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Storm
clouds overtake the Ezcazu mountain Saturday
afternoon. The rainy season is expected to
last another 4 weeks.
The above foto was taken 2:17pm, as the east
is totally dark, while the west if full of
sunshine.
[Foto:
insidecostarica.com]
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Eighth
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For
nearly 1,200 Houston businesses, the negotiations to
open up trade with Central America could shape their
future. >more
U.S. Adds 134 to
List of Accused Cali Associates
The Treasury
Department on Friday ordered U.S. banks to freeze
any assets they find belonging to 134 businesses and
individuals Treasury says are linked to Colombia's
notorious Cali drug cartel. >more
New Bolivian president names new cabinet
Bolivian President Carlos Mesa on Sunday swore in his transitional cabinet, most members of which have no connections to major political parties in the country, according to reports reaching here.
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Bush proposes alternative to N. Korea standoff
President Bush restated his opposition Sunday to a U.S.
non aggression pact with North Korea, while proposing multilateral security assurances if Pyongyang pledges to abandon its nuclear weapons program, CNN
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New York cab
drivers threaten to strike for fare
hike
A representative of yellow cab
drivers in New York City has threatened to
strike if fares do not go up and work
conditions do not improve, local press
reports said Sunday.
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SPECIAL
REPORTS: COLOMBIA
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Crucial
Reservoir a Guerrilla Bastion
Water
resource studies predict that the
Colombian capital could suffer severe
shortages by 2015 and point to the
Sumapaz high plains, or ”páramo”,
located in the eastern Andes range and a
stronghold of the FARC guerrillas, as a
strategic reservoir. >more
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TRAVEL
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Getting
Intimate with Volcanoes
Mention
getting close to volcanoes, and thoughts
of you being a prospective Bellevue
patient might come to your listener. But
this is becoming a familiar experience
sought after in Costa Rica. Chief among
these experiences is the fireworks of
Arenal Volcano.
Since
the onset of the decade of the 1990s,
Costa Rica has been steadily attracting
visitors hoping to get a glimpse of the
daily eruptions of Arenal Volcano. >more
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