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These
workers work through weekends and heavy
rains, as part of the plan to bury all
overhead electrical and telephone wires in
downtown San Jose.
Work like the above can only be done when
traffic volume is low.
[Foto: insidecostarica.com]
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updated by 7:00 a.m. CST each day
Queen of
Prostitution Had 'Important' Clients
The "queen of prostitution in Costa Rica",
as she was called by a Spanish TV station a few
years back, Sinai Monge Muñoz, had in her client
list not only football (soccer) players, members of
the Poder Judicial and foreign police forces who
operated in the country, according to a report in
the Diario Extra, the English language daily. >more
ICE
Workers to March in Protest
The
march is set for October 20th and a call is
made to all who want to protest against the
Free Trade Agreement between Central America
and the United States.
>more
Costa Rica
May Derail US Free Trade Plans
As befits a man whose very surnames are enough to conjure up images of Latin American radicalism, Fabio Chaves Castro is threatening to derail an ambitious plan to open up trade between the United States and the five small republics of Central America.
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Egyptian conjoined twins separated in US surgery
Doctors successfully separated 2-year-old Egyptian twin boys conjoined at the head Sunday, paving the way for their independent lives.
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New Yorkers warned of mystery disease
The New York City Health Department has issued an alert after five residents in Staten Island, one of the five boroughs of the city, were hospitalized with what the department called a mystery illness.
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US troops return to Iraq after leave at home
he first batch of US soldiers who had spent a 15-day R&R (rest and recuperation) holiday at home left for Iraq on Sunday.
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OPINION
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Top
Rankings?
A report published by La Nacion, the English
daily newspaper in Costa Rica, on Sunday listed
the "top" internet site in Costa Rica,
of course, and rightly deserved, La Nacion was
ranked No. 1 by Alexa.com, an Amazon company
that has been compiling internet statistics for
some time. >more
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South
America's Leader in Corruption - Again
Paraguay
remains the most corrupt country in
South America, the second in the
Americas after Haiti, and the
fourth-most corrupt country in the
world, according to Transparency
International's new report.
The Corruption Perceptions Index drawn
up annually by the Berlin-based
international anti-corruption watchdog
says nine out of 10 developing countries
are in urgent need of practical support
for combating graft. >more
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