you can.

Months after dolphins and seabirds began washing ashore, Peruvian officials are still trying to determine a cause, fueling suspicions among the public and scientists.

La mayor parte de los internos se encontraban encerrados en sus habitaciones cuando comenzaron las llamas y no pudieron escapar.

Utl.: Gesellschaft für bedrohte Völker startet in Österreich internationale Kampagne zum Schutz unkontaktierter indigener Völker in Brasilien und Peru. = Wien (OTS/GfbV-Int.) - "Je mehr Menschen über die Existenz unkontaktierter Völker Bescheid wissen, desto größer ist …

SUSANA BACA has a reputation as something like a gentle force of nature. Speaking from New York, in-between flights, and with a translator and speaker phone between us, she still manages to communicate the warmth and commitment that have made her something of a national treasure in her home country of Peru, and won her many fans abroad.

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "The Avengers" flexed its muscles overseas, opening at No. 1 in all 39 markets and rolling up $178 million a week ahead of its U.S. debut. Joss Whedon's superhero spectacular earned a whopping $24.7 million in the U.K., Disney's best three-day weekend ever there. It also took in $19.7 million from Australia, a record $15.9 million from Mexico and another $12.9 millio...

Erst Delfine, nun Pelikane: An der Pazifikküste im Norden Perus sterben massenhaft Tiere. Das Phänomen gibt den Behörden Rätsel auf und erinnert an ein ähnliches Ereignis 1997.

Köln-Ikone Lukas Podolski (26) verkündet bei Facebook was BILD.de-User seit Februar wissen: Der Nationalstürmer wechselt auf die Insel zum FC Arsenal.Foto: Andreas PohlMehr zum ThemaMysteriöses Sterben - 1200 tote Pelikane an Strand in Peru gefundenJewgenia Timoschenko - Kann sie ihre Mutter vor Janukowitsch retten?Ab 20.40 Uhr bei BILD.de - Die „Höhner“ live: Kölscher Kult!Lohan, Kardashian &...

Lima (dpa) - Nach schweren Zusammenstößen mit der Polizei haben peruanische Fischer eine Erweiterung der Fangquoten erreicht. Ein viertägiger Fischerstreik endete in der Hafenstadt Paita mit dem Tod ...

To some, it's yacon. To others, Peruvian sweet root. "My partner is from Peru," L.A. gardener Derbeh Vance said. “The yacon produces a root that looks like a sweet potato, and is like a jicama or a sweet potato." Fresh yacon tastes like a cross between a melon and an apple, explaining why yet another common name is Peruvian ground apple. Originating in the Andes, yacon was used as roadsi...

Dolphin carcasses are displayed by conservationists and environmental police officers at San Jose beach, 40kms north of Chiclayo, Peru, on April 6, 2012. The cause of death of over 800 dolphins in the last four months on the shores of Piura and Lambayeque are still being researched, Gabriel Quijandria, Deputy Environment Minister said on April [...]

Analysis of ancient mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) has been used to establish migration and population patterns for American indigenous cultures during the time before Christopher Columbus sailed to the Americas. New research has used more detailed DNA analysis of individuals from Arequipa region to identify the family relationships and burial traditions of ancient Peru.

From February to April, a 2-month span, 877 dead dolphins and porpoises have been found on the beaches of northern Peru. The problem? No one knows why. It could be a virus. It could be an infection. It could be seismic oil exploration. It could be air guns. It could be nothing? More »

The annual Jean-Pictet International Humanitarian Law Competition has been won by the Université Libre de Bruxelles. They beat the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú and the National University of Singapore in the finals on 20 April.

LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's Shining Path early on Saturday released 36 gas pipeline workers it took hostage six days ago in a remote jungle region in southern Peru, the government said, saying security forces had clashed with the rebels.

Peru's government deployed troops on Thursday in an attempt to rescue hostages held by Shining Path rebels. Around 40 workers from natural gas companies were kidnapped in a jungle region, notorious for drug trafficking.

Nine Peruvian miners were rescued after six days trapped in an abandoned copper mine.

Nine workers trapped inside a wildcat mine in southern Peru were rescued and brought to daylight early today after spending almost a week underground.

Die Bergleute, die seit vergangenem Donnerstag in einer Kupfermine in Peru festsaßen, sind am Mittwoch gesund und wohlbehalten gerettet worden. Die neun in Decken eingewickelten Männer kamen nacheinander aus dem Tunnel des Bergwerks, wie ein AFP-Reporter berichtete. Zum Schutz vor dem Tageslicht trugen sie dunkle Brillen.

angry tapir writes "Slashdot recently discussed some of the problems with the One Laptop Per Child program in Peru, where, in general, teachers did not make creative use of the technology by just regarding the laptops as an end in themselves. In Australia, the local OLPC organization is attempting to address similar issues by creating an educational framework around the laptops that involves tr...

