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Saturday, November 21, 2009 11:09 PM

Peru

Type: Country

Name: Peru

population: 28,032,050

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 34 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Peruvian gang killing for fat, cops say

LIMA, Peru - A gang in the remote Peruvian jungle has been killing people for their fat, police charged yesterday, draining it from their corpses and offering it on the black market for use in cosmetics. Medical experts expressed skepticism that a major ... [Philadelphia Inquirer - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Lima (Peru), Peru, Extraction

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 15 hours ago - 12 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Peru's gangs kill for human body fat

LIMA, Peru: Police say a gang in the Peruvian jungle has been killing people and draining fat from the corpses to sell on the black market for use in cosmetics.Three suspects confessed to killing five people, but the gang may have been involved in dozens ... [The Star South Africa - 15 hours ago]

Entities: Peru, Lima (Peru), Dermatology, Putrefaction

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 19 hours ago - 4 Documents (in Internet & IT)

Chile will revise report and documents sent by Peru

LivinginPeru.comIsabel GuerraThe 380-page dossier that summarizes the findings of the investigation on the espionage case that Peru sent to Chile , when this process officially started with a meeting which was attended by the Chilean Ambassador to Peru, ... [LivinginPeru - 19 hours ago]

Entities: Peru, Chile, Corroboration, Carolina Tohá

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 20 Documents (in Environment)

United Nations

The Big Picture: Climate

An exhibition of photographs taken by Helena Christensen documenting the threats of climate change on people living in Peru has opened in London. The photographs premiered at the United Nations in New York when the UN General Assembly met in September ... [BBC - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Climate, Helena Christensen, United Nations, Oxfam, UN General Assembly

First Reported 12 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 2 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Peru gang accused of killing to sell human fat

TORONTO (CBC) - Three members of a Peruvian gang have confessed to killing people and draining the fat from the corpses to sell on the black market for use in cosmetics, according to police officials.Col. Jorge Mejia, the chief of Peru's anti-kidnapping ... [Yahoo! Canada - 10 hours ago]

Entities: Peru, Huanuco (Peru), Neil Sadick, Dermatology, University of Virginia

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 3 Documents (in Energy)

Petroleo Brasileiro S/A - Petrobras

Brazils ANP Gears Up for Subsalt Oil Drilling in Dec.

RIO DE JANEIRO (Dow Jones), Nov. 19, 2009Brazil's oil regulator, the National Petroleum Agency, or ANP, said it will start drilling in a promising offshore oil patch in the first week of December, the Estado news agency reported Thursday.According to ... [Rigzone - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Petroleo Brasileiro S/A - Petrobras, Lima (Peru), Oil Drilling

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 3 Documents (in Internet & IT)

Microsoft Corporation

Key Advantages of Leveraging Business Applications through Windows Phones and How to Secure Them

Windows Phones. Uncover why Windows Phones on Exchange server is the best mix for your enterprise and key advantages of leveraging business applications through Windows Phones. Listen now to learn more about:The new version of Windows Mobile: Business ... [line56 - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Microsoft Corporation, Peru, Windows Mobile, Valdez (United States)

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents

Husky calls report of refinery restart 'premature'

CALGARY, Alberta, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Husky Energy Inc said on Friday it was puzzled why an Ohio regulator reported its 160,000 barrel a day Lima refinery was restarting after maintenance, calling it 'premature.''Those reports -- all I can say about that ... [FinanzNachrichten.de - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Refinery, Graham White, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, Jeffrey Jones

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents (in Earth Science)

Global Geoscience seeks $893k for exploration

Source: News BitesGlobal Geoscience Ltd is seeking to raise $892,900 through a placement to sophisticated investors to fund exploration projects in North America and Peru.The company says it is about to drill at several key copper and gold targets, including ... [Business Spectator - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Geoscience, Turnover, Peru

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents

US stocks fall slightly on technology earnings

The US currency fell against the euro to 66.82 euro cents from 67.24 euro cents Tuesday. But the dollar rose slightly against the Japanese currency to 89.38 yen from 89.27 yen.Have your say on this storyYour name/nickname(optional)MessageTop StoriesShanghai, ... [Uzbekistan News - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Beihai (China), Shanghai, Lima (Peru)

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents

Niacin may not help arteries

Prescribing niacin -- a B vitamin -- may not help open arteries, U.S. researchers said.Senior study investigator Dr. Joao Lima of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore said vascular imaging of 145 men and women age 65 and older ... [RBC Dain Rauscher - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Artery, Lipoprotein, Lima (Peru)

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Rio Alto Mining Limited: Private Placement of Common Shares

The minimum gross proceeds of the offering will be $3 million based on an issue price of $0.36 per Share. The issue price was determined by the Company and Kallpa in the context of the market. Completion of the private placement is subject to customary ... [Yahoo! Canada - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Private Placement, Common Shares, Oxide, Toronto stock exchange, Peru

Quotes

Recently the group expanded to include the United States, Australia, Peru and Vietnam. "We have not made any decision on the TPP as we need to study this" he said. November 11, 2009 11:35 AM Malaysia-US FTA Dialogue Still Stalled

President Obama Appreciates Malaysia's Contribution by Zakaria Abdul Wahab (15 Nov 09) [Third World Network - 16 hours ago]

...the newspaper, pointing out at the fact that Peru has not sent any of the encrypted texts that the police seized from the computer of the spy. "Chile will review these documents very seriously, said the spokeswoman for Chilean's Executive, Carolina Toha."

Chile will revise report and documents sent by Peru [LivinginPeru - 19 hours ago]

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Dot Biz [BAGnewsNotes - 16 hours ago] (Click for larger size) Consumer culture -- the endless manufacture of desire -- is killing us. It knows no morality. ...
Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuff... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 11/20/2009] The Past Two Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs: Increased Tension Over Iran's Program SI Analysis: After an IAEA report suggests that Iran's recently ...
Ãakaq attack (Dawg's Blawg) [Progressive Bloggers - 11/20/2009] A bizarre story out of Peru today--with the backstory almost entirely missing, and the lede truly buried.Police say a gang in the Peruvian jungle has been killing ...
Gang Kill Lonely Obese People, Sell Their Fat F... [Gawker - 11/20/2009] In a story that can only be described as made-up-but-not, police have busted a gang in Peru who targeted fat people on "lonely roads," killed them, extracted their ...
Police say Peruvian gang killed people for thei... [Progressive Bloggers - 11/20/2009] Ok I know this story is really gross but I just couldn't stop thinking.....I used to donate platelets until they banned women who have had babies (now I just donate ...

Audio/Video

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Peru arrests 4 for selling human fat [Reuters Video: Top News - 11/20/2009]
Police in Peru claim to bust human fat traffick... [ITN News - YouTube - 11/20/2009]
Peru urges sanctions over spy case - 14 Nov 09 [Al Jazeera - YouTube - 11/14/2009]
Peru drugs police in shootout [Reuters - YouTube - 11/11/2009]
Peru drugs police in shootout [Reuters Video: Top News - 11/11/2009]

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