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  1. "I should be ashamed": Oprah Winfrey recalls how she felt after Joan Rivers' comments about her weight

    Washington [US], talk show host Oprah Winfrey recalled her first appearance on 'The Tonight Show' and host Joan Rivers' comments about her weight that made her feel like she should be "ashamed," reported People.Winfrey, who feared she had recently lost a role on 'The Color Purple' because of...
  2. 6.0 magnitude earthquake hits off Peru's coast

    LIMA [Peru]: A powerful earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale struck off the coast of Peru on Saturday, according to the National Center for Seismology (NCS).According to the NCS, the epicenter of the earthquake was located at latitude 16.13 S and longitude 74.59 W at a depth of 60...
  3. Four killed, many injured in train and bus collision in Peru

    The bus was traveling from Lima to Huancayo on Sunday when the accident occurred in the town of La Oroya in the Junín department in Parú's Centra Highlands.The cause of the accident is being investigated.Peruvian media quoted police as saying that the bus driver apparently tried to cross the...
  4. Pritismita Bhoi breaks clean and jerk record to win gold medal at World Youth Championships

    Lima (Peru): Indian weightlifter Pritismita Bhoi broke the youth clean and jerk world record to win the gold medal in the women's 40kg category at the IW World Youth Championships here.The 15-year-old bettered the existing record of 75kg by 1kg here on Wednesday.She lifted 57 kg in the...