Thursday, September 20, 2007
TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS:
METEORITE IN CARANCAS, PUNO!
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs released their 'Earthquake OCHA Situation Report No. 18' which includes updates on the receipt of 3,000 tents on September 13 as well as a review of donors. (The full 6-page report is also online.)
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- The meteor was given official status (as a meteor) by some reports but another more speculative article suggested it may have been a felled satellite
- Mummies were found in northern Peru in the Kuelap ruins
- The August 15 quake gets another UNHCR update
- Chile's Supreme Court is expected to make public their ruling on Fujimori today
METEORITE IN CARANCAS, PUNO!
- 'Experts Confirm Meteorite Crash In Peru' (Associated Press, Monte Hayes and Edison Lopez) Jose Mechare (Geological, Mining and Metallurgical Institute) confirmed it was a 'rocky meteorite'; illnesses doubted
- Photograph of Meteor (Associated Press/La Razon, Miguel Carrasco) photo #2
- Commentary: 'Meteorites, Plagues, and Bad Omens' (Guardian, Patrick Barkham)
- Commentary: 'Henry Has Everything Covered - Even Meteorites' (New Zealand Herald blog)
- Commentary: 'American Spy Satellite Downed In Peru As US Nuclear Attack On Iran Thwarted' (What Does It Mean, Sorcha Faal) "Russian Military Intelligence Analysts are reporting today that one of the United States most secretive spy satellites targeting Iran was ‘destroyed in its orbit’ with its main power generator powered by the radioactive isotope Pu-238 surviving re-entry and crashing in a remote region of the South American Nation of Peru, and where hundreds are reported to be ill from radiation poisoning."
- [Parody articles on meteorite at the bottom of today's post.]
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs released their 'Earthquake OCHA Situation Report No. 18' which includes updates on the receipt of 3,000 tents on September 13 as well as a review of donors. (The full 6-page report is also online.)
- Britto, Kuyayky Foundation, Spirit Airlines, and Blue Monster Offer Aid To Quake Victims' (press release) benefit event on September 28 in Miami; information online
- California Nonprofit 800 Computers To Aid Quake Relief (Daily Californian, Taylor Fife) re: Alameda County Computer Resource Center
- ' Commission earmarks €6 million for additional humanitarian aid for victims of earthquake in Peru' (European Union) "Perhaps we don't see the pictures on our TV screens anymore, but there are still more than 250,000 people who have lost their belongings and houses remain displaced without appropriate shelter, or are relocated in temporary shelters with limited access to basic water and sanitation facilities. And they need our aid", Commissioner Michel said."
- VIDEO: Meteor Impact Site (Fox News)
- 'Can Meteorites Make People Sick?' (Fox News, Jackson Kuhl)
- 'Experts: 'Meteor' Gases Likely Caused By Geyser' (Fox News via Space.com)
- 'Peruvian Meteorite Has Sci Fi Twist' (Technovelgy.com, Bill CHristensen)
- 'How One Vancouverite Is Helping Peru Rebuild After Quake - And How You Can Help' (TravelTV)
- 'Some 40 Pre-Inca Mummies Found In Kuelap Fortress' (Deutsche Press Agentur)
- 'Peruvian Archaelogists Find 40 1,200-Year-Old Mummies' (Xinnua News Agency) "buried under a platform of 24 meters in diameter in the El Tintero structure during a dig of the Kuelap Archaeological Complex Restoration and Conservation project."
- 'Most Peruvians Want Fujimori Extradited' (Angus Reid) re: Apoyo poll in El Comercio; "75% of respondents want Alberto Fujimori to leave Chile and face justice in Peru."
- 'Inflation And Union Woes Dog Bachelet' (Financial Times, Jude Webber) "Bolivia non-sovereign access to the Pacific would have to be approved by Peru, which has a maritime dispute of its own with Chile."
