State of emergency in Peru city
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A state of emergency is declared in a city in southern Peru, after protests against the local government.
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Some 49 people were killed when a bus plunged off a bridge into a river in Peru&#39;s northern jungle, officials say. A total of 15 others were injured when the vehicle travelling between the capital, Lima, and
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Â· Emergency government meets in RamallahÂ· Immediate US aid for West Bank and Gaza
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Thailand's Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra called a state of emergency Tuesday as coup rumors sweep Bangkok.
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All members of the Palestinian security services have been placed on a state of alert to prepare for a possible outbreak of unrest in the event of President Yasser Arafat&#39;s death, Palestinian security sources say.
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Paraguay's president declares a state of  emergency after fires destroy 100,000 hectares of forest and land.
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By Jude Webber and Tania Mellado LIMA, Peru  - Peruvian authorities arrested aformer army major who led a three-day uprising in a southernAndean town and will storm the police station where some of his200 supporters remain unless they surrender soon, PrimeMinister Carlos Ferrero said on Tuesday.
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LIMA, Peru  - An armed group led by a radical  former soldier stormed a police station in a southern town on  Saturday and took 10 officers hostage to demand the resignation  of Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo.
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Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra declares a state of emergency in Bangkok amid rumours of a coup.
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Ohio Gov. Bob Taft is asking Ohioans to reach into their pockets to help victims of the Asian earthquake and tsunami disaster. In a statement, Taft asked for cash donations to be made to the American Red Cross International Response Fund.
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Temporary resumption of fuel and food shipments to territory comes amid warnings of humanitarian crisis
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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  - Indian peasants burned alive a man  accused of stealing a gas canister in the latest outbreak of  mob justice in Peru's remote southern Andes.
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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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By Elinor J. Brecher, The Miami Herald  Mar. 4--Declaring themselves in a "state of emergency," residents of San Marino Island recently asked the Miami Beach City Commission for a moratorium on building permits until the island's antiquated utilities can be upgraded.
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The president declared a state of emergency, announcing in a broadcast on state radio and television that he has ordered the army to "take all necessary measures" to restore order after three days of violent protests.
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Paraguay declared a state of emergency in three northeastern provinces on Tuesday due to forest fires that have ravaged thousands of hectares (acres) of forests, crops and grazing pasture.