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Rendezvous in Peru With My Conscience

The Daily Northwestern | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: College Students, College Trip, Machu Picchu Peru, Peru, College Break, Family Travel, College Vacation, Machu Picchu, Lima, Family Vacation, Lima Peru, Family Trip, Machu-Picchu-Tourists, Machu-Picchu, College News

Conflicts are simply reduced when family visits are less frequent. This correlation would be undermined the moment I agreed to travel mano a mano with old mommy dearest.

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LIVE UPDATES: Joran Van Der Sloot Murder Trial

The Huffington Post | Michael McLaughlin | Posted 01.11.2012

Joran van der Sloot has pleaded guilty in Peru on charges that he killed Stephany Flores in a Lima hotel room in 2010. Flores, who was a 21-year-o...

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Van Der Sloot Murder Trial Postponed

AP | FRANK BAJAK | Posted 03.07.2012

Read More: Van Der Sloot Trial, Stephany Flores, Video, Lima Peru, Natalee Holloway, Peru Crime, Joran Van Der Sloot, Joran Van Der Sloot Trial, Jose Luis Jimenez, Crime News

LIMA, Peru — Joran van der Sloot appears ready to accept responsibility for the killing of a Peruvian woman five years to the day after the disa...

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Joran Van Der Sloot's Not-So-Secret Admirer Says She's His 'Guardian Angel'

Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Stephany Flores, Video, Lima Peru, Natalee Holloway, Peru Crime, Mary Hame, Joran Van Der Sloot, Crime News

Joran van der Sloot -- who's accused of killing a woman in his Peruvian hotel room last year and was a suspect in the disappearance of Natalee Hollow...

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Lima Peru Voted Top Food And Drink Destination

Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: Gaston Acurio, Peruvian, Peru, Heritage, Hispanic Heritage, Food, La Mar Restaurant, Documentary, Mistura, Video, Peru News, Lima Peru, Peruvian Food, Peruvian Cuisine, Latino Voices News

Peru is most famous for Machu Picchu but slowly the pride of all Peruvians is being recognized -- their food. Slowly, Peruvian food is becoming pop...

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A.M. Top News: Joran van der Sloot to appear in court in slaying of Peruvian woman

NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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AFP/Getty ImagesJoran Andreas Petrus van der Sloot (C), is escorted by Peruvian police as he arrives to the DIRINCRI (Criminal Investigation Direc...

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Police: Joran van der Sloot confesses to murder

Fox 31 | Fox 31 | Posted 05.25.2011

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LIMA, Peru (AP) — Dutchman Joran van der Sloot, long the prime suspect in U.S. teen Natalee Holloway's 2005 disappearance in Aruba, confesses to...

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Poker With Flair at the Latin American Poker Tour

Harmon Leon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 2009 WSOP Main Event, Gambling, World Series of Poker, Atlantic City Casino, Las Vegas Nevada, Games, Latin American Poker Tour, Latin America, Angel Guillen, Lima Peru, Poker Tournament, Latin American, Maria Mayrinck, Poker, World Series of Poker Bracelet, Sports News

Like a swarm of crickets, that familiar sound of clicking poker chips fills the tournament room inside the Atlantic City Casino.

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The Faces and Style of the Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT)

Harmon Leon | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tournament poker is also about big personalities. At the LAPT, the personalities are even bigger.

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Fog Nets Deliver Fresh Water In Peru

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Green Desert Project, Alimon, Fresh Water, Fog Net, Lima-Peru, Impact News

A Lima, Peru neighborhood was struggling to get water without plumbing until the German nonprofit, Alimon, came up with an innovative way to provide t...

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Pound And A Half Of Nails Extracted From Peruvian Man's Stomach

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Peru, Lima Peru, Cajamarca, Requelme Abanto, Stomach Surgery, World News

LIMA, Peru — "They call me the hardware store," says Requelme Abanto from his hospital bed in northern Peru. Doctors in the city of Cajamarca sa...

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Taking on No Impact Week From Abroad: Lima's Transportation System Sucks

Levi Novey | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Black Beans, No Impact Week, Peru, No Impact Man, HuffPost No Impact Week, Combis, Lima-Peru, Sustainability, Climate Change, Air Pollution, Transportation, Green News

Reducing consumption is hard enough, but doing No Impact Week in a country where the buses are dangerous and the air pollution is much higher than what is healthy -- that's a challenge.

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Peru Firing 'Scandalous' Gays From Police Force

AP | ANDREW WHALEN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Latin America, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Peru, Peru Police, Peru Gays, Peru Gay, Gay Issues, Gays, Lima-Peru, World News

LIMA, Peru — Peruvian police officers who "damage the image" of law enforcement by engaging in homosexual behavior can lose their jobs under a n...

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Super Tree Device Purifies Air in Polluted Cities

Razoo | Razoo | Posted 11.17.2011

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If you travel to Lima, Peru, try not to breathe the air: according to a 2006 study, the bustling city’s air quality surpasses the international...

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Venezuela Recalls Peru Ambassador

AP | CHRISTOPHER TOOTHAKER | Posted 05.25.2011

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CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela recalled its ambassador to protest Peru's decision to grant political asylum to a prominent opponent of President...

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Manuel Rosales, Chavez Critic, Granted Asylum In Peru

AP | ANDREW WHALEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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LIMA, Peru — Peru's government said Monday that it has granted political asylum to a Venezuelan opposition leader who faces corruption allegatio...

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Manuel Rosales, Chavez Critic, Skipped Court, Seeking Asylum, Now In Peru

AP | CARLA SALAZAR | Posted 05.25.2011

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LIMA, Peru — A Venezuelan opposition leader who says he is a victim of political persecution by President Hugo Chavez's government requested pol...

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Peru's Fujimori Convicted In Murder, Kidnapping Trial

AP | FRANK BAJAK | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Human Rights Violations, Fujimori, Peru, Human Rights, Foreign Affairs, Alberto Fujimori, Fujimori Human Rights Crimes, Human Rights Abuses, Human Rights Crimes, Advocacy, Latin America, Fujimori Conviction, Alberto Fujimoro, Lima-Peru, Trials on Genocide 2009 in Peru, Gilmore Fujimori, World News

LIMA, Peru — Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was convicted and sentenced to 25 years in prison Tuesday for death squad killings and k...

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Peru: Fujimori Verdict A Rights Victory

Human Rights Watch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fujimori, Peru, Human Rights, Human Rights Watch, Colina, Fujimori Colina, Alberto Fujimori, Foreign Affairs, Fujimori Convicted, Latin America, Lima-Peru, World News

(Lima, April 7, 2009) - Today's conviction of Alberto Fujimori, former president of Peru, is a major advance for human rights accountability in the re...

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