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    Son of Jewish doctor sworn in as Peru's president

    Former Wall Street banker Pedro Pablo Kuczynski was inaugurated as Peru's new president Thursday, vowing to kick-start the economy and unite a country torn by a photo-finish election.

    The 77-year-old center-right economist, who is the son of a Jewish doctor who fled Nazi Germany, extended an olive branch to defeated rival Keiko Fujimori's party, which controls Congress, saying he would need their help to pass reforms.

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