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Lima  - Extreme environmental damage caused by mining has prompted the residents in the Peruvian city of Carro Pasco to move the entire town.

The move was approved in a meeting of residents, national media reported Wednesday. The city is the provincial capital and is located at 4,348 metres, making it one of the highest as well as one of the dirtiest cities in the world.

Residents in Carro Pasco, about 400 kilometres east of Lima, suffer from extremely high levels of lead in their blood as a result of open-cast mining of lead, zinc and other metals. The community's children suffer from skin diseases, problems with bone formation and weaknesses in their sight and mental development.

Lima (Peru), Dec 1: A group of archaeologists have dug up an ancient tomb at the Torontoy Archaeological Complex in the historic sanctuary of Machu Picchu in Peru.

The tomb, which belongs to a person of unidentified gender and age, was found accompanied by funerary trappings, pots, plates, an aryballos, a pitcher and a pair of garment pins or tupus.

A report by Andina news agency said that this discovery occurred in the sector B of Torontoy and corresponds to the archaeological research works of the budget 2008, according to the work’s resident archaeologist, Homar Gallegos Gutierrez.

In relation to the discovery of the funerary site are two hypotheses.

Lima- Four police officers were killed in the northern Peruvian province of Huanuco, allegedly by members of the extreme-left rebel group Shining Path working in the service of drug gangs, Peruvian media reported Thursday citing the authorities.

The attack happened Wednesday, just three days after US President George W Bush, Chinese leader Hu Jintao, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, among many other leaders, visited the country for a summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum.

Lima - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso said Sunday in Lima that the prospects of the Doha Round of talks at the World Trade Organization (WTO) have changed after seven years of failures.

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is aware that, in the current context of global economic and financial crisis, "the world might turn protectionistic," Aso said. This is an issue that needs "to be responded to quickly."

Lima  - Leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum meeting spent the weekend in Lima continuing to tiptoe a balance between regulation and protectionism as the world tackles the ongoing economic and financial crisis.

Their efforts crystallized on the stalled Doha Round of World Trade Organization (WTO) talks, declaring their intention to reach a WTO agreement by next month. Launched in 2001, the Doha round made only halting advances amid rich and poor countries disagreeing on trade in areas such as services and agricultural commodities.