San José, Costa Rica -
Wednesday 19 January 2005
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The Cold Weather Continues
Tired of the cold, the wind and rain? Well, according to the
Instituto Meteorológico Nacional (IMN) - the national
weatherman - the current climatic conditions in the Central
Valley will carry through to the early part of February.
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Piercing and Tattoo Regulation in
Force
With lightning speed, a
regulation governing piercing and tattooing was issued by
the Ministerio de Salud (Health Ministry) and publish in the
official newspaper La Gaceta to come into force, following
several complaints of health problems, including last weeks
replacement of a heart valve of a youth who suffered
complication after he had had his tongue pierced.
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Young Man Recuperates After Living the
Nightmare of Having His Tongue Pierced
The young man, Jason Saborío, who for the Health Ministry
was the last straw in the piercing arena, is back home in
San Sebastián after a heart surgery resulting from
complications from having his tongue pierced 14 months ago.
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Tourism to Reach 1.6 Million This Year
The natural beauty and bio-diversity of Costa Rica is the
reason for an increase in tourism of between 10% and 12%
this year, according to the Instituto Costarricense de
Turismo (ICT).
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Central America Plans Tsunami Warning
System
Central American countries on Wednesday decided to build a
tsunami warning system and assigned scientists to prepare a
common project for the entire region.
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Assassins
of archbishop convicted in
Colombia
Two men involved in the 2002
murder of the Roman Catholic
archbishop of Cali have been
sentenced to 35and 36 years in
jail respectively, judicial
sources said Tuesday.
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False
tsunami alarm causes panic in
Chile
There were still thousands of
Chileans who lived outdoors in
the city of Concepcion overnight
due to a false tsunami alarm
refusing to heed local
authorities' order to go back
home Tuesday, local press said.
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Mexican
firm to provide armor cars for
US in Iraq, Afghanistan
The Mexican company Abate has
sealed a contract to provide
bullet-proof cars for US
government officials,
telecommunications firms and
construction contractors in Iraq
and Afghanistan.
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ENVIRONMENT-CARIBBEAN:
Ships Dump
Tonnes of Waste in Turquoise
Waters
The multi-million dollar
Caribbean shipping industry,
necessary to the economic
prosperity of the region's small
island states, also has its
negative side: the generation of
tonnes of waste, which these
countries are often ill-prepared
to cope with.
The Caribbean has the ''most
intensive maritime traffic in
the world,'' with some 50,000
ships and 14.5 million tourists
visiting annually, according to
the United Nations Environment
Program (UNEP).
A typical cruise ship carries
3,000 passengers and produces
between 400 and 1,200 cubic
metres of watery waste daily,
including waste from kitchens
and showers, according to UNEP.
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