Peru Starts Offensive to Reclaim Siege Town
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LIMA, Peru  - Peruvian police and troops on Monday  launched an offensive to retake a police station in a southern  Andean town and end a three-day siege by ex-soldiers demanding  the resignation of unpopular President Alejandro Toledo.
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By Marco Aquino and Jude Webber LIMA, Peru  - The leader of an armed group whichtook over a police station in a southern Peruvian town threedays ago and demanded the president's resignation made a freshpromise on Monday to surrender.
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By Marco Aquino ANDAHUAYLAS, Peru  - An armed group of ex-militarynationalists released their hostages and surrendered onTuesday, four days after seizing a police station and part of aPeruvian town to demand the president's resignation.
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Peruvian army reservists storm a police station, take officers hostage, and demand President Toledo resign.
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ANDAHUAYLAS, Peru -- A four-day occupation of a police station and part of a Peruvian town by an armed group of ex-military nationalists demanding the president's resignation ended yesterday when they surrendered and freed their hostages.
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As Afghanistan prepares to swear in its first popularly elected president, Afghan and US forces are launching a winter operation to contain anti-government insurgents threatening the new government.
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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 Marco Aquino LIMA, Peru  - An armed group which took over apolice station in southern Peru and killed four officers todemand the resignation of unpopular President Alejandro Toledowill not surrender on Monday as planned, its leader said.
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LIMA, Peru  - An armed group that took over a  police station in southern Peru on New Year's Day and killed  four officers will not surrender at midday as planned, its  leader Antauro Humala told Reuters Monday.
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American-led forces stormed the rebel stronghold of Samarra yesterday, launching a major offensive to wrest back control of the country&#39;s so-called &quot;no-go&quot; areas before the elections scheduled for January.
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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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The nearly abandoned mining town of Playas, N.M., is about to teem with activity as an anti-terrorist training center begins operations in a matter of weeks.
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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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Peruvian forces take positions around a  police station where a group of army reservists are holding hostages.
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LIMA, Peru  - The leader of an armed group which  took over a police station in a southern Peruvian town three  days ago and demanded the president's resignation made a fresh  promise on Monday to surrender.
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LIMA, Peru  - Four Peruvian police died on Sunday  after security forces battled to retake parts of a southern  town seized by an armed group early on New Year's Day to demand  the resignation of President Alejandro Toledo.
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Rescue teams in helicopters searched Sunday for dozens of people missing in floods and landslides that cut a trail of destruction through small Andean towns and killed at least 37 people over the past few days.