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Strong rains yesterday afternoon cased the
River Damas in San Antonio de Desamaparados,
south of downtown San José, to flood the
streets. October is the worst month of the
rainy season, which is due to end by end of
November.
[Foto: Mario Castillo]
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updated by 7:00 a.m. CST each day
Costa Rica is
Latest Defection From Trade Group
Costa Rica has become the latest Latin American country to pull out of a new trade alliance featuring Brazil, India and China, which was formed to confront rich states over farm subsidies, diplomats said on Thursday.
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Costa Ricans Split
Over US Demands
A majority of Costa Ricans (87 percent) agrees that telecommunications in this country are in need of improvement and that private investment is the best way to achieve the necessary changes (53 percent).
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"Most
Important Pimp in Costa Rica", Arrested
A woman identified as Sinai Monge Muñoz, 41
years of age, was arrested yesterday in
Hatillo 3, San José, for the prostitution
of minors. >more
Accused American Child Abuser set to face Extradition to Costa Rica
An extradition hearing has been set for November 24th, 2003 for American citizen Arthur Kanev, who is accused of sexually abusing poverty stricken children in the Quepos district of Costa Rica.
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Brazilian
president urges members not to leave
G-22
Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva urged his counterparts in South America not to abandon the Group of 22 G-22), the daily Folha de Sao Paulo reported on Thursday.
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Bomb explosion injures one policeman in Quito
A moderate power bomb exploded in the early hours of Thursday, hurting a police agent and producing damage to the main gate of the old building of the Energy and Mining Ministry, in downtown Quito.
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Russia assures NATO of partnership: NATO chief
NATO Secretary General George Robertson said on Thursday that Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov assured him that Moscow regards NATO as a partner and not an offensive alliance.
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SPECIAL
REPORTS: BOLIVIA
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“The
Gas War”
Bolivians
oppose export of natural gas and demand
its industrialization.
It started with a peaceful march of
thousands in major Bolivian cities on
Sept. 19. Since then, the gas war has
pushed Bolivia one of Latin America’s
poorest countries, into a violent
confrontation between marginalized
classes and the right-wing government
that hopes to sell natural gas to the
United States.
On Aug. 7, 2001, then president Jorge
Quiroga (LP Jul. 30, 2001) announced on
taking office that the discovery of
"almost 50 trillion cubic
feet" of natural gas in wells of
Margarita, Tarija in southern Bolivia
would convert Bolivia into a leader of
clean energy. >more
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