Cusco, Peru News

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.3 has struck southern Peru. The country's seismic institute says there are no immediate reports of damage or injury.

Digital Mural: July 11, 2009 Food Trip with Todd English Image credit: Wikipedia/quinet On today's episode of Food Trip with Todd English , host and acclaimed chef Todd English embarks on a journey of culinary inspiration in the Peruvian Andes.

Special bricks are ready to be stuck with barro for a stove in Hauracondo. Kurtis, a University of Iowa student studying Spanish and Journalism, is studying abroad with the Iowa Board of Regents' "In the Footsteps of the Incas" program in Cusco, Peru.

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Algiers, Algeria: African traditional dance performers take part in a parade on the eve of the second Pan-African cultural festival .

Cultural Tourism Day 1. - Reception at the Cusco airport and transfer to your chosen hotel.

Lima , July 2 : In a new study, a team of scientists have determined that the success of the Inca was boosted by a period of global warming that lasted more than four centuries.

Joined by his American team of chefs, Todd English revisits the vibrant city of Tel Aviv.

Season 1, Episode 2 of 4 : Six years after the fall of Mexico, the conquistador Francisco Pizarro, exploring south of the equator, uncovers another civilization unknown to the European world: the empire of the Incas, which extended 3,000 miles from Ecuador to Chile.

By Barbara J. Fraser Catholic News Service OCONGATE, Peru - At the end of an all-night procession, several thousand pilgrims in colorful garb gathered on a hilltop in this remote corner of the Andes, waiting for dawn.

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Peru's government is authorizing the use of military force in a region where anti-government protesters have blocked highways and burned down a local customs house on Sunday.

STA Travel today announced that for every order placed on statravel.com on Monday, June 22, 2009, $7 will be donated to support a project providing children in Peru with warm meals, help with their schoolwork and life skills coaching.

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Ben Powless is Mohawk from Six Nations in Ontario. He is currently studying Human Rights, Indigenous and Environmental Studies at Carleton University in Ottawa, after spending a year in an international exchange program, studying sustainable rural development between Alberta and Mexico.

Omega Commercial Finance Corporation is pleased to announce that it has signed a Definitive Agreement to acquire from Ruby Trust Mining Company SAC , a mining operation located in the mountain village of Cusco, Peru.

A SPORTS fanatic from Combe St Nicholas had royal encounter last week when she travelled to London to receive her Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award.

Kurtis Hiatt is writing stories for the TH from Peru. Note: This writer, a University of Iowa student in Spanish and journalism, is staying in Cusco, Peru for the summer as part of the Iowa Board of Regents' "In the Footsteps of the Incas" study abroad program.

Sharing the road into Langley on Brooks Hill Road. Sue Frause photo. Who doesn't like to read about themselves? Well, I suppose if you're one of those high profile people who ends up smeared across the front of a tabloid as you duck into a spa in Beverly Hills, probably not.

Incan civilization is best known for its capital city, Machu Picchu, the ruins of which are Peru's top tourist destination and considered one of the new seven wonders of the world.