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Police officers monitor the images from newly
installed surveillance cameras called 'Electronic
Police', as Costa Rican Minister of Public Security
Rogelio Ramos, rear, looks on.
The new program put into operation for the Christmas
holiday season will use a system of cameras
monitored by police to provide better security in
the capital city.
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Costa Rican Man
Dies in Toronto by Cruel Chance
Augusto
Cesar Mejia Solis was sending an e-mail home
to Costa Rica when the ceiling of his
classroom collapsed on him. >more
Costa Rica
Seeking Man in Adoption Scam
The Costa Rican government has issued an
international arrest order for an employee of
a South Florida adoption agency for
trafficking children for adoption in North
America. >more
Free Trade
Negotiations Enter Final Stage
Negotiators have launched what they hope will
be the final round of talks aimed at creating
a new Central American trade pact, if a spat
over sugar doesn't sour the mood. >more
Electronic
Police on the Job
Police
in San José, in a hype of their newest tool -
surveillance cameras - say that crime has seen
it's last days. >more
US Congress passes
first federal anti-spam legislation
The United States
Congress Monday passed the first national bill
intended to curb junk commercial e-mail, or
spam, that has flooded Internet users'
in-boxes.
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California woman sues
Schwarzenegger for libel
A woman who had accused
Hollywood actor-turned California Governor
Arnold Schwarzenegger of sexual harassment,
sued the governor Monday in a libel lawsuit
and sought unspecified monetary damages.
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Trade deficit with
China not cause for US job losses
Trade with China is helping create jobs in the
United States rather than contributing to its
unemployment problem, said China's Vice
Commerce Minister Ma Xiuhong here on Monday.
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U.S.-Central America Deal Could Block
Cheap AIDS Drugs
Volunteer
social worker Alain Rias, who helps
treat people living with HIV/AIDS in
Honduras, says his work has helped
patients recover, go back to work and
support their families.
But the French activist, who works with
Medicins sans Frontiers (MSF), known in
English as Doctors Without Borders, says
this work is threatened by a
controversial trade deal the United
States is trying to finalise with five
Central American countries.
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