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Police Sweep of La Carpio
La Carpio, west of San José, the scene where a man last week murdered three
of his five children and wounded his pregnant estranged wife before taking
his own life, was the scene of or tears and surprise as police swept into
the area in an attempt to restore security in the area.
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Guatemalan Tribunal Absolves Casa Alianza Director
After two days of deliberation, the 12th Tribunal of Criminal Sentencing
absolved Bruce Harris, Latin American Regional Director for Casa Alianza, of
all crime and responsibility, of which he was accused of by Susana Luarca de
Umaña, for calumny, slander and defamation.
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Aura Validation Experiment
A NASA WB-57 jet and 50 scientists arrived in
Costa Rica to partake in the Aura Validation Experiment (AVE), whose
preliminary mission is exploring the atmosphere at 20 kilometers (12.5
miles) above the surface of the Earth.
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Powered by Veggie Oil
Twenty-six young people - ages 20 to 30 - left
California last November 10, en route to Costa Rica and with a clear
message: Save the planet.
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Quiz is Students' 'Brain' Child
The Baltimore Colts won the 1971
Super Bowl. The Who has sold the most albums in Costa Rica. And wind causes
waves in the ocean.
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Peruvian first vice president resigns
Peruvian First Vice President
Raul Diez Canseco presented a resignation letter to President Alejandro
Toledo on Friday, two months after a scandal erupted on allegations that he
gave a tax break to a girlfriend's father.
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TRAVEL ESSAY
Purity, beauty and
ease: the way of life in Costa Rica
"Pura
Vida," the pure life, is Costa Rica's
analogue to Hawaii's "Hang Loose." It
fits. If Hawaii were an independent
country rather than the 50th state, it
would look and feel much like Costa Rica
does today: tropical, agricultural and
relaxed. It has more surfers than
soldiers. In fact, it has more of
everything than soldiers, as its army
was abolished in 1949.
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CUBA:
'Drugs Have No Borders,' Warns Former Addict
He was in hell, and still feels the
impacts of a journey from which many others never return. ”Sometimes I talk too
much, or I walk too fast, and I don't realise what I'm doing,” says Yosmany, 36,
a former drug addict.
His history as a drug user began at an early age. First it was marijuana, then
psychoactive drugs, and later what are known as hard drugs. By the time he was
22 or 23, he was addicted to cocaine and to get his hands on it... well, details
were not important.
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