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Andrea
Ovares, Miss Costa Rica 2003, poses in her
swimsuit during registration and fittings for the
2003 Miss Universe competition at the Hotel El
Panama in Panama City, Panama
Ovares will compete for the title of Miss Universe
2003 during 52nd annual Miss Universe competition
on June 3, 2003 at the Panama Canal Village
Convention Center in Panama.
(Foto: AP Photo/ Darren Decker, Miss Universe
L.P., LLLP, HO)
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ICE Strike: Day 5
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ICE
will not negotiate until the
government fulfills it's commitment
ICE and it's employees continue
demanding that the Central Bank
authorize the bond issue and that the
government fulfill it's promise, to
place them on the natinal and
international market. >more
Stronger
Rains and Hurricanes
This
year without a doubt, the rains have
arrived and to stay. According to the
Comisión Nacional de Emergencias (CNE),
the rainy season will be 15% over the
average of the last 30 years. This
weekend alone, there fell 60% more
water than what fall the whole month -
250 milliliters in three hours.
>more
Statement Condemning Cuba Fails at OAS
A
United States-backed statement condemning human
rights violations in Cuba was withdrawn Monday at
the Organization of American States after failing to
garner enough support from its members.
>more
Evans
Calls Open Trade Key to Global
Economic Progress
The
United States views free trade and
free enterprise as the keys to
unlocking the potential of countries
around the world, says U.S. Secretary
of Commerce Donald Evans.
>more
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SPECIAL
REPORTS: CUBA
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Castro Slams the Door
Once Again
Cuba
has once again withdrawn its request to join the
Cotonou Agreement, through which the European Union
extends aid and preferential trading conditions to
former colonies in Africa, the Caribbean and the
Pacific (ACP).
Cuba's decision reflects the tensions that currently
mark its ties with the EU, which has loudly
criticised the stiff prison sentences handed down in
Havana to 70 dissidents in April and the execution
of three men who hijacked a passenger ferry. >more
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