Dollar's clout sinks worldwide
Antique store owners in lower Manhattan, ticket vendors at India's Taj Majal and Brazilian business executives heading to China all have one thing in common these days: They don't want U.S. dollars.
Nations:China Brazil U.S. Bolivia India Peru Activities:2008 U.S. Recession
2008-03-13
Fujimori extradited to Peru
Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was flown to his home country in police custody Saturday, one day after the Chilean Supreme Court authorized his extradition on human rights and corruption charges.
Nations:Peru People:Alberto Fujimori
2007-09-22
Rescuers in Peru quake lose hope
Rescuers said there was "no hope" of finding anyone else alive in the rubble of this southern port city leveled by a magnitude-8 earthquake that left at least 540 people dead.
Activities:2007 Peru Earthquake
2007-08-20
Peru quake survivors grow desperate
The government sent the army Saturday to stop looting fueled by rising desperation in earthquake-shattered Peru, where tens of thousands were without fresh water and shivering families huddled in makeshift shelters at the center of the devastation.
Activities:2007 Peru Earthquake
2007-08-18
President urges order amid Peru looting
President Alan Garcia called for the orderly distribution of emergency supplies as desperate victims of a magnitude-8 earthquake on Peru's southern coast looted markets and blocked arriving aid trucks.
Activities:2007 Peru Earthquake 2005 Hurricane Katrina
2007-08-18
Aid arrives to Peru quake disaster zone
Hungry earthquake survivors ransacked a public market Friday, while other mobs looted a refrigerated trailer and blocked aid trucks, prompting Peru's president to appeal for calm. Aid finally arrived to the disaster zone after about 36 hours without much help.
Activities:2007 Peru Earthquake
2007-08-17
Relatives search bodybags in Peru quake
Rescuers combed rubble for survivors after a powerful earthquake devastated cities and sent a church's soaring ceiling tumbling down on hundreds of worshippers in southern Peru, and at least five aftershocks struck early Friday.
Activities:2007 Peru Earthquake
2007-08-17
At least 450 killed in big Peru quake
The death toll rose to 450 on Thursday in the magnitude-8 earthquake that devastated cities of adobe and brick in Peru's southern desert. Survivors wearing blankets walked like ghosts through the ruins.
Nations:Ecuador Activities:2007 Peru Earthquake
2007-08-16
At least 337 die in strong Peru quake
The death toll from a powerful earthquake rose to at least 337 Thursday, a day after the magnitude-7.9 temblor shook Peru's coast, toppled buildings and shattered roads, officials said.
Nations:Ecuador Colombia Mexico Activities:2007 Peru Earthquake
2007-08-16
Strong quake kills at least 17 in Peru
A powerful earthquake shook Peru's coast near the capital on Wednesday, reportedly killing at least 17 people as it toppled buildings and caused many residents to flee homes. Authorities said the quake had generated a small tsunami but it wasn't destructive.
Nations:Colombia Ecuador Costa Rica Mexico People:Alvaro Uribe Activities:2007 Peru Earthquake
2007-08-16
China frets about Great Wall's "wonder" status
China is so worried that its iconic Great Wall will not be named one of the "new" seven wonders of the world, it has launched a campaign to get Chinese people to vote for it, Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday.
Nations:China Peru Egypt
2007-05-30
Global vote will pick world's "new" seven wonders
What are the greatest architectural achievements in history? Rome's Colosseum? The Great Wall of China? The Pyramids of Giza?
Nations:India U.S. China Russia Brazil Iraq
2007-02-18
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