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USA Today
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Rescuers searched intensely through the night into morning Friday, combing rubble for any survivors after a powerful earthquake devastated cities and sent a church's soaring ceiling tumbling down on hundreds of worshippers in southern Peru.
Officials s..
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CNN
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A 7.9-magnitude earthquake centered off Peru's coast killed at least 337 people and left another 1,350 hurt, the nation's Health Ministry said Thursday. The two-minute quake struck Wednesday evening and was followed by a tiny, 1-foot tsunami and strong af..
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BBC News
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One of South America's few remaining uncontacted indigenous tribes has been spotted and photographed on the border between Brazil and Peru.
The Brazilian government says it took the images to prove the tribe exists and help protect its land.
The pic..
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BBC News
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Hundreds of extra soldiers have been ordered into areas of Peru devastated by Wednesday's massive earthquake to stem the rise in looting and unrest.
President Alan Garcia, who is touring the affected Ica region, called for order to be restored whatever..
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BBC News
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Rescuers say they have recovered 127 bodies from a church in Peru which was almost totally destroyed in Wednesday's massive earthquake.
The San Clemente church is in Pisco, one of the towns worst affected by the 8.0-magnitude tremor that hit the countr..
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BBC News
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Rescuers have been working through the night trying to find survivors of the devastating earthquake that hit Peru's central coast.
They were given hope when a man was pulled alive from the rubble of a collapsed church in the town of Pisco, more than 24..
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BBC News
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A powerful 7.9 earthquake has hit the coast of Peru, killing at least 337 people and injuring hundreds, Peru's civil defence institute has said.
All but one of the deaths were in the coastal province of Ica, about 265km (165 miles) south of the capital..
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USA Today
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A powerful 7.9-magnitude earthquake shook Peru's coast near the capital, killing at least 337 people and injuring more 827 others, the Civil Defense said early Thursday.
Civil Defense Commander Aristides Mussio released the figures on Peru's state tele..
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BBC News
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A Chilean judge has ruled that Peru's former President Alberto Fujimori should not be extradited to Peru.
Mr Fujimori has been accused of human rights violations and corruption by Peru's prosecutors - charges he denies.
The judge's decision, which i..
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BBC News
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Rescuers have found several survivors, a day after a plane with up to 20 people on board crashed in Peru's eastern Amazon jungle, reports say.
The twin-engine air force plane disappeared from radar screens shortly after taking off from the town of Orel..
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CNN
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A government flight that linked Peru's isolated jungle communities crashed in a storm, officials said, and at least five survivors among the 20 people on board were rescued Friday after helicopters spotted a fire they had set.
The Twin Otter plane pilo..
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Yahoo News
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Peru's "White Mountain Range" may soon have to change its name. The ice atop Cordillera Blanca, the largest glacier chain in the tropics, is melting fast because of rising temperatures, and peaks are turning brown. The trend is highlighting fears of gl..
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