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The
9th report about the state of the country
conducted by the daily La Nacion was
released yesterday, showing that about
1.000.000 Costa Ricans live in poverty due
to unemployment and no increase in
salaries.That's an increase of 20.6% over
2002 figures.
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updated by 7:00 a.m. CST each day
Prosecution Witnesses
in Martin Trial Allegedly Threatened
Witnesses scheduled to testify against three
people accused of killing Kansas college
student, Shannon Martin, here two years ago
have received death threats, lawyers claimed
Friday.
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Poland Wants
Alleged Nazi
The
Court of the City of Katowice, Poland,
issued a warrant of arrest for Ukrainian
Bohdan Koziy, 80, an alleged nazi war
criminal living in Costa Rica.
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489 Cops
Investigated
The internal affairs sections of the
different Costa Rican law-enforcement
agencies are investigating 489 agents for
corruption.
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Ex-finance
minister elected new leader of Canadian
ruling Party
Canada's former finance minister Paul Martin was
elected as the new leader of Canada's ruling Liberal
Party on Friday night.
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Latin
American-Iberian Summit opens in
Bolivia
The 13th Latin American and Iberian Summit opened
Friday afternoon in Santa Cruz de la Sierra,
Bolivia, with the participation of 21 heads of
states and governments and UN Secretary-General Kofi
Annan. >more
Annan calls
for support against poverty in Latin
America
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan called on the
international community on Friday to support the
combat against poverty and inequality in Latin
America.
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Mexican
president expresses solid support to
Bolivia
Mexican President Vicente Fox expressed Friday his
"solid support to the Bolivian people to drive
their development" when meeting Bolivian
President Carlos Mesa.
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Children
with HIV/AIDS Receive Free Medication
Carla
is a 10-year-old Venezuelan who earns
good grades and wants to be a doctor
when she grows up. After school, where
she is in the fourth grade, she takes
hair-cutting classes. But she has a
carefully guarded secret: she is living
with HIV, the AIDS virus.
One of the main concerns of Carla's
mother, Carmen, who passed the virus on
to her daughter at birth, is to keep
Carla's HIV-positive status a secret at
school, due to the spectre of
discrimination.
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