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A Restaurant
for Animals
For
many, a pet is more than just an animal, but
a friend and companion. With this idea, at a
restaurant in San Antonio De Belén, minutes
west of San José, you take your pet and
invite to a meal and something to drink.
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Former Nicaraguan president to be taken to high-security prison
Former Nicaraguan president Arnoldo
Aleman, who is under house arrest, will be moved to a high-security jail, the judge in charge of his case said Saturday.
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Air France copilot arrested for joking about bomb
An Air France copilot was put in police custody Saturday after allegedly telling a security screener at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport that he had a bomb in his shoe.
Colombian army rescues two kidnapped engineers
Colombian army rescued on Saturday two engineers who were kidnapped by National Liberation Army (ELN)rebels last month.
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Argentina's public debts reach 145 billion US dollars
Argentina's public debts reached 145 billion US dollars by March 31, a little more than the country's gross domestic product in a single year, local press quoted the Economy Ministry as saying Saturday.
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Fujimori says he will return to Peruvian politics
Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori said on Saturday that he would return to political life in Peru and eyes for the 2006 elections, according to reports reaching here.
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Truck-bomb explosion kills one in Colombia
A truck loaded with explosives was detonated Saturday outside a highway toll station near Bogota, leaving one person dead and another injured, police said.
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SPECIAL
REPORTS: CUBA
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'Solar
Panels to Light Up Remote Households
Around
500,000 people living in remote mountainous
areas of Cuba will finally be able to pack
away their oil lamps, listen to radio, and
even watch TV, thanks to the growing use of
renewable energy sources in this Caribbean
island nation.
''A plan got underway this year to bring
electricity to some 100,000 homes using
photovoltaic (solar) panels,'' Luis Bérriz,
president of the non-governmental organisation
Cubasolar, which promotes the use of
renewable, green-friendly sources of energy,
told IPS.
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THE
INTERNET
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Instant Messaging:
How it Works
There is no doubt that
the Internet has changed the way we communicate. For
many of us, e-mail has virtually replaced
traditional letters and even telephone calls as the
choice for correspondence.
Every day, billions of
e-mail messages are sent out. E-mail has been the
most rapidly adopted form of communication ever
known. In less than two decades, it has gone from
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