Peru: Premier Asks to Revoke Laws

Prime Minister Yehude Simon said Monday that he would ask Congress to revoke laws aimed at increasing foreign investment in the Amazon rain forest after clashes early this month between the police and indigenous groups that opposed the laws left at least 34 people dead. Mr. Simon, left, signed a pact with tribal leaders in the jungle city of San Ramón that included a promise to present a bill in Congress by Thursday to rescind the laws, the Andina state news agency reported. Tribal leaders said they would call off the protests if the laws were lifted. NYTimes>>