FIREWORKS BEGIN IN LIMA CELEBRATIONS!

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>LIMA, Peru (AP) -- A car bomb exploded at a Shell Oil Co. storage center,
>wounding 10 people and damaging several buildings, police said. A note found at
>the scene claimed the attack on behalf of the guerrilla group Shining Path.
>   The 33-pound bomb exploded at 11:15 p.m. Thursday at the oil company storage
>center in the La Victoria district.
>   The explosion came on the eve of the expected signing of an agreement by
>Shell, Mobil Oil and the government to develop the huge Camisea gas reserves in
>the Amazon jungle.
>   The 10 injured, some seriously, included passers-by and security guards,
>police said.
>   The attack also came on the eve of the anniversary of the Maoist Shining
>Path's uprising against the government.
>   Police said they found a note at the scene that read, "The 16th anniversary
>of the people's war ... against the dictatorship and foreign imperialism." It
>was signed with a red hammer and sickle.
>   More than 30,000 people have been killed in political violence since the
>Shining Path began its terror attacks in 1980. Several smaller guerrilla groups
>were also involved.
>   The attacks have been curbed since 1992, when Shining Path leader Abimael
>Guzman was captured. But sporadic clashes between guerrillas and soldiers have
>continued, particularly in rural areas.
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