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 LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) - President Evo Morales fired two top mining officials late Friday after a clash between rival bands of miners over access to the country's richest tin deposit left at least 16 dead and more than 60 injured.
Reports of a halt to the fighting came after the government sent 700 police to control the mountainside where the mine is located.
Officials from the two mining groups also met with government ministers in La Paz. Presidential spokesman Alex Contreras said the meeting yielded a peace agreement, with both sides agreeing to allow humanitarian aid to enter the town.
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