Bryan Russell has Down syndrome, but that's not stopping him from making a difference in his community. He is officially the first in the world to run for a publicly elected office despite his condition.
Peruvian candidates Julio Guzman and Cesar Acuna are barred from the presidential race by Peru’s electoral court. This development gave frontrunner Keiko Fujimori a more certain future in the April 10 elections.
Lima, Peru's capital and largest city, today has a population of almost 9 million people. But to supply this sprawling metropolis with water, Peruvians still rely on canals that were built before the first Europeans ever set foot on the American continent.
Archaeologists may be closer than ever to deciphering the mystery of ancient Inca "khipus," or knotted string records, after they discovered several of the records at the the place where they were originally used.
