Toledo Says Open to Investigation of Peru Scandal
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LIMA, Peru  - Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo  said on Thursday he would cooperate with a probe into  allegations he helped forge signatures to register his party  for the 2000 election, but warned of a "conspiracy against  democracy" trying to bring down his government.
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LIMA, Peru  - The leader of a 200-strong armed  group that killed four policemen and seized a police station  and part of a southern Peruvian town, to demand the resignation  of President Alejandro Toledo, said it would hand over its  weapons on Monday.
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The International Olympic Committee said on Wednesday it would launch an inquiry into potential drugs rules violations at past Games following doping confessions by Telekom team riders.
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The IOC opened an investigation Tuesday into doping allegations against Marion Jones, who could eventually be stripped of her five medals from the 2000 Olympics.
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Peru's government is considering subsidizing some of this Andean nation's poorest people with direct monthly cash payments, President Alejandro Toledo said Thursday.
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By Jude Webber and Tania Mellado LIMA, Peru  - Peruvian authorities were trying onTuesday to negotiate the surrender of an armed group holdinghostages in a police station, hours after arresting theirleader who had demanded the president's resignation.
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By Jude Webber and Marco Aquino LIMA, Peru  - Peruvian President Alejandro Toledowas personally involved with faking signatures to register hisparty for elections in 2000 and paid people for the forgeries,a woman who said she witnessed the events said on Friday.
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LIMA, Peru  - Peru will launch on Nov. 5 a  civilian retrial of Abimael Guzman, head of the Maoist-inspired  Shining Path rebel group that waged a brutal insurgency in the  1980s and 1990s, officials said on Monday.
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The IOC opened an investigation Wednesday into possible doping violations in cycling at previous Olympics following recent drug confessions by members of the Telekom team.
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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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Peru should call in the International Court of Justice to rule on its request for the extradition of former President Alberto Fujimori from Japan, state attorney Nelly Calderon said on Sunday, expressing frustration at Japan's failure to act so far.
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Peru will submit a second request to  Japan to extradite former President Alberto Fujimori to face  charges of corruption, the Peruvian Embassy said Friday.
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Probes by Attorney General Mukasey and others could help determine how far the controversy reaches.
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Officials will investigate the apparent poisoning of Ukraine's opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko.
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Lawmakers charged with enforcing  ethics in the U.S. House of Representatives met on Thursday to  begin an investigation of a sex scandal that has ensnared top  Republicans and could harm their chances of keeping control of  Congress in the November 7 elections.
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U.S. lawmakers opened their own  investigation on Thursday of the cybersex scandal involving a  Republican congressman who sent lewd messages to young aides,  and will interview dozens of officials just weeks before the  November 7 elections, imperiling Republican control of  Congress.
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The IOC opened an investigation Tuesday into the doping allegations against Marion Jones, a move which could lead to the removal of her five medals from the 2000 Olympics.