Wednesday, September 19, 2007
TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS:
METEORITE IN CARANCAS, PUNO?
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- The meteorite story spreads across the globe and even into parody. Some reports still wonder if it is a 'meteorite' while those said to be afflicted by it range between 300 and 600.
- The city of La Oroya gets on someone's Top Ten list - but not for good reasons.
- Yale University's return of Machu Picchu artifacts undergoes further scrutiny.
- Mario Testino goes up against Paddington Bear in popularity.
- Tonight In New York City: Eduardo Gonzalez Viaña reads from his El Corrido de Dante at Librería Lectorum, 134 W. 14th St., 6 p.m. Free.
METEORITE IN CARANCAS, PUNO?
- VIDEO: 'Meteorite Crash Causes Mysterious Illness' (Associated Press, Ed Donohue) re: 100 feet wide, 20 feet deep (link may have changed)
- VIDEO: 'Peru's Foul Smelling Meteorite' (MSNBC, Kevin Flynn)
- VIDEO: Raw Video footage With No Overdub (Associated Press?)
- VIDEO: "Peruvian Mystery Crater' (Reuters)
- 'Peruvian Scientists Probe Fumes From Meteorite Crater' (Agence France Press)
- 'Peru Blames Supposed Meteorite For Strange Illness; 200 Sickened' (Associated Press)
- 'Is Meteorite Linked To Outbreak of Digestive Respiratory Problems?' (KWTX)
- 'Scores Ill In Peru 'Meteor Crash' ' (BBC)
- 'Q&A: Do Meteors Make You Ill' (BBC)
- '600 Sick In Peru After 'Meteorite' Crashes' (CBC with wires)
- ' 'Toxic' Meteorite Crashes Into Village in Peru' (Daily Mail) with additional photographs
- 'Peru Meteorite Crash Causes Mystery Illness' (Guardian, Rory Carroll)
- 'Villagers Fall Ill After Fireball Hits Peru' (MSNBC and wires)
- 'Meteorite Causes Vomiting, Nausea In Andes' (Novosti, Russia)
- 'Peruvians Get Sick From Apparent Meteorite Crater' (Reuters, Teresa Cespedes) a version of this runs in the New York Times
- 'It Came From Outer Space - And It Stinks' (USA Today blog)
- 'Meteorite Slams Into Peru, 600 Villagers Ill' (Xinhua News Agency) "In a scene reminiscent of H.G. Well's "War of the Worlds," more than 600 villagers fell ill in southern Peru over the weekend after a fireball from space slammed into the ground, creating a huge crater and emitting a sickenly smelly gas."
- 'Nostradamus Third Anti-Christ Name Revealed By Peru Meteorite Crash' (opinion, OpEdNews, Karen Fish)
- PARODY: 'Peru Meteor Populated With Miniature Life' (The Spoof)
- 'Baptist World Aid Assists Victims Of Peru Quake' (Baptist World Aid) "An initial sum of $20,000 was sent by BWAid to the Baptist Evangelical Convention of Peru (CEBP), which is coordinating relief efforts on the behalf of Baptists."
- 'Peru Quake: More Aid Needed' (Catholic Agency For Overseas Development) "More than 90 per cent of Pisco was destroyed, as most of the houses there were built in the 16th century and are not as solid as some more modern homes. But the quake has also united Peruvians, with many people sending aid, food and clothes."
- 'Peru Govt Says Telefonica, Nextel Failed After Earthquake' (Dow Jones)
- 'Peru Government To Probe Minister In Relief Scandal' (IANS) "Health Minister Carlos Vallejos was linked to alleged irregularities in the acquisition of relief materials."
- 'Abroad Programs Plan For Emergencies' (Minnesota Daily, Lindsay Guentzel) "Earthquakes are common in Lima. They have little ones on and off that last just a little bit."
- 'Latin Ladies To Host Charity Luncheon For Quake Victims' (The Peninsula, Qatar) re: November 10; "Ticket for the luncheon is priced QR130 for adults and QR60 for children aged below 12 years. Further details can be had from Raygada over mobile No: 5194296."
- 'Richmond Salvation Army Volunteers Help Quake Victims' (Richmond Times-Dispatch) "Two of these volunteers, Hans Oppe and Anita Williams, left for Peru on Sept. 15 and are part of The Salvation Army Richmond Area Command's Emergency Disaster Services Team"
- 'Best Friends Rescuing Pets In Quake-Scarred Peru' (Salt Lake Tribune, Mark Havnes)
- 'Earthquake Recovery Continues' (United Methodist Committee On Relief)
- 'Ten Most Polluted Places Named' (BBC; National Geographic; Financial Times, Fiona Harvey) La Oroya is on the top ten list by the Blacksmith Institute; " A metal smelter run by the Missouri-based Doe Run Corporation has operated in the remote settlement since 1922."
- World's Worst Polluted Places 2007' (Blacksmith Institute)
- La Oroya - In Top Ten' (Blacksmith Institute) "Ninety-nine percent of children living in and around La Oroya have blood lead levels that exceed acceptable limits."
- 'Where To Go Fishing For Profits' (The Times, UK, Merryn Somerset Webb) "Copeinca, founded in 1994, has exactly what we want from a fish-related investment: perpetual rights granted by the Lima government to fish for anchovies."
