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		<title>Peru&#8217;s Ministers Resign Over Fight With Shining Path Rebels</title>
		<link>http://www.peruviantimes.com/12/perus-ministers-resign-over-fight-with-shining-path-rebels/15699/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 05:06:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andean Air Mail &#38; PERUVIAN TIMES</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Coca/Cocaine]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Peru’s Defense and Interior ministers, a mere six months since being appointed to their posts, resigned on Thursday amid a political uproar over an operation to rescue hostages and capture Shining Path rebels who had kidnapped the 36 natural gas workers last month. The ministers faced a censure in Congress to be voted on Saturday. Opposition [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prime Minister Rejects Calls To Remove Ministers Over VRAE Strategy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 19:04:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andean Air Mail &#38; PERUVIAN TIMES</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Camisea Gas Project]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Oscar Valdes rejected Friday that Peru’s Interior and Defense ministers could be removed from their posts for their handling of a conflict with Shining Path remnants in the coca-growing Apurimac and Ene river valleys, or VRAE. Valdes said that removing Defense Minister Alberto Otarola or Interior Minister Daniel Lozada would not be favorable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sunat Chief Says Gov&#8217;t To Implement Mechanisms In June To Combat Illegal Mining</title>
		<link>http://www.peruviantimes.com/05/sunat-chief-says-govt-to-implement-mechanisms-in-june-to-combat-illegal-mining/15653/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 18:24:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The head of Peru’s tax agency Sunat, Tania Quispe, said the government plans to establish by June mechanisms to halt the supply of chemical inputs and machinery that are used by illegal gold miners, state news agency Andina reported. “We are talking about May or June at the latest,” Quispe said. “We plan to pull out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heavy Rains Cause More Than 50 Deaths Since November</title>
		<link>http://www.peruviantimes.com/04/heavy-rains-cause-more-than-50-deaths-since-november/15644/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 15:47:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andean Air Mail &#38; PERUVIAN TIMES</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Provinces]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amazon River]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iquitos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loreto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peru floods]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Flooding and landslides caused by heavy rains in Peru have caused the deaths of 53 people over the past six months, according to the country’s National Civil Defense Institute, Indeci. Since November, some 267,000 people have been affected by the rains, daily El Comercio reported. The rains have affected all of Peru’s 25 regions, according to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UNICEF Says Shining Path Remnants Violating Convention On Child Rights</title>
		<link>http://www.peruviantimes.com/25/unicef-says-shining-path-remnants-violating-convention-on-child-rights/15586/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:46:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andean Air Mail &#38; PERUVIAN TIMES</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recent reports and photographs of Shining Path rebels in Peru&#8217;s southeast jungle have shown that the rebel group holds dozens of young children, kidnapped or born to kidnapped women, to train them as rebel soldiers. UNICEF’s office in Peru said Tuesday that the use of children by remnant groups of the Shining Path rebels is a violation of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peru Prepares Major Offensive Against Shining Path In VRAE &#8211; Report</title>
		<link>http://www.peruviantimes.com/23/peru-prepares-major-offensive-against-shining-path-in-vrae-report/15576/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 02:40:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andean Air Mail &#38; PERUVIAN TIMES</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Ollanta Humala’s government is preparing a large-scale offensive against remnants of the Shining Path insurgency in the isolated coca-growing Apurimac and Ene river valleys, or VRAE, daily El Comercio reported, citing Reuters. The report said the offensive is the biggest in almost two decades, and seeks to deliver a major blow to the Shining [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peru To Send Inexperienced Soldiers To Dangerous Coca-Growing Region</title>
		<link>http://www.peruviantimes.com/20/peru-to-send-inexperienced-soldiers-to-dangerous-coca-growing-region/15565/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:08:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Peru’s Defense Ministry plans to send a number of young soldiers into a dangerous coca-growing region as part of efforts to track down narco-terrorists that kidnapped 36 natural gas workers earlier this month, according to the  National Ombudsman’s office. The office, known as the Defensoria del Pueblo, said the troops have only completed between 28 days and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gov&#8217;t Confirms Informal Miner Trapped In New Cave-In</title>
		<link>http://www.peruviantimes.com/20/govt-confirms-informal-miner-trapped-in-new-cave-in/15563/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:56:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An informal miner in Peru’s southern Ayacucho region has been trapped underground, the government confirmed, in another case that highlights the dangers of wildcat mining in the Andean country. The Mines and Energy Ministry confirmed that the miner, Medardo Gutierrez, was trapped when there was a cave-in at the informal Luicho mine, in the district [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Consultants Hand In Review On Newmont&#8217;s Minas Conga</title>
		<link>http://www.peruviantimes.com/18/consultants-hand-in-review-on-newmonts-minas-conga/15544/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andean Air Mail &#38; PERUVIAN TIMES</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gregorio Santos]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three international consultants charged with reviewing Newmont Mining’s multi-billion dollar Minas Conga copper-gold project have turned over their findings to the Peruvian government. Cabinet Chief Oscar Valdes and top government officials received the report during a press conference on Tuesday. Authorities and the consultants did not provide many details about the findings, adding that the full [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Humala: Gov&#8217;t Aiming For &#8220;Zero Cost&#8221; To Shining Path Kidnapping</title>
		<link>http://www.peruviantimes.com/13/humala-govt-aiming-for-zero-cost-to-shining-path-kidnapping/15518/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:26:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Ollanta Humala said Thursday that Peru’s security forces are looking to resolve the kidnapping of up to 40 natural gas workers by suspected Shining Path rebels with “zero cost” to the hostages. “We are taking into account the life of the workers,” said Humala, according to daily El Comercio. Humala’s comments were his first [...]]]></description>
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