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Father Minor Given Conditional Liberty
The polemic priest, Father Minor Calvo Aguilar, obtained his freedom yesterday following a Hererida court decision to give him conditional liberty. >more
 


Group Wants Priest Abuse List
A group in San Antonio, Tezas, is pushing to make public a list of priests who are known to have sexually abused children while serving in the San Antonio Archdiocese.  >more

 

Canadian Faces Life Sentence
Julia Yvonne Elliott, the Canadian woman arrested in Paso Canoas on Wednesday, wanted in Canada for having murder her companion, assures authorities that she had been living in Costa Rica for several months. >more

 

P2P Calls May Not Be Illegal
The Procuraduría General de la República, which acts a legal counsel to the government, made the conclusion in 2001 that Internet calls are free of regulations if they are limited to "point to point" or P2P. >more



Former Panamanian Dictator Noriega Denied Parole
Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega failed in his third attempt at parole, despite getting support in his bid for freedom from the federal judge who sentenced him in 1992.  >more
 

US vows to help Spain find those behind deadly attacks
The United States will do whatever it can to help Spain find those responsible for the deadly attacks and bring them to justice, President George W. Bush said on Friday.  >more
 

Colombia voices solidarity with Spain over terror attacks
Colombian Defense Minister Jorge Alberto Uribe Echavarria voiced Friday the solidarity of his country with Spain over the terror attacks that hit Madrid Thursday. >more
 

Colombia, EU expand peace program
The peace program was launched Friday in the Cauca and Narilo departments, southwestern Colombia,as a part of the Colombian and European Union (EU) initiative to overcome the armed conflict that has afflicted the South American nation for the last four decades, local press said.  >more
 

Venezuelan opposition claims enough signatures to cut Chavez term
The Venezuelan opposition Sumate claimed Friday that it has collected enough new signatures in order to conduct a referendum on cutting short President Hugo Chavez's term, according to local reports.  >more

 

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Billfishing, Central American Style
Anyone who billfishes in the mid-Atlantic is keenly aware of the downsides of the game. You rise at 4 a.m., pound through rough seas getting to the Gulf Stream, might troll all day without raising a fish, then beat yourself silly going 60 or 80 miles home.

..."Ticos" is what locals call themselves. "Que rico!" is their favorite expression, used to celebrate the richness of life, nowhere more evident than 20 miles at sea where the bottom drops to unfathomable depths and sailfish and blue, black and striped marlin roam the warm, cobalt-hued waters.  >more



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ENVIRONMENT-MEXICO:
Transgenic Cousin in the Birthplace of Corn

With its modified genes, transgenic corn has entered Mexico without permission and without an invitation, mixing with its non-modified relatives, which are thousands of years old and carry a mythological mantle.

Experts wonder if the new variety of maize poses a threat or creates a possibility for the country's salvation from poverty and hunger.

In their search for answers, scientists and specialists gathered in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca this week as part of the evaluation process begun in 2002 by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC).  >more


 

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