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Heavy rains doesn't to slow down this crew.
Work continues in the downtown core in a
project to bury all electrical and telephone
cables.
The 2 1/2 year project will remove all overheard
cables, some as old as 70 years, in downtown
San José.
[Foto: insidecostarica.com]
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Adoption
by Transvestite Approved
The
adoption of a 10-year-old
Maikol, to Luis
Gerardo Mairena,
a transvestite who has cared for the boy
since infancy, has been approved by
government officials, although a court still
must review the decision. >more
Severe
Penalties for the Kidnap and Murder of
Children Proposed
he
legislative commission on the Youth and
Adolescent confirmed yesterday a project to
reform the Penal Code to stiffen sentences
for crimes of kidnapping and murder of
children and the handicapped. >more
Government
and Business Agree on Central
America Free Trade Agreement with the US
Costa Rica wants to make their interests
clear in a possible Free Trade Agreement of Central America with the United States. The
first visit to Washington is a mixed delegation
made up of government and business leaders. >more
Talks at Cancun ministerial meeting crucial to DDA
The upcoming ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in this seaside resort city will be another milestone talks on the way to clinching the Doha Development Agenda (DDA), a new WTO trade liberalization deal by January 2005.
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Anti-globalization activists gather for WTO meeting in Mexico
Up to 15,000 anti-globalization activists -- less than the earlier expected 40,000 --will converge on the 5th ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO), this week in Cancun, Mexico, authorities said Monday.
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Fire alarm in seat of Venezuelan electoral authority
A fire was reported early Monday at the seat of the electoral authority of Venezuela in Caracas, which brought about an alarm nationwide, according to local press.
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REPORTS: ENVIRONMENT
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Animal
Trafficking - A Cruel Billion-Dollar
Business
At
least 110,000 exotic birds, most from
Latin America, brighten the homes of
Italian families with their song and
their colours. They are the few
survivors of the cruel and lucrative
business of international trafficking in
wild animals.
In Italy and throughout the rest of
Europe, lizards, turtles and small
monkeys are sold as pets, and crafts are
made using turtle shells, whale barbs
and the feathers of multicoloured birds.
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