Leftist claims victory in Peru election

Leftist military man Ollanta Humala declared victory after unofficial results showed him narrowly winning a bitterly contested Peruvian presidential run-off against the daughter of disgraced former President Alberto Fujimori.

Mr Humala had promised the poor a greater share of Peru’s mineral wealth, and in a victory speech to a crowd of more than 10,000 said the nation’s impressive economic growth would “be the great motor of the social inclusion Peruvians desire”.