- 'Peru's Prez Criticizes Vatican, Priest 'interference' In Politics' (Catholic News Services, Lucien Chauvin) "Garcia's comments were directed at the role Catholic religious and laypeople played in a nonbinding referendum on mining held Sept. 16 in three provinces in the northern department of Piura. Voters overwhelmingly rejected mining development."
- 'Conference On 'MacroEconomic Policies and Social Equity' (International Monetary Fund) Sept 19 and 20 in Lima; "The key speakers will include His Excellency President Alan Garcia of Peru."
- 'US House Panel To Begin Consideration Of Peru Free Trade' (Dow Jones, John Godfrey)
- 'Andean Countries Start Free Trade Talks With European Union' (Dow Jones)
- 'Labor Groups Differ On Peru Free Trade Deal' (The Hill, Ian Swanson)
- 'Key House Lawmaker Sees Peru Pact Approval' (Reuters, Doug Palmer) re: Rep. Charles Rangel
- 'Alturas Reports On Huajoto Polymetalic Project' (Alturas Minerales press release)
- 'Peru Southern Copper Union says Talks Break Off With Company' (Dow Jones)
- 'New Mines Set To Boost Outcome At Hochschild' (Financial Times, Rebecca Bream) "Hochschild Mining, thefamily-owned Peruvian silver and gold producer, yesterday unveiled a 29 per cent rise in first-half profits and said full-year profits would be boosted by the opening of three new mines."
- 'Hochschild Mining Profit Rises 36%; Opens Peru Mine (Mining Journal)
- 'Big Peruvian Copper Strike Imminent As Talks Fall' (Reuters, Teresa Cespedes)
- 'Revolution on Campus' (Brock University Press, Canada, Moraa Mochama) re: Hugo Blanco at Canadian college; "Speaking to students through a translator, Blanco detailed Peru's farming system, which was still under a feudal system that was put in place by Spanish colonialists."
- 'Grin And Bear It, Mario' (Independent, Henry Deedes) "The mild-mannered photographer Mario Testino does not immediately strike you as the competitive sort. But he is, it seems, quite prepared to get involved in a bout of petty of one-upmanship with his fellow Peruvian, Paddington Bear. "I can't believe it. They're making a whole movie out of him?" he asked, incredulously, adding: "Well, I am not sure how many other Peruvians know who he is."
- 'People Look After My Bear, Thank You' (The Times, UK, Ben Hoyle; Guardian, Francesca Martin)
- Ambassador Luis Chuquihuara Chil in Belize (Love FM)
- 'Gene Savoy, Flamboyant Explorer Of Ruins, Dies At 80' (New York Times, Douglas Martin)
- 'Peruvian Dies In Wreck Near Yampa' (Steamboat Pilot, Mike McCollum) “The deceased we believe was Peruvian, but he had a Mexican drivers license,” said Klinger, who said the victim was a sheepherder in the national forest."
- Book Review: Environmentalism Is So Not Dead!' (Grist, Carl Pope) "When 80% of the mahogany coming into the U.S. from Peru has been illegally logged, we don't have global trade -- we have global crime rings. If we made sure that the rules of real markets governed natural resources, we would find that markets do, indeed, work very powerfully."
- Reading in NYC by Eduardo Gonzalez Viaña (New York Daily News) Tonight, Peruvian author presents his novel El Corrido de Dante at Librería Lectorum, 134 W. 14th St., 6 p.m. Free.
- Book Review: 'Old Dogs With New Tricks' (New York Sun, Benjamin Lytal) "Mario Vargas Llosa, the outstanding Peruvian novelist, remains oddly undigested in American letters. [His] new novel, "The Bad Girl," will be both love story and political mystery."
- Vargas Llosa's Bad Girl Is 'A Must Read' (Houston Chronicle, Fritz Lanham)
- 'Search Is On For The Next Pavarotti' (New York Sun, Benjamin Ivry) "[Juan Diego] Flórez is now undertaking what seems like an unending series of performances around the globe of "Daughter of the Regiment" — the same opera which launched Pavarotti's career — because audiences flock to hear its grotesquely challenging aria with nine high Cs."
- 'AIDS-Infected Kids Demand Peru Payback' (Prensa Latina, Cuba)
- 'Artifact Repatriation Is Long Overdue' (opinion, Indiana Statesman, Petra Hendrickson) rosy optimism from university student
- AUDIO: 'Yale Returns Peruvian Antiquities' (National Public Radio, Diane Orson)
- 'Peru Art Deal Gets Blurry' (Miami Herald, Adriana Leon and Patrick J. McDonnell) this is a slightly updated version of yesterday's Los Angeles Times with a more skeptical headline
- Immigration Agents Seize 20 Suspected Illegal Aliens' (Idaho Mountain Express, Terry Smith) "Ketchum police spokesman Kim Rogers put the number at 20. She described some of the detainees as 'Peruvian'."
- 'Undocumented Students Follow Their DREAM to DC' (Sacramento Bee, Susan Ferriss) re: Claudia (last name withheld)
- 'Lambright Receives Grant To Study Cultural Effects Of Terrorism' (Trinity Tripod, Bill Cosgrove) "Associate Professor of Modern Languages and Literature Anne Lambright recently won a prestigious grant from the Woodrow Wilson Foundation to study the cultural impact of terrorism in Peru. ... Lambright plans to publish several articles on her work, as well as a book tentatively titled The Culture of Terror: Shining Path and Counterterrorism in the Peruvian National Imaginary."
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