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 2003
  Crime & Justice (5)
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 Fujimori
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| Jan.3 |
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Court strikes down terror laws Top court struck down some of ex-President Fujimori's tough laws, paving the way for paving the retrials
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| Jan.9 |
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Plane with 46 people lost over jungle| Driving rain led air force to suspend its search. Fokker F28 was 3 minutes from its scheduled landing | |
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| Jan.11 |
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Plane wreckage found on mountain Rescue helicopters found the wreckage on the side of a 11,000-foot high mountain. The plane is apparently destroyed
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| Jan.13 |
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Pilot error blamed for crash President Toledo blamed pilot error for a crash that killed 46 people. The plane was in perfect condition
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| Jan.23 |
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Explosion kills 7 at weapons depot An explosion tore through an army base depot in northern Peru, killing 7 soldiers and injuring nearly 100 other people
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| Feb.18 |
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Ex-spy chief on public trial Vladimiro Montesinos, has appeared in court to face the first of 57 charges
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| Mar.9 |
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  Interpol reissues Fujimori warrant Warrant is charging former Peru President with murder
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| Jun.9 |
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Gunmen kidnap 60 The gang raided a camp in the Andes, which was housing workers who were building a natural gas pipeline
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| Jun.10 |
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Kidnapped workers freed| More than 70 workers building a gas project were freed 'safe and sound' | |
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| Jun.28 |
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 First woman named Peru prime minister| President Toledo named a new cabinet and placed 54-year-old Beatriz Merino at the helm | |
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| Jul.30 |
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  Peru asks for Fujimori's return| Peru has asked Japan to extradite former Peruvian president so he can stand trial in Lima | |
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| Dec.13 |
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Bus crashes in thick fog: 19 die| A large passenger bus, carrying more than 50 people, fell off a cliff on a mountain road into a 490 foot-deep gorge | |
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