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Trade Negotiators Say Talks
Went Well
Negotiators from the United States and Central America said on Friday they made good progress in talks this week on a proposed free trade agreement and hoped to conclude the pact at their next meetings in December.
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Kidnapped
North American Rescued by Police Action
Police
have two men in custody, with prior
convictions, who are believed to be behind
the kidnapping of North American, Richard
Henry Hinkle. >more
Flights to Berlin
Starting next
November 3, German airline Condor will have a weekly
scheduled flight between Berlin and Costa Rica. >more
Costa Rica advises
Ecuador
The Government of
Ecuador announced that Costa Rica is to provide it
with technical know-how on the development of
tourism and the swapping of oxygen for external
debt. >more
Colombian referendum ends amid violence
Amid violence that left 12 dead, Colombian voters cast their ballots on Saturday in the referendum called by President Alvaro Uribe to seek in-depth political and fiscal reforms.
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Argentina, US agree to call for "mini-summit" on FTAA
Deputy US Trade Representatives Peter F. Allgeier and Argentine Foreign Minister Rafael Bielsa agreed to call for a "mini-summit" before the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) negotiations in Miami, the reports said on Saturday.
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SPECIAL
REPORTS: ARGENTINA
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Women
Go Public for Legalized Abortion
Abortion
is illegal in Chile, but according to
various estimates 75,000 to 200,000 are
performed in this country every year,
often in conditions that endanger the
health and lives of the women who choose
to undergo the procedure.
However, activists' efforts to bring the
issue into the public arena of debate
have run into a wall of silence in this
predominantly Roman Catholic country. >more
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