Tuesday, June 02, 2009 LIMA: A collision between two trucks and a bus carrying 50 people has left at least 15 people dead and 20 injured near Peru's capital, authorities said Tuesday.The trucks, one of which was loaded with alcohol, crashed in Pasamayo, north of Lima late Monday, triggering a massive spill that caught fire, charring the bus, said firefighters spokesman Jorge Vera.It was the second major highway accident in Peru in less than a week. On Friday, a bus plunged into a ravine in Sayapuyo, La Libertad department, killing 23 people.
BEIRUT: Thousands of people converged Saturday on central Beirut to mark the fourth anniversary of the assassination of Lebanese former premier Rafiq Hariri.Waving Lebanese flags and carrying pictures of the slain leader, men, women and children gathered under sunny skies in Martyr's Square where members of the parliamentary majority were to address the crowd. The rally comes as final preparations are underway in The Hague for the launch of the international tribunal set up to bring Hariri's killers to justice. It also comes as the country prepares for legislative elections in June that will pit Western-backed political parties against a Hezbollah-led alliance backed by Syria and Iran.Hariri died in a massive car bombing on February 14, 2005 that also killed 22 others. The assassination was widely blamed on then Lebanese power-broker Syria, which has denied any involvement. The attack on the Beirut seafront was one of the worst acts of political violence to rock Lebanon since t...
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