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Altar
Boys light candles before the memorial
service
Oscar-winning actor
Gregory Peck, one of the last of the great
stars from Hollywood's golden era and a man
who embodied on-screen heroism, died
peacefully during the night at his Los
Angeles home at the age of 87 on June 13.
Some 3,000 friends, family and fans
including stars like Harrison Ford and
Lauren Bacall packed Los Angeles' Catholic
cathedral yesterday to bid farewell to the
Hollywood legend.
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Teacher's Strike
Continues: Day 16
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Government say Pension issued a closed subject
• Teacher to take to streets today
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Casa Alianza to
explain dangers
of Sex Tourism
before the OAS
The
risks and dangers of child commercial sexual
exploitation in Latin America will be the subject of
a presentation by Casa Alianza before the 14th
Inter-American Travel Congress that will take place
in Guatemala on June 18, 19 and 20. >more
Ex-Nicaraguan
President Resists Probe
MANAGUA, Nicaragua -
Prosecutors are investigating a third corruption
case against former President Arnoldo Aleman, who
is under house arrest awaiting a pair of trials on
fraud, embezzlement and money laundering charges. >more
Candidate
for El Salvador’s president vows to move
Israel embassy if elected
The
leader of El Salvador’s most popular
political party said this week that he would
close his country’s embassy in Jerusalem if
elected president next year. >more
Canadian
questioned in two unsolved murder cases
But the more
Bruce Harris, director of a Casa Alianza, learned about Holly Jones's
horrific slaying, the more it reminded him
of the unsolved descuartizador or
hatchet man case in his own country. >more
Political
crisis hits Costa Rica's
austerity plans
(Reuters)
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Rica, once a paragon of
stability in a volatile
region, is mired in a
political crisis over
President Abel Pacheco's
failed efforts to control
government spending.
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Dundee
Ranch: Riots at Costa Rica school for troubled
young Americans raises questions about
programs
Every night, as he lined up with the other
boys waiting to shower at a school for
troubled youths, Cody Crawford would gaze up
and try to decipher how the skies over western
Costa Rica might lead him to freedom.
''I figured I could escape and follow the
stars, through the jungle, to the American
Embassy,'' said Crawford, a 16-year-old Oregon
resident. ''I was like: 'I'll be fine out
there alone. It won't be as bad as Dundee
Ranch.'''
Crawford and dozens of others among the 201
mostly American students rebelled last month
at the Academy at Dundee Ranch, trashing the
behavior-modification center and demanding to
be sent home.
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