Peru seeks end to rebel siege
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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 a 200-strong armed  group that killed four policemen and seized part of a southern  Peruvian town in demanding the president resign said it will  hand over its weapons on Monday.
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By Jude Webber and Monica Vargas LIMA, Peru  - An armed group led by a radicalformer soldier stormed a police station in a southern town onSaturday and took 10 officers hostage to demand the resignationof Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo.
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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 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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VILLAVICENCIO, Colombia  - A delicate mission to free three hostages held by Colombian guerrillas was close to collapse on Monday as the government and rebel leaders accused each other of trying to kill the deal.
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BOGOTA -- Colombia's biggest leftist rebel group proposed a conditional cease-fire with the government yesterday, its biggest step toward peace since Alvaro Uribe became president in 2002.
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LIMA, Peru  - Peruvian President Alejandro Toledosaid on Thursday he would cooperate with a probe intoallegations he helped forge signatures to register his partyfor the 2000 election, but warned of a "conspiracy againstdemocracy" trying to bring down his government.
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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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Rival sides in post-election dispute resume talks aimed at ending violent unrest that has claimed the lives of at least 1,000 people
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Peru&#39;s president urged world leaders on Wednesday to pressure Japan to extradite former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori to face corruption charges and allegations he authorized death squad massacres a decade ago.
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The last active leader of Peru's Shining Path guerrillas proposes to stop fighting in return for an amnesty.
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Gunmen led by a retired army major overran a police station in a remote Andean city Saturday, vowing to remain inside until Peru's unpopular president leaves office. At least seven police were wounded in the shootout.
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Relief officials urgently appealed for more aid Thursday for earthquake survivors along Peru's shattered southern coast. Medical help, blankets and tents top the list, along with food, water and latrines.
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President Alejandro Toledo declared a state of emergency in a remote highland province late Saturday after gunmen demanding his resignation seized control of a police station there and took several officers hostage, authorities said.
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Palestinian leaders tried on Monday to negotiate an end to a bloody standoff between the Lebanese army and Islamist militants who have been holed up in a refugee camp for more than a week.
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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.