Editor's Note: There is no
election news today because the
rice and bean, sorry, vote
counters, were off yesterday and
won't return to work until
tomorrow.
Bus/Truck Collision Leave 6
Dead, 15 Injured on
Interamericana
Six dead and fifteen injured as
a bus coming from El Salvador
collided with a tractor trailer
headed for Guatemala. The
accident occurred on kilometre
132 of Interamerican highway,
near Puntarenas.
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Costa Rican goalie Wardy Alfaro
(left) punches the ball out of
danger after a header by South
Korea's Cho-Young Park, third
from right, during the second
half of an international
friendly soccer match in
Oakland, Calif., on Saturday.
Costa Rica won 1-0. [AP Photo/Marcio
Jose Sanchez]
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Limited Regional
Growth
The Central American Economic
Integration Bank (BCIE in
Spanish) foresees a 3.7 percent
increase in production in
Central America this year,
slightly higher than last year’s
3.5 percent. Guatemala and
Honduras would experience the
largest growth, at 4 percent and
3.8 percent, respectively.
Costa
Rica Tops South Korea
Alvaro Saborio scored on a
penalty kick 40 minutes into the
first half, leading Costa Rica
to a 1-0 win over South Korea on
Saturday.
Kai
Fieberg Costa Rica Open 2006:
Noren Increases his Lead
Sweden’s Alexander Noren
produced a second consecutive
round of four under par 67 at
the Cariari Country Club to
extend his lead at the European
Challenge Tour’s Kai Fieberg
Costa Rica Open 2006 to three
shots over England’s Van
Phillips, with the European pair
holding off a typically strong
push from the Central and South
American Members of the Tour de
las Americas (TLA) going into
the final two rounds of the last
of three joint-sanctioned TLA
events of the 2006 season.
Colombian drug tycoon arrested
in Venezuela
Colombian-born drug tycoon
Carlos Alonso Ojeda was arrested
here by police, according to a
statement released by the
Venezuelan attorney's office on
Saturday.
Peru,
US seize 4 tons of cocaine in
joint operation
The coast guards of Peru and the
United States seized four tons
of cocaine on a fishing boat and
arrested all of the seven crew
members on aboard in a joint
operation, local media reported
on Saturday.
Bachelet to Visit Argentina in
March
Chilean President-elect Michelle
Bachelet will travel to
Argentina after her inauguration
on March 11 to deal with
bilateral relations and trade.
Cuba, an
Open University
The 5th International Meeting on
Higher Education, Universidad
2006, opening Monday in Havana,
till the 17th, will contribute
to spread progress in the
socialization of knowledge.
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