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At least 23 people were killed and 31 injured when two passenger buses in which they were travelling collided head-on in Peru's southern Puno region, officials said.

Lima, July 3 : At least 23 people were killed and 31 injured when two passenger buses in which they were travelling collided head-on in Peru's southern Puno region, officials said.

Two buses crashed head-on Thursday on a mountainous road near Lake Titicaca in Peru, killing at least 23 people and injuring 50 more, police said.

MR. KELLY: So let's start. Thank you for joining us for this conference call. We have two Senior Administration Officials with us today to discuss the current situation in Honduras and our bilateral and multilateral efforts in that situation.

Peruvian authorities say at least 110 people have been hurt _ 10 of them seriously _ in the collapse of wooden stands at a bullfighting arena in a northern jungle town.

Done Machu Picchu? There's more to Peru's ancient past, Nigel Richardson discovers in Caral and Cajamarca.

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Energy efficiency and renewable energy were the major focus of energy ministers and other government leaders from throughout the Americas in mid-June, as they converged on Lima, Peru, for the Americas Energy and Climate Symposium.

The daughter of Peru's jailed ex-president Alberto Fujimori has emerged as the early frontrunner in the campaign for national elections slated for 2011, according to a new poll.

LIMA, Peru, JUNE 22, 2009 .- The president of the Peruvian episcopal conference welcomed signs of communication and collaboration between the government and indigenous populations in the Amazon.

A poll in Peru says President Alan Garcia's approval rating has fallen to its lowest level in 18 months, hurt by a June 5 clash between security forces and Amazonian Indian protesters that killed at least 33 people.

Sometimes so many events and trends crowd any effort at making sense of imperialism's latest barbaric horror, only a resort to cliché offers any hope of producing a coherent account.

Omega Commercial Finance Corporation is pleased to announce that it has signed a Definitive Agreement to acquire from Ruby Trust Mining Company SAC , a mining operation located in the mountain village of Cusco, Peru.

Sobbing, an indigenous woman dressed in black cries out as she sees us arrive: "My son, my son, they have killed my son!" She is Andrea Rocca, the mother of Felipe Sabio, a young man who died in a clash between police and indigenous protesters in the northern Peruvian region of Amazonas.

A nervous calm settled over Peru on Monday night, three days after clashes between indigenous citizens and national police left more than 30 dead and 50 wounded.

Peruvian officials ordered the arrest Monday of 36 suspects in connection with clashes between indigenous citizens and the national police that left more than 30 people dead since Friday, the state-run news agency Andina reported.

Police officers carry the coffin containing the body of a comrade killed during clashes with Indians in Bagua Grande, in Callao, Peru, 05 Jun 2009 Police in Peru have imposed a curfew over an Amazon jungle region after battles between indigenous protesters and government forces killed at least 39 people.

LIMA, Peru, JUNE 11, 2009 .- Peru's bishops have agreed to work with the government in mediating the ongoing clashes in the Peruvian Amazon between indigenous communities and the police that took 35 lives last weekend.

Violent confrontations broke out Friday as approximately 400 Peruvian riot police used force to dismantle a blockade built by indigenous protesters on a highway in northern Peru, near the town of Bagua Grande, reports the BBC.

IQUITOS, Peru - Faced with a simmering crisis over dozens of deaths in the quelling of indigenous protests last week, Peru's Congress this week suspended the decrees that had set off the protests over plans to open large parts of the Peruvian Amazon to investment.