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WORLD CUP SOCCER:
14
days to go!
"See La Fanatica" here!
Tornado Raises Roofs In Heredia
It was 3:10pm when a tornado
formed in the area of Santa
Cecilia de San Franciso, Heredia.
The phenomenum last
approximately five minutes and
left a number of houses without
roofs, windows, walls and strew
objects, like zinc roof panels,
like pieces of paper.
A tornado touched down
in Heredia yesterday,
raising roofs and
scaring residents.
Fortunately no one was
injured or killed during
the short mid afternoon
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Pregnant Woman Strangled To Take
Her Baby
Macabre. It is the only word
that can be used to describe the
event that surrounded the death
of 22 year old woman that went
missing last March and her body
found in a Joaquina en Getzemaní
de San Rafael de Heredia almost
a month later.
Poverty Causes School Exodus
Costa Rican authorities
recognized poverty as key cause
of school drop-outs and
announced the Money Transfer
Program, a subsidy to help poor
children complete their studies.
Tibás
Garbage Finally Being Picked Up
With brooms, shovels and more
important, six trucks,
Municipalidad de Tibás workers
were out in full force yesterday
to rid the city of the estimated
1.200 tonnes of garbage that has
been accumulating on the
streets.
WORLD
CUP SOCCER:
Bolt-cutter needed for Costa
Rica arrival
A security gate at Frankfurt
airport had to be cut open with
a bolt-cutter on Thursday for a
bus picking up Costa Rica's
World Cup team from their plane.
Whale
Shark Research
Costa Rican and US scientists
will study, starting in June and
through July 2007, the transit
of whale sharks, the largest
known fish, through the Costa
Rican Pacific.
Ecuador's trade minister resigns
after talks with U.S. fail
Ecuador's Trade Minister Jorge
Illingworth said Thursday he had
submitted resignation to
President Alfredo Palacio for
what he called the government's
failure to back him in trade
talks with the United States.
Castro challenges Forbes over
report on alleged personal
fortune
Cuba's President Fidel Castro
described as a "calumny" a U.S.
magazine report of his having a
personal fortune of around 900
million U.S. dollars, local
media said on Thursday.
Cuba, Botswana agree to boost
cultural links
Officials from Cuba and Botswana
signed an agreement on Thursday
to increase cultural links
between the two nations.
Brazilian president widens lead
in pre-election polls
Brazil's President Luiz Inacion
Lula da Silva garnered 40.5
percent of voter preference, 21
percentage points higher than
his political rivals in a
Wednesday opinion poll.
Chavez
willing to follow Supreme
Court's order in seeking
reelection
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez
said on Wednesday that under
Venezuela's constitution, he did
not have to leave office to be
reelected to the presidency, but
he would do so if ordered by the
country's supreme court.
ELECTIONS-COLOMBIA:
Campaign
Marked by Threats
In
the view of Colombian Vice
President Francisco Santos,
Amnesty International timed the
release of its annual report on
human rights in 150 countries to
influence Colombia's
presidential elections next
Sunday.
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