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New York
unveils new tower design for WTC site -The
Freedom Tower, a new Manhattan skyline at the
World Trade Center site, will be a 1,776-foot
glass tower topped by windmills and a spire
that evokes the Statue of Liberty, according
to new plans unveiled in New York Friday.
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Did you feel it?
A 5.0 Earthquake woke up many this
morning at 4.12 am. The epicenter was located at Puerto Armuelles en Panamá
with a 12km depth, according to OVSCORI, the Costa Rican seismological
institute.
Costa Rica Eyes US Trade Pact This Month
Costa Rica expects to finish
negotiations this month on the free trade agreement with the United States
after balking at the terms of a deal reached last month between Washington
and four other Central American countries, a Costa Rican Embassy official
said Tuesday.
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INS Considers Opening Market
The Instituto Nacional de
Seguros - INS - the national insurance company has said that it will
consider opening the market to competition within 5 years.
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LACSA Will Have Sky Marshalls
Líneas Aéreas de Costa Rica S.A.
will be the first Central American airline that will have Costa Rican
security officials aboard it's flights to the United States, said yesterday
Minister of Security, Rogelio Ramos.
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Seven Chinese, Taiwanese Die in Explosion Aboard
Fishing Boat
An explosion aboard a Costa
Rican owned tuna fishing boat killed five Chinese and two Taiwanese crew
members, officials said Tuesday.
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US to unveil new immigration policy
US President George W. Bush
will unveil a plan Wednesday that will give legal status to illegal foreign
workers who have obtained jobs in the United States, the White House said
Tuesday.
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DNA confirms US mad cow from Canada
DNA tests have confirmed that
the US cow in Washington State discovered to have BSE in December came from
Canada, Canadian and US officials made the joint announcement Tuesday.
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Schwarzenegger urges voters to help curbing financial
woes
Warning California could go
bankrupt, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday called for voters'
support to approve a 15-billion-dollar bond to save the populous
US state from a financial crisis.
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Villalobos Report
A round up of articles and comments on the The
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Ok....... It's Jan.
7, 2004.
Where's the earth
shattering news from Enrique???????
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Hello Friends!
As this year comes to a close,
I want to tell you about a recent message from Enrique. |
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This
Internet prankster turned the tables on the
scammers.
Ever get a desperate e-mail from some
African dude asking for help in moving
millions of American dollars out of his
country? Suckers have made the Nigerian
Letter scam, also called the 4-1-9 scam
(after section 4-1-9 of the Nigerian penal
code), into Nigeria’s largest criminal
enterprise. But one prankster turned the
tables on a con who claimed to be Timothy
Sese-Seko, son of Zaire’s former president
Mobutu Sese-Seko.
Posing as Wendy Willcox, part owner of the Swollennutz Development Corp., the joker
agreed to help Tim move $144 million. Over
more than 75 e-mails, she cajoled her way
into meeting Tim’s partners in Amsterdam,
promising $15,000. She even e-mailed Tim her
butt-ugly photo, which the schemer wrote was
beautiful.
The scammers, of course, had no idea that
Wendy’s proposed meeting spot fell in full
view of a Web cam. At home Wendy watched two
confused cons looking for her, then later
posted screen grabs on her Web site (willcoxinfo.bravepages.com/bankwire.htm).
She e-mailed the address to Tim, along with
a farewell message: Kiss my ass. |
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RETIREMENT: Another NEAT EXPAT
I am constantly amazed at the
diversity of backgrounds of people who
have chosen to live here. Most of us
come from climates that are too cold in
winter and too hot in summer.
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The
simple pleasures
of Tamarindo
Despite its popularity, the Pacific
Coast town has yet to be overrun by
high-rise hotels and rampant
commercialism.
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After Initial Boom,
Mexico's Economy Goes Bust
The heady early years of the North American Free
Trade Agreement brought Oscar Garcia opportunities
he had scarcely dreamed of.
An electrical engineer raised in Mexicali, he became
manager of the biggest factory the city had ever
seen — a Mitsubishi plant the size of three football
fields where workers assembled computer monitors.
Garcia bought a new sport utility vehicle. He paid
cash for a new home.
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ARGENTINA:
Doctors Band Provides Remedy
for Hearts and Souls
The popular conception that music is therapeutic is
especially true in the case of the Argentine rock
band Diga 33.
The keyboard-player is a gynecologist, the singer
and drummer are pediatricians, the bass-player is an
orthopedic surgeon, the lead guitar player an
anesthetist, and the saxophone-player a
cardiologist.
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