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Peru’s Humala speaks of regional integration at Pacific Alliance summit
President Ollanta Humala at Pacific Alliance summit, alongside President Juan Manuel Santos, of Colombia, and President Sebastian Piñera of Chile (Photo: Andina)
By Manuel Vigo
On Thursday during a speech at the Pacific Alliance summit in Colombia, President Ollanta Humala spoke of the region’s need for reducing poverty and boosting integration.
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May 23, 2013 10:37 pmOn Monday Peruvian doctors announced they had successfully separated conjoined twins Shadya and Shandell, who were born joined attached at the abdomen and shared a liver.
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