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Ten year
old Raquel Solórzano Miranda, was rescued
from a 20 meter high tree yesterday morning
in Pilas de Tacares de Grecia, when she was
playing with other children and couldn't get
down when it was time to get back to school.
Foto: Luis Chinchilla, Diario Extra.
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High Inflation
Increases in the prices of potatoes,
papaya, gasoline, and tuition in elementary schools accounted for a 1.29
percent rise in inflation last month, the highest increase in the month of
February since 2001.
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Baylor Symphony Orchestra To Tour Costa Rica
An exciting spring
break awaits members of Texas' Baylor Symphony Orchestra as the group
embarks on a concert tour of Costa Rica on March 15-22.
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$151 Million in Flower and Plants
Costa Rica exported $151 million worth of flowers, plants, and foliage
last year.
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Bus Drivers Unite With Taxis Stop 'Piratas'
The battle by taxi drivers to force out "piratas"
and "porteadores" - informal taxis that don't count with a license to
operate as a taxi - is continues, as taxi drivers press the Ministry of
Transport to eliminate this kind of service completely.
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Bettor Wins $1.3 Million; Net casino Won't Pay
In
the highest-stakes dispute of its kind in the short history of Internet
gambling, an American bettor and a Costa Rica-based Internet casino are
engaged in a running battle over $1.3 million that the player says he won
fair and square and the house claims was amassed using a banned “robot”
software program.
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Venezuela UN ambassador resigns
Venezuela's ambassador to the
UN says he is resigning his post in protest at President Hugo Chavez's
policies. Milos Alcalay told a news conference in New York that he had
always worked to promote democracy, human rights and a non-confrontational
foreign policy.
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New cartel crackdown in Colombia
The Colombian authorities
have re-established the country's elite police group known as the Search
Bloc.
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