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Today's
Ero-Tica
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updated by 7:00 a.m. CST each day
Venezuelan opposition leader denies conspiracy against president
President of the Confederation of Venezuelan Workers (CTV), Carlos Ortega, denied on Saturday that there is any conspiracy against the government of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
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Fasten Your
Seat Belt
According to a survey by the Road
Safety Council, 76 percent of drivers in
Costa Rica do not fasten their seat belts,
and a majority of them claim that they plain
"forget" to do so. >more
No to Central
American Sugar
The Louisiana cane sugar industry
launched a campaign to prevent sugar to be
part of the negotiations of a free trade
agreement between the U.S. and Central
America.
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Turtle
Rescued
Wardens of the Las Baulas
National Marine Park combined their efforts
with volunteers and rescued a 200-kilo
(440-pound) turtle that for unknown reasons
lost her way back to the ocean after
spawning at Tamarindo Beach, in Guanacaste,
on the Costa Rican Northwest Pacific.
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Flu Vaccine
The Costa Rican Social Security
Institution (CCSS in Spanish) is going to
provide a flu vaccine to some 80,000 people
under 5 or over 65 starting next February.
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Taiwanese
Probe Conditions
A trade mission from Taiwan
visited Costa Rica as part of a tour that
also included Panama and El Salvador.
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Central America expects agricultural protection in FTA with US
Central American countries negotiating a free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States have expected to obtain a special safeguard on volume or price to protect agricultural producers against the imports of subsidized US products.
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Over 8,000 observers to watch over elections in Guatemala
Over 8,000 observers including some 400 from foreign countries will be stationed throughout Guatemala during Sunday's general elections amid fears of irregularities and violence, reports reaching here said.
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Brazil yields to US
pressure in FTAA negotiations
Brazil has decided to withdraw from the
negotiations for the Free Trade Area of the Americas
(FTAA) the demand to discuss the end of the
agricultural subsidies in the United States, reports
here quoted the Foreign Ministry as saying on
Saturday.
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SPECIAL
REPORTS: BOLIVIA
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Health
of Millions Makes Nuclear Ban 'Crucial'
The
cancer fatalities caused by nuclear
weapons testing could reach 2.4 million
in the near future, warned the
International Physicians for the
Prevention of Nuclear War during a
disarmament conference in the Cuban
capital.
A ban on nuclear testing is crucial for
preventing ”the devastation of human
health and the environment” and for
halting the spiralling arms race, says
the U.S.-based federation of national
medical organizations,
representing 200,000 doctors in 80
countries. >more
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ENTERTAINMENT:
MOVIES
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'Matrix'
dodges critical bullets, debuts strongly
| Dodging
critical fire faster than Neo evades bullets, "The Matrix
Revolutions" debuted to sold-out theaters on Wednesday in a
global opening that had fans lining up for blocks to be first to see
the film. >more |
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