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Another week of rain is expected before the
"dry" season begins. The foto was taken from
the open courtyard in the new Terramall in
Tres Rios, east of San Jose.
[Foto: insidcostarica.com]
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updated by 8:00 a.m. CST each day
Protest March
Planned for Today
Leaders of the different union organizations
have planned a march on Presidential House
this morning to protest the Free Trade
Agreement.
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Dry Season Delayed
The fourth Sunday in November is supposed to
be a day of change, it is supposed to be a day
of sunshine and the start of the dry or summer
season, according to the experts. However,
that was not the case yesterday.
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Brazil Seeks to Show Coffee's Health
Benefits
Brazil, the world's No. 1 coffee producer,
hopes to convince people to drink up -- and
ease a global crisis caused by oversupply --
by proving that coffee is good for you.
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New York's World Trade Center station
reopens
The commuter train station at the World Trade
Center (WTC) site is opened to traffic Sunday
afternoon after more than two years of closure
following the Sept.11 terror attacks on the
WTC twin towers.
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UN agency stresses need to give attention
to youth
The Ethiopian government should give special
attention to youth in helping it bring about
sustainable development to the country, the
United Nation Children Fund (UNICEF) said
Friday.
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International women federation works for
women rights
The Women's International DemocraticFederation
(WIDF) Direction Committee Meeting opened on
Friday here to work out action plans.
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REPORTS: BRAZIL |
Cow Clones 'a la Natural'
Many people are disappointed when they
meet Vitoria and Lenda, the first cows
cloned in Latin America. ”They're just
like any others,” tends to be the
reaction when one first sees the two at
the experimental farm of Sucupira, 30 km
from Brasilia.
Vitoria, 32 months old, and the calf
Lenda, born Sep. 4, were the stars of
”field days” held Oct. 29-30 by the
Genetics Resources and Biotechnology
Institute (Cenargen) of the governmental
Brazilian Agricultural Research
Corporation (Embrapa), to show off its
livestock research to students,
journalists, farmers and ranchers. .
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