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The Iranian Siamese Laleh and Ladan Bijani,
united at the head, will be separated in the
first week of July in an operation that will
last near four days, whose cost is
considered in $270.000.
A team of specialists of the United States,
France, Japan and Switzerland will
participate. The procedure is a surgical
attempt without precedents, where a high
probability exists that one of them will
die.
[Foto: Reuters]
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Teacher's Strike
Continues: Day 11
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Strike will end
today
Last
night, a resolution of the
Constitutional Court will bring an end to the
teacher's strike today. Details were not available
at press time. >more
Devaluation
of the Colon Coming?
At
least in the short or medium term
possibilities of a hard devaluation of Colon
against the dollar, according to the
authorities of the Banco Central de Costa Rica
(BCCR). >more
Casino
Manager in Apparent Suicide
The
body of the supposed manager of a casino called
"Casino Horses" was found
yesterday to borders of the Virilla River,
dying as a result of a fall of
almost 100 meters of height from the bridge on
the highway to Guápiles. >more
California
man pleads guilty in Web scheme
James
Michael Webb, 41, pleaded guilty Wednesday to
federal charges of mail fraud, wire fraud and
conspiracy to commit money laundering, the U.S.
Attorney's Office in Sacramento said. >more
15
countries could face U.S. sanctions for not
acting to end human trafficking
Fifteen
countries, including U.S. allies Greece and
Turkey, have made no significant efforts to stop
trafficking in humans and may face sanctions,
the State Department said Wednesday. >more
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SPECIAL
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Violence
in the Americas: Alarming but Preventable
Participants
in a Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
meeting on June 11th presented alarming
statistics on the impact of violence in the
Americas: 120,000 people are victims of
homicide each year in the Region, and 180,000
more die from suicide and traffic accidents.
In countries for which data are available,
20–60 percent of women have been victims of
intrafamilial violence. Among the fastest
growing sources of violence are youth gangs;
in El Salvador and Honduras alone, some 30,000
youths are gang members. >more
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Reactions
to Sanctions Put Relations at an Impasse
The
Cuban government reacted forcefully Wednesday to the
European Union's recently-imposed diplomatic
sanctions, warning the 15-member bloc that it will
apply the letter of the law if European embassies in
Havana are turned into ”centres for conspiring
against the revolution.”
The Fidel Castro government also convened protests
”of the combative Cuba people” to take place
Thursday outside the embassies of Spain and Italy,
countries it fingers as the leaders of the EU's
critical attitude towards Havana. >more
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