Peru Launches Offensive to Retake Siege Town
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LIMA, Peru  - Peruvian authorities on Monday  launched an offensive to retake a police station and end a  three-day siege by former soldiers in a southern Andean town.
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US and Iraqi troops have launched a major offensive in the insurgent stronghold of Samarra, north of Baghdad, retaking key government and police buildings.
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ANDAHUAYLAS, Peru -- Soldiers carrying automatic weapons were closing in on a police station seized by paramilitary nationalists over the weekend in this remote Andean town, and the Interior Ministry said yesterday that it was preparing to storm the building
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Peruvian authorities have detained a former army major who led a three-day uprising in a southern Peruvian town and are preparing to storm the police station he took over with 200 supporters, a government source told Reuters early on Tuesday.
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By Marco Aquino and Jude Webber LIMA, Peru  - Peruvian police and troops on Mondaylaunched an offensive to retake a police station in a southernAndean town and end a three-day siege by ex-soldiers demandingthe resignation of unpopular President Alejandro Toledo.
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US and Iraqi forces launched a major assault Friday to regain control of the insurgent stronghold of Samarra, and hospital officials said at least 21 people were killed and 35 wounded.
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LIMA, Peru  - An ex-soldier and 200 supporters  took over a police station in a poor Andean town on Saturday  and demanded the resignation of President Alejandro Toledo  after a gunfight that injured seven people.
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By Robin Emmott LIMA, Peru  - Peruvian special forces on Tuesdayfreed 20 foreign tourists who were briefly taken hostage byprotesting coca growers in an Inca temple in the southern cityof Cuzco, police said.
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SAMARRA, Iraq  - U.S. and Iraqi forces tightened  their grip on Samarra Saturday, pressing on with one of the  largest offensives since the fall of Saddam Hussein to try to  regain control of the rebel stronghold.
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Peruvian authorities declare a state of emergency  in several Andean regions after cold weather leaves 200 dead.
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US and Iraqi forces have launched a major offensive against a town suspected of harboring insurgents in northern Iraq. At least eight people have been killed and dozens injured in the fighting in Tal Afar Saturday.
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At least 80 people were reported dead today after US and Iraqi forces launched a major assault to regain control of the rebel stronghold of Samarra.
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The US-led coalition has launched a winter offensive against Taliban militias, US military spokesman said Saturday. The US-led coalition has launched a winter offensive against
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LIMA, Peru  - The Peruvian government put a  southern Andean town under curfew on Monday after launching a  military offensive to retake a police station held for three  days by ex-soldiers demanding the president's resignation.
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LIMA, Peru  - An armed group led by a radical  former soldier stormed a police station in a poor southern town  and took 10 officers hostage on Saturday to demand the  resignation of Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo.
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By Jude Webber LIMA, Peru  - Peruvian President Alejandro Toledosaid on Saturday he wanted new judges to try Shining Pathleader Abimael Guzman after the "shameful spectacle" he stagedat the start of his terrorism retrial, punching the air withhis fist and chanting rebel slogans.
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Soldiers carrying automatic weapons moved closer to a police station seized by paramilitary nationalists over the weekend in this remote Andean town after the Interior Ministry said Monday it was preparing to storm the building, and a police sharpshooter killed one rebel on the roof of the station.