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Ride the train trough downtown San Jose.
Every Sunday this road train can be seen
taking visitors on a ride though the
downtown streets.
[Foto:
insidecostarica.com]
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updated by 7:00 a.m. CST each day
Trial continues
in Shannon Martin Murder
Witnesses described a man with scratches on his throat and a woman's incriminating statements on Thursday during the third day of testimony in the trial of three people accused in the killing
Shannon Martin, the University of Kansas student.
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Poverty
Down to 18.5%
The number of families living in poverty decreased from 20.6 percent in 2002 to 18.5 percent this year.
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Europe in
The Sights
Sixty-seven Central American tourist companies are making joint efforts to attract a larger number of visitors from Europe, mainly by offering them the opportunity to visit several of the region's nations in one trip.
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Violence against
women in Colombia a continuing concern
The UN Committee against Torture will today begin
its examination of the implementation of the
International Convention against Torture and other
Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
in Colombia. >more
Peru expects prompt negotiations on FTA with US
Peru expects to announce the formal opening of negotiations on free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States later this month, Foreign Trade and Tourism
Minister Alfredo Ferrero said Thursday. >more
Social problems a
focus during Ibero-American summit
Meetings with a focus on social problems
will be held on the sidelines of the 13th Ibero-American
Summit here on Nov. 14-15, local authorities said
Thursday. >more
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SPECIAL
REPORTS
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Latin
America: Media
Panel Searches for Optimism
As
radio reports broadcast charges that one
of the targets hit in U.S. air strikes
in Iraq on Wednesday was a warehouse
used by the Al-Jazeera cable news
network, journalists, law experts and
activists gathered here to discuss
dangers faced by the media half a world
away.
U.S. Congressman James Leach opened a
panel discussion on the freedom of the
media in Latin America and the Caribbean
on Thursday by noting, ”to constrain
free thinking today is harder than it's
ever been in human history. But
sometimes, the freedom is so great, it
brings out the worse in human nature”.
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