The island once held the dubious distinction of being the world's kidnapping capital, but a series of high-profile arrests has dampened the industry.

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The search for survivors continues in Peru, following a Wednesday earthquake that killed more than 500 people. The hardest-hit area near Pisco rumbled again with aftershocks on Friday. One of the aftershocks measured 6.0 on the Richter scale.

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The landscape of Coober Pedy, Australia, includes opal mines that look like giant ant hills, and underground dwellings where residents live to escape temperatures that can hit 127 degrees.

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Asian shares tumble again Friday, with the Tokyo benchmark nose-diving 5.4 percent, as the region shows little sign of staging a recovery amid a global sell-off over U.S. credit fears.

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