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Puppy
love. The foto was taken shows that no-one is
exempt from the inclement weather we are
experiencing this week. The foto was submitted
by Patricia Nethercote in Turrialba.
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Costa Rica and Latin America Condemn Terror Attacks in
Spain
Leaders of Latin
American countries joined the worldwide condemnation Thursday against the
bloody bomb attacks in the Spanish capital of Madrid which claimed at least
192 lives and wounded 1,400 people so far.
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President Defends His Minister of Tourism
President Abel Pacheco said yesterday he prefers the music of "Los Tigres
del Norte", a Mexican group to Luciano Pavarotti in defence of Tourism
Minister, Rodrigo Castro, who has been accused of misusing $70.000 of public
funds that belong to the Instituto Costarricense de Turismo (ICT) to sponsor
the Pavarotti concert in January.
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Murder Suspect Found in Costa Rica
Julia Elliot, A Canadian woman, wanted in Canada, was captured by INTERPOL
agents yesterday in the southern area of Costa Rica, near the Panama border.
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Deaths on the Road Decrease
The number of people killed in car
crashes has been steadily decreasing since March 2001.
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No to Police Academy
The Commission of International
Relations of the Legislative Assembly discarded approving the establishment
in Costa Rica of an international police academy operated by the United
States.
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Exports to Canada
Costa Rican exports to Canada reached $194.1 million in 2003, a 24 percent
increase in comparison to the sales to that nation in 2002.
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US says bin Laden not behind deadly attacks in Spain
The United States on Thursday
denied suggestion that Osama bin Laden, the alleged mastermind of the Sept.
terror attacks, was behind the deadly bombing attacks in Spain and believed
ETA was responsible.
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Pro-Chavez groups propose ratifying signatures within
two days
The Ayacucho Command that
gathers pro-government Venezuelan sectors proposed Thursday on holding
within two days the reconfirmation process to ratify the signatures
collected in support of a recall referendum against President Hugo Chavez.
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Cuban spies' trial flawed, lawyers say
Lawyers for five Cuban spies
argued Wednesday that they were unfairly convicted in a flawed 2001 trial
that never should have been held in an anti-Castro hotbed like Miami.
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