Peru Preparing to Storm Siege Town
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LIMA, Peru  - Peruvian authorities on Monday  threatened to storm a police station seized on New Year's Day  by an armed group demanding the president's resignation, and  warned residents to get out of the area.
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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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MOSUL: Iraqi commandos backed by US troops were preparing to storm insurgent strongholds in the city of Mosul yesterday as US-led forces continued their bid to clear the city of rebels.
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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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Troops and armoured vehicles were rushed to the Philippine capital on Friday to beef up security for a planned mass protest against President Gloria Arroyo, military officials said.
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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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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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LIMA, Peru  - An armed group that seized a police  station and parts of a southern Peruvian town four days ago  demanding the resignation of President Alejandro Toledo agreed  to surrender on Tuesday, police said.
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NEAR FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. troops unleashed a  fierce barrage of shelling on Monday on Iraq's rebel-held town  of Falluja, where U.S. troops are poised for a major offensive,  a Reuters witness said.
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Chile has begun its security preparations for the upcoming international leaders meeting in Santiago of the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation group.
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LIMA, Peru  - Peruvian authorities arrested a  former army major who led a three-day uprising in a southern  Andean town and vowed on Tuesday to storm the police station  where his followers remained holed up unless they surrendered  soon.
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LIMA, Peru  - Peruvian authorities detained a  former army major who led a three-day uprising in a southern  Andean town and will storm the police station where some of his  200 supporters remain unless they surrender, Prime Minister  Carlos Ferrero said early on Tuesday.
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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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A major security operation is under way in Chile ahead of an annual Apec summit in the South American nation.
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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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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 which took over a  police station in southern Peru and killed four officers to  demand the resignation of unpopular President Alejandro Toledo  will not surrender on Monday as planned, its leader said.