- 'Chile To Obey Final Ruling On Fujimori' (Prensa Latina)
- 'Iberian Minerals To Acquire Producing Copper Mine In Peru' (Canadian Business, John Valorzi) re: to acquire 92 per cent of Compania Minera Condestable and its copper mine south of Lima
- 'Candente Started At Outperf On Potential Of Canariaco Project' (Dow Jones)
- 'Peru Mining Federation Mulling New National Strike' (Dow Jones) Labor leader: "We have already agreed to hold a strike. We need to decide on the date."
- 'Call For National Strike As Strife Hits Peru Mines' (Reuters) re: Shougang Hierro "Unions want a bigger share of lofty global metals prices and the country's largest mine federation called for a massive strike in Peru."
- 'Peru: Inspection and Certification, Together With Training' (Control Union Peru press release)
- 'Peru Bishop Stands Up To President' (Prensa Latina) re: Luis Bambaren
- 'Peru To Increase Minimum Wage By 10%' (Xinhua News Agency) "A new law, which is to be promulgated on Oct. 1, will raise the current minimum wage of 500 soles (160 dollars) to 530 soles (170 dollars)."
- 'PSEG To Sell Peru Hydro Unit For $284Million' (Associated Press)
- 'Public Service To Sell Peruvian Dams To Norway' (Bloomberg, Jim Polson)
- 'PSEG Agrees To Sell ElectroAndes to SN Power' (Business News Americas)
- 'Peru's August Past-Due Loan Ratio Falls Slightly To 1.58%' (Dow Jones)
- 'PSEG To Sell Peru Hydroelectric-Power Firm For $390Million' (MarketWatch, Robert Daniel)
- 'PSEG To Sell Peruvian Hydro-Power Company' (Reuters)
- 'PSEG Global Sells Hydroelectric Plants In Peru' (Star-Ledger, New Jersey, Tom Johnson)
- 'History Will Severeley Judge A Rejection of FTAs' (opinion, Miami Herald, Carlos M. Gutierrez) USA Commerce Secretary reviews trip to Peru last week; Florida exports to Peru totoalled $658 million last year.
- 'Peru: Free Trade Agreement With China and EU Planned For 2008' (Stratfor)
- 'Student Pints Through Struggles' (Utah Chronicle, Carlos Mayorga) re: Ana Maria Ravines de Shur "Ravines de Schur was the first racial minority to gain political refuge in the United States from Germany because of racism." Art will show in Venezuela Embassy in Washington next month
- 'Memorial Set For Lesbian Scholar Yolanda Retter Vargas' (Bay Area Reporter, Jeanne Cordova) re: Yolanda Retter Vargas "Her essays on Peruvian photography appeared in exhibit catalogs and Latin American photography journals."
- 'Seizure Can Be Confused With Scissors' (opinion, News-Press, Florida, Alessia Leathers)
- 'Upstate Teen Kidnapped, Robbed In Peru' (KYFF4-TV, South Carolina) re: on mission trip in Arequipa; "Pastor's son stays after attack to share his faith"
- 'Upstate Youth Escapes South American Kidnapping' (Independent, South Carolina, Pearce Adams)
- 'Gene Savoy Obituary' (The Telegraph, UK)
- 'From Lima, With Love, And Great Taste' (Miami Herald, Carolyn Guniss) re: La Cofradia restaurant in Coral Gables, Florida
- American Airlines Announce New Fares (American Airlines press release) re: R/T Florida/Lima at $300.
- 'UN Demotes Peru To Town Status' (The Spoof) "The United Nations has demoted Peru down to the status of township. Asked why they had done such a thing the UN responded that they could not think of anything that came from Peru nor could they remember the name of anyone from Peru nor anything important that had ever happened there so they had no choice but to demote. At least in Mexico you can get a good taco. ... Peru was unable to mount much of a reaction what with all the hubbub and temporary sense of excitement and self importance that goes along with the arrival of a smelly meteorite on one's territory or whatever."
- 'Peru Attacked By Pluto' (The Spoof)
- 'Russians Deny Poisoning Peru With Giant Meteor' (The Spoof)
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