Eine Delegation des Ausschusses für Tourismus des Deutschen Bundestages wird sich unter Leitung von Jens Ackermann (FDP) vom 10. bis 20. April 2012 in Peru und Bolivien aufhalten. Die weiteren Delegationsmitglieder sind: Christoph Poland (CDU/CSU), Ingo Gädechens (CDU/CSU), Gabriele Hiller-Ohm (SPD), Heinz Paula (SPD) sowie Claudia Bögel (FDP). Die Delegationsreise dient der Vertiefung pa...

Una manguera conectada con la superficie es el cordón umbilical que mantiene viva la esperanza de los 9 mineros peruanos que desde el jueves permanecen atrapados en un túnel horizontal tras el derrumbe de un cerro en la mina artesanal de cobre de Cabeza de Negro en Ica, al sur de Perú. Su agonía se alivia ligeramente gracias al tubo por el que se comunican y reciben oxígeno y alimentos. Por esa...

At $200 per computer, One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) has sold or facilitated donations of about 2.5 million laptops to classrooms in 42 different c…

Cuando en 1987 Walter Alva dio con la fastuosa tumba del Señor de Sipán, en Perú, debió sentirse como Howard Carter al descubrir la de Tutankamon o Schliemann ante Troya. Es el mismo Walter Alva quien nos guía a través de la exposición abierta el martes en Cádiz por la Reina doña Sofía y que presenta por primera vez en España los últimos hallazgos de una civilización, la moche o mochica, que se...

Philip Austin Collins (pictured) was arrested alongside two other Britons in Peru after police allegedly found 30kg of the Class A drug on his yacht.

SON of rock legend's brother held after police in Peru found 30kg of the drug on his yacht

PERU, Ill. --- With just three hours until the polls close, Brad Schneider's team continues to play the electability card against Ilya Sheyman. Schneider's campaign says Sheyman's early confidence about tonight's outcome can only make Rep. Bob Dold smile. In response to my earlier post about how Sheyman is already looking towards the general,  the Schneider campaign maintained it was still conf...

Peru has cancelled a visit by a British navy frigate in solidarity with Argentina's claims over the Falkland Islands.

Hiring intentions of Indian employers is in fact the strongest in the world followed by countries like Brazil, Taiwan, Peru and Turkey, according to a survey.

ABOUT 300 nude cyclists have ridden through Lima to call attention to safety conditions and demand measures protecting cyclists.

Machu Picchu and the Amazon are two attractions of Peru that no traveler should miss.

About 300 nude bicyclists have ridden through Lima to call attention to safety conditions and demand measures protecting cyclists.

Hasta el momento, Perú, Guatemala, Argentina, Uruguay y Estados Unidos se enlazaron en vivo con el homenaje en el Auditorio Nacional, éste último conducido por Don Francisco

Tunis (SID) - (SID) - Torjäger Claudio Pizarro vom Bundesligisten Werder Bremen hat der peruanischen Fußball-Nationalmannschaft im Länderspiel in Tunesien zumindest ein Unentschieden beschert. Der 33...

In a UDRP decision just handed down Google lost its case to acquire the domain name youtube.com.pe .Pe is the ccTLD (country code) for Peru. The domain holder was a company known as “googel ltd. which is located at Two Stooges LLC, China.” (The original decision was written in Spanish and we used Google translate to translate the decision to English) Basically the panel held that the domain nam...

EL HIGUERON, Peru – Carlos Cruz Chanta lives just off a rutted dirt road, almost lost in the mist, outside this village on a steep ridge of jungle-covered mountains. Like his neighbors, he makes his living raising livestock and growing corn, fruit, beans, and coffee. [More]

LIMA – The most important leader of Peru’s left-wing Shining Path insurgency has been seriously wounded and captured by security forces after being shot in a remote jungle, according to President Ollanta Humala.

Doctors in Peru planned today to remove the remains of a partially formed twin fetus from the stomach of a 3-year-old boy.

El director del Instituto de Defensa Civil, César Chonate, informó que sólo una persona se encuentra grave. El recuento de los daños materiales por el sismo de 6.2 grados Richter continúa

A strong earthquake measuring 6.3 shook an area in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of central Peru early Monday, US government researchers said.

Sunderland are giving a trial to Peru international defender Jesus Rabanal. The 26-year-old left-back came over earlier this month for a training spell with Doncaster.

Dutch national Joran van der Sloot has appealed the 28-year sentence imposed on him by a Peruvian court for killing a young woman in 2010, his attorney, Jose Luis Jimenez, told AFP Tuesday.

Joran van der Sloot's attorney says he has appealed his client's 28-year sentence for murdering a young Peruvian woman.

Spitzenreiter Stephane Peterhansel hat am Samstag im Mini die vorletzte Etappe der diesjährigen Rallye Dakar souverän gewonnen und kann sich damit bei der 33. Auflage auf seine zehnte Krönung bei der härtesten und gefährlichsten Rallye der Welt vorbereiten. In Peru verwies der Franzose Giniel de Villiers um über acht Minuten auf den zweiten Rang.

