San José, Costa Rica -
Tuesday 25 January 2005
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The Ground
Keeps A Shakin'
Two strong earthquakes caused
alarm in most of the country,
especially in the Central Valley
where it was shake was strong.
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Water War
in Monterverde
Monteverde, a quiet and tranquil
location and one of the more
important tourist destinations,
is facing a fight between
neighbours with protests and
heated arguments on a regular
basis. more
Corrales
Wants Arias To Quit
Another war is heating up closer
to home, between former
president and current
presidential candidate for the
Partido Liberación Nacional (PLN),
Oscar Arias Sanchez and former
presidential candidate, José
Miguel Corrales, who left the
PLN last week. more
German
Tourist DID Have His Leg
Amputated: CCSS and CIMA Doctors
Confirmed
Several weeks ago we ran a story
about a German professor who
went on a dream holiday to Costa
Rica woke up in an airport
departure lounge to find his leg
had been amputated. The
professor said he had gone to
see a doctor at a hospital in
San Jose because his left foot
was swollen.
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Gambling
Sites Wait for Attacks
As reported by Wired Magazine:
"As Super Bowl weekend
approaches, Mickey Richardson,
general manager of BetCRIS, an
online gambling site based in
Costa Rica, readies himself for
the action. But there's also a
cloud hanging over his, and
other gambling sites' profitable
Feb. 6 weekend. more
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Argentina
supports dialogue between
Colombia and Venezuela
The Argentine government
expressed their support Monday
for the initiatives of dialogue
between Colombia and Venezuela,
driven by Brazil and Peru.
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China,
Mexico sign 7 cooperation
accords
China and Mexico signed seven
cooperation accords here on
Monday to facilitate their
trade, tourism and judiciary
exchanges. more
Brazil,
Spain vow to strengthen
strategic partnership
Brazilian President Luis Inacio
Lula da Silva and visiting
Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis
Rodriguez Zapatero said on
Monday that the two countries
are to take measures to enhance
their strategic partnership.
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They're the biggest chickens of
the ocean
And it's not the only thing
divers learn about hammerhead
sharks
Lying 30 metres deep on a rocky
tabletop sea mount, I am
surrounded by scores of
scalloped hammerhead sharks.
Lazily, the sharks -- some up to
three metres long -- circle the
pinnacle, occasionally tilting
an outrigger-mounted eye down to
glance at me.
Resting motionless on the rock
about 1.5 m from me is a small
whitetip reef shark. We, too,
exchange glances, and I notice
that this four-footer bears a
substantial bite wound in its
flank. The wound has begun to
heal over but it is deep enough
that I can see distinctly the
dental impression of whatever
bit it. These were some very big
teeth.
"Yeah, you better lay low," the
whitetip's war-weary look seems
to say.
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