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Inside of the store room at the Ministerio de
Seguridad of firearms seized: a total of 16.000 are
held in storage, of which 3.000 were added this year
alone. According to Ministerial figures, 43.000
persons are licensed to carry a firearm, while it is
estimated at 280.000 persons actually own one.
Firearms account for more than 50% of all murders in
Costa Rica.
(Foto:
José
Pablo Pastor / LA NACIÓN)
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| NEWS |
updated by 8:00 a.m. CST each day
Extradition
from Costa Rica Delayed for Man Wanted By
Poland for Killing Jews
A
Ukrainian man facing extradition to Poland on
charges he killed Jews during World War II has
been hospitalized in Costa Rica, stalling his
extradition.
>more
Central America
Attains "important advances" on FTA Plan
Central
America made "important advances" Friday to
achieve a united position on the planned
Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA)
with the United States.
>more
Monaco's Prince
Albert to Touch Down in Costa Rica
Monaco's Prince Albert will visit Costa Rica
December 2-7 where he will meet President Abel
Pacheco and visit sites of national interest,
officials said.
>more
Squirrel
Monkey
The Association for the Preservation of the Squirrel
Monkey has 6,000 new reasons to continue its efforts
in the Costa Rican Central Pacific area.
>more
Venezuelan opposition begins signature
collection for recall referendum
Venezuela's opposition started on Friday
collecting signatures needed to call a
referendum to revoke the rule of President
Hugo Chavez and 35 ruling-party legislators.
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Brazil receives 100 million dollars in WB
loan to fight AIDS
Brazil has received a loan of 100 million US
dollars from the World Bank (WB) to help fund
the country's program to combat the spread of
HIV/AIDS and other sexually-transmitted
diseases, the Health Ministry said on Friday.
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Toronto to host 2006 international AIDS
meeting
Canada's city of Toronto has been chosen to
host the 16th international conference on AIDS
in 2006, officials sources said Friday.
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SPECIAL
REPORTS:
COLOMBIA |
Love
Thyself, Use Condoms to Prevent HIV/AIDS
- Campaign
”Because self-love is the
most important, I'm the one who carries
the condom,” actress Diana Angel, a favourite among young Colombian
television viewers, says confidently and
directly into the camera.
Angel plays Gabriela, a high school
student in a low-income Bogotá
neighbourhood, in ”Francisco el
matemático” (Francisco the
mathematician). The series is broadcast
daily by RCN Televisión and has become a
national hit with its plots based on
real-life stories and its agile
camera-work.
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THE
INTERNET:
SPAM & SCAMS |
A New Twist on the Nigerian Scam
The following
message was received in the past 24 hours and making
it's rounds around the world. Unlike the emails of
the past, this one claims that the holder of the
Million Dollar bank account was killed in the 9/11
attack of the World Trade Centre and your help is
needed.
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