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Thursday 20 March 2008, San José, Costa
Rica
Costa Rica Now Has An 8
Digit Telephone Number
System
Starting today all
telephone numbers are
eight digits as all
fixed lines have a 2
added at the beginning
of the number and
cellular lines an 8.
Migración Gets New
Computer Donated By Chamber to Process
Residencies
The Dirección General de
Migración y Extranjería - immigration
service - is promising quicker attention
to the 300.000 foreigners with residency
in Costa Rica with the purchase and
installation of a new computer system.
Colombian Police
Director Does Not
Believe Couple's Claim
of Innocence Over Rebel
Cash Found In Their Home
"No one hands over $500
thousand without prior
trust" was the headline
in the Spanish language
daily, Al Día, referring
to the cash stash found
in the house of
Francisco Gutiérrez
Pérez and his wife, Cruz
Prado Rojas, who claim
total innocence about
the money and their
relationship with the
members of the Colombian
rebel group the FARC.
Costa Rica Now Has An 8
Digit Telephone Number
System
Starting today all
telephone numbers are
eight digits as all
fixed lines have a 2
added at the beginning
of the number and
cellular lines an 8.
Constitutional
Court Rules Against Society of Music
Authors and Composers
A decision by the Sala Constitucional
(Constitutional Court) or Sala IV stops
the 83 municipalities in the country
from charging a tax for playing music in
public places.
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Garbage Wars Raise A
Stink In Managua
Managua
is sinking under a pile
of garbage, amid a
dispute between hundreds
of homeless who scour
the city's dump looking
for items to sell and
the workers seeking to
supplement their wages.
Panama Ports Expect Boom
Despite U.S. Slowdown
Panama's ports expect
shipping container
volumes to grow by a
fifth this year despite
a slowing U.S. economy
as Chinese trade surges,
the head of the
country's top maritime
body said on Wednesday.
Guatemalan Peasants
Wanted For Kidnapping
Tourists
Guatemalan judicial
officials have issued
arrest warrants for
seven peasants who
allegedly kidnapped six
people last week,
including four Belgian
tourists, government
sources said Wednesday.
Brazil, EU To Deepen
Strategic Partnership
Brazil and the European
Union (EU) will seek to
deepen their strategic
partnership, Brazilian
President Luiz Inacio
Lula da Silva and
visiting European
Commission President
Jose Manuel Durao
Barroso said Wednesday.
Cuban Organizations
Condemn U.S. Military
Action On Iraq
Many Cuban organizations
on Wednesday condemned
the U.S.-led war against
Iraq on the eve of the
fifth anniversary of the
military invasion.
CHILE:
Bachelet to Help Seek
Humanitarian Solution
for Colombia's Hostage
Crisis
Chilean President
Michelle Bachelet
promised to work
"quickly" and
"efficiently" to obtain
the release of the
hostages held by the
FARC, according to Juan
Carlos Lecompte, the
husband of former
Colombian presidential
candidate Ingrid
Betancourt, who was
taken hostage by the
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