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Friday, July 6, 2012
Friends and relatives comfort the mother of Cesar Medina Aguilar (17), who died during the protests against the Conga mining project, in Celendin-Cajamarca on July 6, 2012. The death toll from clashes between security forces and demonstrators fighting a planned $4.8 billion gold mine by US-based Newmont in northern Peru has climbed to five, medical officials said Thursday.
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