Peruvian rebels are back

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The BBC’s Dan Collyns reports from Peru on the renewed fight against the Shining Path guerrilla movement. The Maoist rebels had been defeated years ago by the Peruvian government. But income from drug trafficking has given the Shining Path a new boost.

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