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Peruvian glacial retreats linked to European events of Little Ice Age about 150 to 350 years ago

September 25th, 2009 - 3:14 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, September 25 (ANI): A new study that reports precise ages for glacial moraines in southern Peru links climate swings in the tropics to those of Europe and North America during the ...

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19 killed in Peru bus accident

August 24th, 2009 - 4:21 am ICT by IANS -
Lima, Aug 24 (EFE) 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, ...

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South American mummies were victims of arsenic poisoning (Re-Issue)

July 6th, 2009 - 2:42 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, July 6 (ANI): A new research has suggested that many of the ancient mummies from the South American Chinchorro culture were victims of arsenic poisoning.The Chinchorro mummies are mummified remains of ...

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South American mummies were victims of arsenic poisoning

July 5th, 2009 - 12:49 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, July 5 (ANI): A new research has suggested that many of the ancient mummies from the South American Chinchorro culture were victims of arsenic poisoning.The Chinchorro mummies are mummified remains of ...

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South American mummies were victims of arsenic poisoning

July 5th, 2009 - 12:29 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, July 5 (ANI): A new research has suggested that many of the ancient mummies from the South American Chinchorro culture were victims of arsenic poisoning.The Chinchorro mummies are mummified remains of ...

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Boys set classmate on fire for his 15th birthday

June 4th, 2009 - 7:08 pm ICT by IANS -
Lima, June 4 (EFE) A boy, who was doused with gasoline and set on fire by some classmates to 'celebrate' his 15th birthday, remains in grave condition at a hospital in southern ...

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Strong earthquake hits Peru

February 3rd, 2009 - 5:26 am ICT by IANS -
Lima, Feb 3 (Xinhua) An earthquake measuring 6 on the Richter scale hit southern Peru Monday, authorities said.The Geophysics Institute of Peru (IGP) said that the earthquake occurred at 12.53 p.m. local ...

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13 killed in Peru bus crash

September 23rd, 2008 - 11:32 am ICT by IANS -
Lima, Sep 23 (IANS) At least 13 people were killed and 12 others injured when a bus they were travelling in plunged into a 100-metre-deep ravine in southern Peru, the EFE news ...

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Protesters release police hostages in Peru

June 18th, 2008 - 12:03 pm ICT by IANS -
Lima, June 18 (IANS) Some 50 police officers being held hostage inside a Catholic church in the southern Peruvian city of Moquegua by protesting residents have been released, EFE news reported Wednesday. ...

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70 police, general taken hostage in Peru mining protest

June 17th, 2008 - 2:08 pm ICT by IANS -
DPA Lima, June 17 (DPA) Demonstrators in southern Peru have taken about 70 police personnel and an officer hostage and barricaded themselves at a cathedral in the city of Moquegua in their ...

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Five French tourists die in Peru plane crash

April 10th, 2008 - 12:23 pm ICT by admin -
Lima, April 10 (IANS) Five French tourists died when their small plane crashed in southern Peru, EFE news agency reported. The plane had taken off from Maria Reiche airport in Nazca province ...

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Lice from Peruvian mummies offer a tool to study ancient migrations

February 7th, 2008 - 6:31 pm ICT by admin -
Sydney, February 7 (ANI): A study of lice from 1,000-year-old mummies in Peru suggests that the parasites had accompanied their human hosts in the original peopling of the Americas, probably, as early ...

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Ruins discovered in southern Peru might be of ancient lost city

Ruins discovered in southern Peru might be of ancient lost city

January 17th, 2008 - 2:52 pm ICT by admin -
Washington, Jan 17 (ANI): Archaeologists have discovered ruins in southern Peru that could be the ancient lost city of Paititi. According to a report in National Geographic News, details about the new discovery ...

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