Lima - In the north of Peru a tour bus plunged 150 metres down into a ravine

Washington, September 16: The discovery of eighty skeletons and stockpiles of textiles, found in caves near the ancient Inca site of Machu Picchu in Peru, may shed light on the role that the so-called Lost City of the Inca played as a regional center of trade and power.

According to a report in National Geographic News, researchers found the artifacts and remains at two sites within the Machu Picchu Archaeological Park in southeastern Peru.

The remains, most of which were found in May 2008 at a site called Salapunku, probably date to 500 to 550 years ago, according to Francisco Huarcaya, the site's lead researcher.

Peru), September 4 : A scientific expedition, made up of Polish, North American, and Peruvian specialists, discovered tombs, apparently from the Pre-Incan culture, as well as archaeological remains in Peru’s Colca canyon.

According to a report in Living in Peru, the finding was when the team was covering a zone never explored due to its inaccessibility and lack of technology.

The trip allowed scientists to carry out works in the geological, hydrogeological, hydrographical, speleological (study of caves and caverns) ambits, as well as in the electromagnetic field, for which high technology equipment was used to compile exact data on each explored area.

The scientists has found 1300 year old mummy from a pre-Columbian pyramid known as Huaca Pucllana. It is found from the Isabel Flores by the team of archaeologists after the evacuation of 27 years.

It belongs to the residential area, which had been a city, previously located in the Miraflores district of Lima.. The archaeologist termed it as a great success which is achieved with the efforts of archaeologists and workers. They performed the work with complete respect to the ancient culture and values.

Lima - At least 10 people where injured in northern Peru when indigenous people protesting the exploitation of the Amazon rainforest clashed with police.

The violence Wednesday came during the latest of 11 days of protests by indigenous groups, which have organized strikes and roadblocks against new laws facilitating the sale of land in their traditional settlement areas in the Amazon jungle.

Indigenous communities can approve the sale of land with a simple majority vote. In the past, a two-thirds majority was necessary.

Bangkok - Peru plans to table the need for corporate social responsibility as a crucial element of globalization at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit to be hosted by Lima next November, Peru's deputy foreign minister said Thursday.

"If you are living in the Andes where you don't have electricity, education and health services and you have next door a very important international company that is making billions of dollars exploiting gold, silver and copper, that creates a social problem," noted Gonzalo Gutierrez Reinel during a visit to Bangkok.

Reinel, who is scheduled to meet Thai Foreign Minister Tej Bunnag Friday, was in the Thai capital to discuss progress in establishing a full-fledged free trade agreement