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The game was in a Stadium in Foxboro, Mass., but the thousands of Costa Ricans that went to support the soccer national selection in its encounter with Canada last Saturday in the Copa de Oro tournament made it look like it was right in Costa Rica. >more
Court Orders
Online Gambling Sites To Bar Dutch Users
Ruling last
week, a Dutch Court ordered online gambling
websites located in the Netherland Antilles,
Canada, Antigua, Venezuela, Belize, Haiti
and Costa Rica to bar Dutch visitors from
accessing their services. >more
Natural disasters kill 100,000 in Latin America in last 30 years
More than 100,000 people have been killed in Latin America due to natural disasters over the last three decades, according to a report released on Saturday by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
(CEPAL). >more
Canadian nurse dies of SARS
A second health-care worker has died of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in Canada's largest city of Toronto, health authorities announced Saturday.
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UN chief welcomes FARC suggestion for meeting
he UN Information Center in Colombia said on Saturday that UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan "considers as positive" a letter from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), requesting a meeting with him on Colombia's internal conflict.
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Cuba denies blocking US satellite transmission to Iran
Cuba described on Saturday as a "new campaign of anti-Cuba lies" the US accusation that it is jamming satellite broadcasting from the United States to Iran.
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COLUMNISTS:
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The
Power of Profanity
Recently I was chided for using what was
perceived as inappropriate language.
Besides responding to this accusation, I
decided to not only reply but to include
the “F…” word as well. Although
the profanity in question was the
“S…” word, I could not resist the
temptation to add one.
Four-Letter-Words are part of any
language and often the first one gets
acquainted with when learning a foreign
tongue. >more
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Adult-Child
Sex: Abuse or Misuse?
...
Sex offenders very cunningly weave
the web of abuse and secrecy. The
snare is cast ever so slowly under
the guise of a "loving"
relationship. By the time many
children realize something is wrong,
the violation has begun, and the
stench of the self-deprecating
feelings has already emerged into
their too young and too terrified
reality.
What kind of additional burden are
we inflicting when we tell children
they are responsible for allowing
the abuse to continue? Do we leave
it up to our children to identify
and stop the abuse? If we do, we
impose on an innocent child the
responsibility to recognize their
abuser's subtleties, and then with
their small voice, -- try to make it
stop. >more
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