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Peru suspends civil liberties after clash

LIMA, Peru – Peru’s government suspended civil liberties Tuesday and mobilized the military in a highlands region after four people were killed and 22 injured in a clash between police and farmers over a Chinese-owned copper mining project.

The state of emergency is the second declared this year by Peru’s government after fatalities in an anti-mining protest. It is to last 30 days.

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