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The death toll from a bus that fell off from a steep cliff near Peru's ocean-side capital Lima on Tuesday has reached 36, local media reported. "So far, the accident ... has left 36 people dead and seven injured, the Health Ministry confirmed," Xinhua cited national news agency Andina as saying. The bus was carrying some 50 passengers when it collided into an oncoming trailer truck around midday and skidded off the road about 48 kilometres north of Lima, in a location known as Pasamayo.