Peru concerned about fossil trafficking
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Peruvian archaeologists displayed more than 400 seized shark teeth, shells and fish fossils as old as 12 million years on Friday, saying customs officials have already made twice the number of such seizures this year than they did in 2006.
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The US hands over more than 400 Incan and pre-Columbian artefacts to the government of Peru.
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LIMA, Peru  - Even in ancient Peru, it seems dogs were a man's best friend.
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POTOSI, Bolivia  - High silver prices are drawing a frenzy of miners to a colonial-era mine at Potosi in Bolivia, but the mine has become so dangerous that authorities fear the mine, part of a World Heritage Site, could collapse.
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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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The tomb complex is laden with artifacts ranging from studiously arranged human remains to extremely rare decorative knives that are Peru's national symbol.
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The threat to orangutans from illegal logging may be greater than has previously been predicted.
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Person-sized bird with fearsome spear for a beak roamed Peru 36 million years ago.
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The World Bank said on Wednesday it will lend Peru &#36;5 million to help preserve the country's best-known cultural sites, including Machu Picchu and the Sacred Valley of the Incas.
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Peruvian alpaca herders are turning to technology to thwart a growing problem of the high Andes Mountains: the smuggling of prize-winning, wool-producing alpacas to neighboring countries.
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LIMA, Peru  - Archeologists have uncovered a 600-year-old, large underground cemetery belonging to a Peruvian warrior culture, thought to be the first discovery of its kind, an official said on Thursday.
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DNA is aiding fossil hunters in the search for human origins by approaching the search for human origins from a different angle.
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Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was en route to Peru on Saturday, one day after the Chilean Supreme Court approved his extradition to face five corruption and two human rights abuse charges.
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A Native American tribe is alarmed at the upcoming sale of a piece of the Willamette Meteorite.
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600 ill as authorities probe mystery buried object The Peruvian authorities are warning people not to visit the site of a suspected meteorite strike in a remote area of the Andes after 600 people succumbed to "headaches, vomiting and nausea" caused by inhaling gas at the scene.â¦
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Some 600 people in Peru become sick after visiting the crash area of what is said to be a meteorite.
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Peruvian police said on Monday they seized nearly 1,540 pounds (700 kg) of cocaine hidden in frozen giant squid bound for Mexico and the United States.