Peru
Peru invites US president-elect Obama to APEC Summit
Submitted by William Kaelin on Thu, 11/06/2008 - 22:46.Peru has invited US president-elect Barack Obama to the 16th meeting of
APEC heads of state in Lima this month, Peruvian Foreign Minister Jose
Antonio Garcia Belaunde said Thursday.
Ten injured in Iberia aircraft after Amazon turbulence
Submitted by Marina Dimova on Fri, 10/17/2008 - 07:53.
Ten passengers in an Airbus aircraft operated by Spain's Iberia airlines were injured Thursday during a flight from Madrid to Lima as it hit turbulence above the Amazon rain forest.
Peru's entire cabinet offers to resign over corruption allegations
Submitted by Ljubomira Kalcheva on Fri, 10/10/2008 - 04:32.Lima - The entire Peruvian cabinet handed in their resignations en masse to President Alan Garcia on Thursday over corruption allegations.
Jorge del Castillo, head of the Peruvian Council of Ministers, and all the cabinet members offered to resign at a time when Congress is making progress on a vote of no-confidence against them.
Peru Archaeologists find 3 mummies in Wari tomb
Submitted by Bilyana Petrinska on Thu, 08/28/2008 - 05:14.On Tuesday in the heart of Peru’s capital, Archaeologists found three mummies nearly 1,300 years old from the Wari culture. One of it even had striking blue eyes engraved on its mask.
Other than this, at the Huaca Pucllna location, three funeral bundles of an adult and a sacrificed child’s remains were found along with the two preserved masks and various textiles.
London - Aero-engine maker Rolls-Royce said Thursday it would cut up to 2,000 jobs worldwide as a result of the current economic "uncertainties."
Washington - Buying a new computer usually involves comparing models. Comparisons are more difficult than they used to be, as the number of choices has grown and manufacturers have started marketing computers with specific uses in mind.
Indian authorities have issued a birth certificate to a Japanese baby born to an Indian surrogate mother, easing the way for her Japanese father to take her home, news reports said Saturday.