A Peruvian court sentences Dutch national Joran van der Sloot to 28 years in jail for the murder of Stephany Flores in May 2010.

A suspect in the disappearance of US teenager Natalee Holloway on the Caribbean island of Aruba pleads guilty to killing a woman in Peru.

LIMA, Peru — Peru’s government on Tuesday replaced its drug czar, whose refusal to endorse an all-out coca crop eradication effort put him at odds with the Cabinet chief and prompted concern by the U.S. Embassy. Read full article >>

An Irish man has been killed in an crash while on an adventure trip to Peru.

An Irish man has been killed in an accident while on an adventure trip to Peru.

Fabrice Péru, a provoqué le pénalty de Locminé face au PSG (1-2), affirme que son équipe sort "la tête haute".

SEAFORD, N.Y. (AP) -- As an ATF senior special agent, John Capano traveled the world, from Afghanistan to Iraq, Peru to Paraguay, sharing his expertise investigating the aftermath of bombings....

LIMA (Reuters) - Dutch citizen Joran Van der Sloot went on trial on Friday for killing a young Peruvian woman in 2010, five years to the day after a U.S. teenager vanished on the island of Aruba after spending time with him.

WILD GEESE: John Reynolds, Property developer in Peru

Fire erupted at a massive former clock factory as revelers were ringing in the new year in Peru, Ill.

Die legendäre Rallye Dakar geht am Neujahrstag in ihre 33. Auflage. Wie schon in den Vorjahren führt die härteste Rallye der Welt aber nicht durch Nordafrika, sondern durch Südamerika. An insgesamt 14 Renntagen geht's 8373 Kilometer lang durch Sand, Hitze, Berge und Kälte - diesmal durch Argentinien und Chile sowie Peru.

Many Peruvians think the U.S. citizen jailed for aiding Marxist insurgents won't finish her sentence. Some Americans feel she has served her time.

The philanthropic effort dubbed the $100 Laptop has not met its grand initial goals. But its first deployment, in Peru, may turn skeptics into believers.

Lori Berenson said authorities claimed she lacked an immigration document and blocked her from leaving, for what was to have been her first visit to the United States since her arrest.

LIMA (Reuters) - Lori Berenson, a New Yorker who spent 15 years in Peruvian prisons for aiding Marxist insurgents, was prevented by Peru's interior ministry from making her first trip home since her 1995 arrest, her lawyer said on Saturday.

LIMA, Peru (AP) -- Peru's government has lifted the state of emergency it declared last week in a northern region wracked by protests against the country's biggest mining project....

PARIS (AFP) - At least 112 countries around the world have formally recognised Palestine as a state, stretching from Africa to Asia, Europe to Latin America.In Latin America, Uruguay and Peru joined the growing ranks of countries which recognised Palestine this year, with 12 out of the region's 13 countries formally recognising it as a state.Only Colombia, a key ally of the United States in the...

Ashrita Furman went to Peru to climb the mountain above Machu Picchu, which is called Cerro Machu Picchu, and is ten thousand feet above sea level. This was late last July. Furman, who lives in Queens, where the highest point is two hundred and fifty-eight feet, allowed himself a . . . (Subscription required.)

CUSCO (Reuters) - Peru's fiscal stimulus package "could be increased" from its current size of about 2 percent of gross domestic product, depending on the depth of a possible global economic crisis, Finance Minister Luis Miguel Castilla said. Castilla told Reuters that beyond the stimulus package the government also enjoys… Visit: http://www.nation.com.pk for full story

SAO PAULO, Brazil — In years past, the International Monetary Fund would bail out Latin American nations on the brink of economic disaster, including Brazil, which was often hammered by international crises and its own fiscal mismanagement. But this past week, the new director of the Washington-based multilateral lender, Christine Lagarde, visited Brazil, fast-growing Peru and economically soli...

Glencore, the London-listed commodities and trading giant, has cancelled a $475m (£303m) deal to buy a major stake in a Peru copper project from Hong Kong's CST Mining Group.

Release Time:  For Immediate Release PRESIDENT OBAMA:  GooEarlier today on the margins of APEC, President Obama met with President Ollanta Humala of Peru to continue their discussion, which began at the White House in July, of key issues in the U.S.-Peru bilateral relationship.  President Obama noted President Humala’s active effo...

Chinese President Hu Jintao met with Peruvian President Ollanta Humala on Friday, with both sides urging deeper economic cooperation.

From Zanzibar to Peru, "Boston Rob" Mariano shares his favorite ways to get around

Nestled between the Andes and the Pacific, the sparse desert surrounding this outpost in southern Peru looks like one of the world's most desolate areas.

COPENHAGEN--The Altiplano, or high plain , of Bolivia and Peru is getting a new climate. In the past 60 years temperatures have risen, rainfall patterns have changed and soils have begun to dry out even further. As a result, farmers move their crops further up the mountainsides, like endangered species seeking refuge at cooler elevations. Floods and frosts remain the biggest threats but when ...