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A few of the many lights that adorn the city to
celebrate the festive season. The festival of lights
is on this Saturday night beginning at 6pm.
The traditional parade that includes floats, music
and dance will make it's way from the Sabana Park in
the West, along Paseo Colon/Avenida Central heading
East to La Plaza de la Democracia.
[Foto: insidecostarica.com]
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| NEWS |
updated by 8:00 a.m. CST each day
Body Coming
Home to Costa Rica This Week
The
body of the man killed in Toronto, Canada,
when the Uptown
Theatre
collapsed on to his school Monday morning will
be flown to San Jose, sometime this week,
according to his family. >more
Ninth Round of
Trade Talks Begin
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
HIV/AIDS
Activists Trade Talks
Twelve HIV/AIDS activists protesting
drug-patent provisions under negotiation
between the U.S. and Central American
governments were arrested Tuesday in
Washington.
>more
Helicopter hijacked
in northwestern Colombia
A commercial helicopter
was commandeered in northwestern Colombia by
men armed with knives, police said Tuesday.
>more
G20 to meet in Brazil
with WTO, EU top officials
he Group of 20 (G20)
developing countries, are to hold talks on
Thursday and Friday in Brasilia with the
European Union (EU) and the World Trade
Organization (WTO), diplomats said Tuesday.
>more
Pro-government bloc
presents Chavez as candidate for 2006
The pro-government bloc
in Venezuela said on Tuesday it has selected
President Hugo Chavez as its candidate for the
2006 elections.
>more
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SPECIAL
REPORTS:
LATIN AMERICA |
Cell Phones - From Status Symbol to Tool
of the Masses
In the early 1990s, Uruguayan
businessman Luis Rodríguez asked his
secretary to call him during a meeting
with some of his clients. He had a
cellular telephone and he wanted to show
it off.
Owning a mobile phone -- as big and
heavy as a brick in those days -- was a
status symbol, but also a magnet for
thieves, according to Rodríguez, who for
the past 25 years has been in the
business of selling telephones and
accessories.
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