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Goodby
to a little angel. Onga Juarez, mother of
little girl Katia cries over the coffin of
her little girl as she was put to rest
yesterday.
Her
assassin is in jail awaiting trial.
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Little Katia
Was Asphyxiated
A preliminary forensic examination reveals
that the 8 year old girl Katia Vanesa González
Juárez was asphyxiated by her assassins, as
a possible cause of death.
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there
appears no signs of a sexual attack,
leading us to believe that the little
girl was choked to avoid being
discovered by neigbours.
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Suspect
tried to commit suicide last night
The
main suspect in the murder ofl Katia Vanesa
González Juárez, tried to commit suicide
last night in a special, private cell, that
was assigned to him in the Unit of
Admissions at San Sebastián jail, located
to the south of the capital. >more
Third in human
development
According
to the United Nations, Costa Rica ranks
third in Latin America‚surpassed only by
Argentina and Uruguay‚ regarding human
development.
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Pilot
skills averted tragedy
Even
though the engine of their plane quit in mid
air, a few minutes after leaving Drake, in
the Costa Rican South Pacific, pilot Sergio
Cabrera and co-pilot Jose Rodriguez were
able to make an emergency landing with their
single-engine Cessna Caravan 208B in a dirt
strip at Ballena Beach.
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Famine
prods illegal immigrants
Hunger,
unemployment, and disease are among the
reasons most often quoted by Nicaraguans who
enter Costa Rica illegally looking for
jobs.
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Peruvian
central bank chief resigns
Peruvian Prime Minister Beatriz Merino said on
Friday that Central Bank President Richard Webb has
resigned. >more
US donates
money for Panama's security forces
Panama is set to receive a donation of more than 7
million US dollars from the United States for the
reinforcement of its security forces, local press
reported Friday.
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UN agency
endorses decisions to eradicate
poverty
The United Nations Economic and Social Council
adopted a resolution Friday endorsing the decision
of the World Summit on Sustainable Development to
establish the World Solidarity Fund to eradicate
poverty and to promote social development in
developing countries.
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World's
central left leaders meet over future
progressive governance
Worldwide central left government leaders and more
than 500 international politicians, thinkers and
policy experts gathered in the British capital from
Friday to set an agenda for the global progressive
left to pursue for the next decade.
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SPECIAL
REPORTS: MEXICO
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Fans
Mourn the Demise of Old VW Beetle
The
clubs of Mexican hobbyists who love the
ever-popular Volkswagen Beetle, known in
the Spanish-speaking world variously as
”escarabajo”, ”vocho” or ”fusca”,
are in mourning because production of
this diminutive car comes to an end this
month in Mexico, the last country in the
world to manufacture the VW ”Bug”.
”This is bad, very bad news, putting
an end to the production of a beauty
like the 'vocho', which is more than a
car, it's a symbol,” Joel Amaya,
member of KDF Wagen Club in Mexico City,
told IPS. >more
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