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| 2005 |
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| Jan.1 |
Emergency declared| A state of emergency had been declared in a region where dozens of army reservists have seized a police station | |
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| Jan.2 |
4 police killed in shootout A group of nationalist dissidents who seized a police station demand President Alejandro Toledo's resignation
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| Jan.3 |
Peru seeks end to rebel siege The goverment forces are in position around a police station which has been seized by renegade army reservists
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| Jan.3 |
Police arrest rebel leader Former army major Humala turned himself in while negotiating surrender
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| Aug.28 |
Shining Path leader: 'civil war' to continue The top leader of rebels claimed responsibility for attacks that killed nine people
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| 2005 |
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| May.9 |
Bus plunge kills 37 The bus was carrying local people along a winding road when it fell into the 1,000-foot gorge
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| Aug.23 |
Airliner crashes in jungle| A passenger plane carrying 100 people crashed a few kilometers short of its planned destination. 37 killed | | |
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| Aug.24 |
Airline: Wind shift may have hit jet Authorities believe a plane crash was possibly caused by a sudden change in wind speed or direction
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| Aug.25 |
'Miracle' as 58 passengers survive The Boeing 737-200 was carrying 98 people, on a flight from Lima to the Amazon city of Pucallpa
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| Sep.25 |
Quake in northern Peru kills four A major earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5. Several houses have fallen down
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| 2005 |
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| Sep.8 |
Road to link S America's oceans A stretch of road will connect South America's Pacific and Atlantic coasts
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| Nov.19 |
Ex-airline owner arrested on drug charges| The US has labeled Fernando Zevallos as a cocaine kingpin and chargef him of drug trafficking, homicide | |
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| 2005 |
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| May.3 |
President accused of forgery scheme 3 congressmen issued a report accusing Alejandro Toledo of taking part in a criminal scheme to forge signatures
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| Aug.17 |
Spy chief faces abuse trial Vladimiro Montesinos accused of ordering massacres by paramilitary-style death squads in the 1990s
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| Sep.26 |
New start for Shining Path trial| A court has begun a second attempt to re-try the founder of the leftist guerrilla movement | |
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| Nov.19 |
Ex-airline owner arrested on drug charges| The US has labeled Fernando Zevallos as a cocaine kingpin and chargef him of drug trafficking, homicide | |
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| 2005 |
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| Aug.11 |
Turmoil as PM quits President had asked all his ministers to tender their resignations and would evaluate who would stay on in their jobs
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| Sep.26 |
New start for Shining Path trial| A court has begun a second attempt to re-try the founder of the leftist guerrilla movement | |
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| Nov.6 |
Fujimori under arrest| Peru's disgraced ex-President, wanted there on human rights abuse, was arrested during a surprise visit | | |
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| Nov.10 |
Peru scales down ties with Japan Peru has announced it is withdrawing its ambassador in Tokyo due to Japan's attitude toward Alberto Fujimori