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Yale Set to Return Machu Pichu Artifacts to Peru in Time for 100-Year Celebration
As Peru counts down to the 100th anniversary of the discovery of Machu Picchu by the American explorer Hiram Bingham, thousands of artefacts...
Peru Farmers Drop Cocaine in Favor of Cocoa
Tapping into a niche market for organic cocoa, some Peruvian farmers have turned away from cocaine in favor of growing beans for high-end...
Peru Indians Hail Historic Political Victory After Protests
Indigenous groups in Peru have called off protests after two land laws which led to deadly fighting were revoked. Hailing victory, Amazonian Indian...
Peru Sees Solid Economic Growth Amid Global Crisis
Peru's booming economy is expected to post its fastest annual growth rate since 1994 for 2008 -- 9.1 percent, up from 8.9 percent in...
Ethical Coffee Helps Save Peruvian Rainforest
Once bleak and lifeless places degraded by years of high-impact farming, Peruvian coffee farms are being transformed by a growing trend for certification schemes...
College Coach Brings His Players to Peru Delivering 100,000 Shoes to Poor Kids
College basketball coach Ron Hunter, who raised more than 250,000 pairs of shoes for Samaritan's Feet, speaks to ESPN's Mike & Mike from his...
Laptop Project Enlivens Peruvian Hamlet
"Doubts about whether poor, rural children really can benefit from quirky little computers evaporate as quickly in this hilltop Andean village, where 50 primary...
Bolivian President Donates Salary to Peru Quake Victims
Bolivian President Evo Morales said Monday that he would donate half of his monthly salary to emergency aid for families that are victims of...
Good News in History, November 16
79 years ago today, UNESCO was first formed to promote world peace by uniting countries through education, the arts, sciences, and culture. Fostering universal...
Mystery of Nazca Lines Deepens as AI Survey Doubles Number of Geoglyphs and Alters Their Meaning
It took nearly a century to locate the 430 geoglyphs hidden in the Nazca Desert of Peru, but archaeologists surveying almost the entire region...
Good News in History September 26
41 years ago today, the lives of two Soviet cosmonauts, Gennady Strekalov and Vladimir Titov, were saved in the only use of an emergency...
100-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor Granted Wish to Reunite with Sister One Last Time
Helena Stefaniak's life story is one marked by the bonds of sisterhood growing up in war-torn Warsaw—and she rekindled that spirit of resilience one...
Surfers On Board in Climate Fight After Big Wave Areas Found to be Significant Carbon Stores
Nearly 90 million metric tonnes of planet-warming carbon have been found surrounding surf breaks across the world, making these coastal locations essential climate allies...
Good News in History September 12
266 years ago today, French astronomer Charles Messier mistakenly identifies the Crab Nebula with his 100 mm refracting telescope from a room in the...
Good News in History, September 10
Happy 85th birthday to Roy Ayers, sometimes called the "Godfather of Neosoul," who pioneered a variety of off-mainstream jazz and funk genres with his...
Big Chocolate on Brink of Revolution as Swiss Scientists Use Cocoa Bean Waste to Replace Sugar
Researchers in Zurich have found a way to potentially transform chocolate manufacturing by using the husk and the flesh of the cocoa bean pod...
People Seen as Wise Share These Characteristics – All Over the World
Across different cultures and countries, people perceive the wisest members of society to be logical and reflective as well as able to consider other...
The Stonehenge ‘Altar Stone’ Mystery is Solved: It Came from Scotland 460 Miles Away
It may have been transported around the coast by sea, or by some sophisticated method the nature of which has not yet been revealed,...
Good News in History, August 7
136 years ago today, American inventor Theophilus Van Kannel received a patent for his vision of a seamless and fluid way of entering and...
Good News in History, July 28
30 years ago today, Texas Rangers pitcher Kenny Rogers pitched the MLB's 14th Perfect Game which also registered as the first and only one...