Seven years after fleeing Peru in disgrace, former President Alberto Fujimori goes on trial today on charges of murder and kidnapping.

Peru’s government apologised for a 1992 university massacre by a military death squad during the “rising dictatorial regime” of jailed former President Alberto Fujimori.

The Peruvian government was preparing a special session today to review its case against ex-President Alberto Fujimori before formally requesting his extradition from Chile, the government gazette reported.

Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori lost a bid for provisional freedom today when a Chilean judge rejected his attorney’s request to set him free while fighting extradition to Peru.

Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was arrested in Chile today on charges involving corruption and massacres, as he attempted to return to Peru to run for re-election after five years as a protected exile in Japan.

About 150 followers of a retired army major seized a police station early today in a remote Andean town, demanding the resignation of President Alejandro Toledo. At least seven people were wounded in a shootout during the takeover.

US President George W Bush has made the first visit by an American head of state to Peru three days after a car bombing near the US Embassy killed nine people.

Peru’s attorney general has filed homicide charges against disgraced ex-President Alberto Fujimori, linking him to two massacres by paramilitary death squads in the early 1990s, a statement said.

Alejandro Toledo, Peru's first freely elected president of native Indian descent, has been sworn in.

Alejandro Toledo, a shoeshine boy who rose from poverty to become a World Bank economist, defeated controversial ex-president Alan Garcia in the presidential election in Peru’s cleanest election in years.

Alejandro Toledo, an economist with native Indian roots, finished first in Peru’s presidential election yesterday but fell short of a majority and will face a runoff, according to exit polls.