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...Ampatuans as part of their armed group. Indeed, another disturbing thread in this tragic episode is the control exercised by local governments generally over the police, especially in deciding key appointments. Four police officers are under investigation for their possible involvement in the Maguindanao killings. Interior Secretary Ronaldo Puno told a news conference that there appeared to be a "total misuse of our law enforcement in the area." Until the central government gets a grip on Maguindanao and the wider south, such misuse and the concomitant lawlessness will tragically persist...
...Hazen wandered around Peru, moving from Arequipa to Cuzco to Puno. He talked to locals, examined old newspapers and journals, and dug through a variety of governmental and private archives. It was 1972 and he was conducting research for his dissertation on 19th and early 20th century Indian rebellions in the southern highlands that border on Lake Titicaca and Bolivia...
...latest dustup came last Thursday, when the House of Representatives, controlled by Arroyo allies, outraged the opposition-led Senate by voting to convene a constituent assembly that would allow the House to push through the measure without the Senate's consent. The same day, the President appointed Reynato Puno as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, just hours after his predecessor retired-leading to speculation that his vote could swing the Court's view on charter change in Arroyo's favor...
...avoid a repeat of the 1994 genocide in which 800,000 people - mostly ethnic minority Tutsis - were slaughtered. Emergency Measures PERU A student was killed and 70 people were injured when police opened fire and used tear gas on protesters outside a university in the southern town of Puno. President Alejandro Toledo declared a nationwide state of emergency - granting police the authority to arrest protesters - in response to strikes for pay increases and job security. Protesters say the strikes will continue until their demands are met. MEANWHILE IN ITALY ... Fast Food Insults McDonald's sued influential food critic Edoardo Raspelli...
...other train ride from Cuzco departs from Wanchac station and is memorable more for the railway experience itself. The diesel train sways as it chugs bravely for more than 10 hours through the thin air of the altiplano that links Cuzco with Puno near the Bolivian border. You can see herds of huddled alpacas and women in layers of skirts and bright shawls as the train ambles by. Halfway along the 239-mile Cuzco-to-Puno trip, it crosses the highest point of any standard-gauge passenger train service in the world at La Raya, 14,172 ft. above...