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Peru joins fray for treasure ship claimed by Spain (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:28:41 GMT
Peru has entered the battle for a multimillion-dollar treasure of gold and silver that Spain alleges a U.S. treasure hunting company looted from a Spanish warship sunk in 1804.

Peru wants to know origin of shipwrecked treasure (AP via Yahoo! News)
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:09:08 GMT
Peru's government wants to know if 17 tons of silver coins recovered from a shipwreck in the Atlantic Ocean last year were made there, complicating the legal quest to determine who rightfully owns the multimillion-dollar treasure.

Peru 2008 Coffee Exports Up 32% To 3.795 Mln Bags - Chamber (INO News)
Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:29:25 GMT
Peruvian coffee exports in the 2008 calendar year are expected to rise 32% to 3.795 million 60-kilogram bags, the exporter-run Peru Coffee Chamber said Thursday.

Peru to receive bids on Mirror Building (La Salle News Tribune)
Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:10:04 GMT
The city of Peru will begin taking sealed bids for The Mirror Building, its project to anchor downtown development and which housed council meetings and offices for many years.

St. Bronislavas Catholic Church youth return from Peru mission trip (Stevens Point Journal)
Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:38:41 GMT
About 30 members of St. Bronislavas Catholic Church in Plover returned home Wednesday afternoon after volunteering at an orphanage in Peru. The church mission trip participants spent almost two weeks in Peru serving the poor and working with children at Casa Hogar orphanage. Six high school and four college students participated, along with nine adults and an 8-year-old. They said the trip was ...

Peru wants to know origin of 17 tons of treasure (Sun-Sentinel)
Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:39:52 GMT
Peru's government wants to know if 17 tons of silver coins recovered from a shipwreck in the Atlantic Ocean last year were made in Peru, complicating the legal quest to determine who rightfully owns the multimillion-dollar treasure.

Pumped up at Peru (The Peru Tribune)
Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:19:54 GMT
Molly Day, left, and Destinee Snyder work on the Autodesk Inventor CAD program (used in industry) in their "Introduction to Engineering Design" class, which is part of the new Project Lead the Way initiative at Peru High School.

LOCAL ROUNGUP: Vikings edge Peru in opener (The Herald-Press)
Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:02:43 GMT
The Huntington North tennis team opened its season with a win by beating Peru 3-2 at home on Tuesday. In singles, Jeff Ringenberg was the lone winner for the Vikings by defeating Cameron Marsh 6-3, 6-7, 6-3 at number three.

Peru presses case for shipwreck's treasure (Denver Post)
Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:10:02 GMT
Peru's government wants to know whether 17 tons of silver coins recovered from a shipwreck in the Atlantic Ocean last year were made there, complicating the legal quest to determine who rightfully owns the multimillion-dollar treasure.

MWH buys Peru consulting company (Rocky Mountain News)
Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:11:48 GMT
Broomfield-based engineering firm MWH on Wednesday said it has acquired Ground Water International S.A., a hydrogeological consulting firm headquartered in Lima, Peru, for an undisclosed sum.

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