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Diminishing skyline. This building has been an
eyesore in downtown San Jose for many years,
having been left abandoned by it's owners and
the Municipalitys' inaction, is now being
reduced from 4 floors to 2 and will be ready
soon for new tenants.
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Domestic Violence On the Increase
Domestic violence, even though
authorities are responding quickly to calls for help by women, and
placing the aggressors in custody, is not slowing down.
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Costa Rica Works Toward Trade Deal with
United States
Costa Rica expects to finish negotiations today on the free trade
agreement with the United States. Negotiators on both sides decided last
night to spend another day on the main issues in difference -
agriculture and textiles - in the hopes of coming to an agreements.
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Miss Costa Rica 2004 Crowned
Nancy Soto, 22, from Heredia, was the final winner for the Miss Costa Rica
2004 contest.
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$5-million investment
Merck Sharp and Dohme a firm that dedicates to
research and the development of pharmaceuticals will make a new $5-million
investment in a warehouse that is to promote the development of the company
in Costa Rica in the next 10 years.
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Drug Investigation Leads to Gambling
Operation
Two Pensacola, Florida, men face
Florida state charges of racketeering and are suspected of operating a
gambling operation with ties to a Costa Rican company.
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U.S. Calls for Trade
Rule Equality
USDA wants beef-exporting nations
such Brazil and Argentina to adopt mad cow safeguards that match new
U.S. rules if they want to continue to sell beef to U.S. buyers.
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Brazilian president reshuffles cabinet
Brazilian President Luiz
Inacio Lula da Silva reshuffled the cabinet on Friday for the first time
during his 13-month administration, adding two ministers of the right-wing
Democratic Movement Party (PMDB) and creating a new ministry.
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Enrique's Magic!
You and I did not invest with The Brothers because
we thought that we were going to be scammed. |
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COCOS ISLAND
NATIONAL PARK AND ITS NATURAL HERITAGE
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A tiny dark speck on the horizon
grows slowly; sea birds appear
gradually and hint of the
possibility of land nearby; dolphins
frolic alongside the boat and guide
the way; and the tone of water
slowly changes from a deep blue to a
tantalizing turquoise. Little by
little steep black cliffs, fringed
by a dense green vegetation and
split by thundering waterfalls, come
into view.
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VILLALOBOS UPDATE |
A
Letter From Enrique?
We are
in receipt of an email that purports to be
from Luis Enrique Villalobos Camacho. We have
requested that the writer provide proof that
he is in fact Enrique.
We are waiting in vain for verifiable
confirmation. We will give the writer one
more day to respond.
Nonetheless, the letter will be
published in tomorrow's edition.
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CHILE:
Salmon Producers Go on the Offensive
As in war, or a championship
football match, Chilean salmon farmers believe the best defence is offence, and
have launched a campaign to disqualify a scientific report that reveals the
presence of cancer-causing compounds in the fish they raise and sell.
The study by U.S. and Canadian scientists, coordinated by the universities of
Indiana and New York and published in Science magazine, found high levels of
toxins in farm-raised salmon, including Chilean salmon, compared to levels in
wild fish.
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