Peru shaken by third quake in three days amid relief drive
A magnitude-7.2 earthquake struck southern Peru before dawn injuring few and causing structural damage. Authorities reported no serious injuries as a sequence of shocks followed a larger 8.1 temblor that killed at least 75 and left tens of thousands homeless. President-elect Toledo announced $52 million in international aid during his 12 day tour in the United States and Europe. Earlier quakes in the same zone produced landslides and blocked highways, while a magnitude-6 quake on Thursday sparked further panic and building collapses.
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Alejandro Toledo
United States
Europe
Defector Hwang Jang Yop invited to testify sparks U S rows
North Korea criticized U S Representatives Henry Hyde and Christopher Cox for inviting Hwang Jang Yop to testify on Capitol Hill. The 78 year old defector from North Korea, once Kim Jong Il's confidant, fled to the South via Beijing in 1997, becoming the highest ranking official to seek asylum there. KCNA called the invitation a bid to ridicule and warned it would harm North Korea U S dialogue efforts.
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U.S
Henry Hyde
A-ll
Christopher Cox
Hwang Jang Yop
North
KCNA
Foreign
Destructive storm Utor hits China Philippines and Germany grief
A powerful tropical storm named Utor killed three in Guangdong China and damaged 4700 homes with 2.6 billion dollars in losses after downgrading from a typhoon. In the Philippines the toll rose to 112 dead and 69 missing, with over 120 injured. Hong Kong flights faced delays amid storm fallout and Cathay Pacific pilot strife. In Berlin, hundreds queued to sign a condolence book for former Chancellor Helmut Kohl’s wife Hannelore Kohl who died by suicide at 68 after a sun allergy. A service is set for next Wednesday at Speyer Cathedral.
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China
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Hong Kong
Cathay Pacific
Berlin
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Kohl
Hannelore Kohl
Ludwigshafen
Christian Democratic Union
Speyer
Rhine
Bolivia's Banzer Faces Grave Cancer Diagnosis
Bolivian President Hugo Banzer, 75, is undergoing cancer treatment in Washington for cancer in his left lung and liver. Acting President Jorge Quiroga would assume leadership if he resigns or is unable to govern. He has led Bolivia after a prior dictatorship and coca eradication efforts amid ongoing protests and crackdowns.
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Bolivia
Hugo Banzer
South America
Banzer
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Washington
Manfredo Kempff
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Kempff
Jorge Quiroga
Quiroga
Walter Reed
Macedonia leaders work toward peace with reconciliation plan
International envoys handed a framework for ending Macedonia’s ethnic Albanian insurgency to leaders in Skopje. EU and American envoys called the draft a basis for negotiations, urging rapid talks and constitutional changes to expand Albanian representation and language rights amid a fragile cease-fire. NATO may monitor disarmament if a peace deal is reached, with international aid tied to implementation.
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Macedonia
European Union
Francois Leotard
Leotard
James Pardew
NATO
Boris Trajkovski
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