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'Charlie's
Angels Full Throttle' holds premiere
Actresses Lucy Liu , Drew Barrymore and
Cameron Diaz, stars of the new film
'Charlie's Angels Full Throttle', arrive for
the film's premiere in Hollywood on June
18.
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Teacher's Strike Continues: Day
20
The
Government has stated clearly that if the
teachers don't get back to the bargaining
table, there will be sanctions. >more
3 deaths in
the last 5 days due to drowning
The
heavy rains have caused rivers to rise over
their banks and cause flash flooding and mud
slides, is attributed to at least 3 drowning
deaths in the last 5 days. >more
DIS turns 40
Born to neutralize any subversive movement
to the left; a Cuba with Fidel Castro, a
troubled Central America and the cold war,
were the catalyst to create a specialized
organism. >more
Agreement
on investments
At
the World Trade Organization (WTO) in
Geneva, Costa Rica, Canada, and South Korea
are promoting negotiations leading to a
multilateral agreement on investments. >more
Effort
against poliomyelitis
Even
though Costa Rica has not reported any polio
cases since 1973, it is participating in a
fund-collecting campaign by the
International Rotary Club to eradicate that
disease worldwide by the year 2005. >more
WEF
summit hopes to contribute to Mideast peace,
Iraq development
A
World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting opens in
Shuneh, Jordan, this weekend in hopes
of contributing to peace between the Arabs
and Israel, and promoting democracy and good
governance in the region, including Iraq.
>more
Colombia
Defends Anti-Terrorism Measures
Colombia's
defense minister, in an impromptu debate
with a top U.S.-based human rights official,
dismissed warnings that new anti-terrorism
statutes aimed at ending a leftist
insurgency may lead to abuses by Colombian
troops. >more
IMF approves release of loan to Argentina for debt payment
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday approved the release of an additional 320 million US dollars to Argentina, as part of a stand-by arrangement for its debt payment.
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South
Koreans a Growing Presence in Capital's Retail
District
The South Korean immigrant
population is growing rapidly in the Mexico
City neighbourhood of Tepito, a commercial
centre where small shops are intermingled with
big department stores, legal businesses with
illegal.
In Tepito, located within the capital's
historic centre, there are long stretches of
crowded, noisy, narrow streets, lined on both
sides by all sorts of shops. One can buy just
about anything, ranging from vehicles to drugs
to high-tech weapons, as well as all
imaginable merchandise -- which can be legal,
but also pirated, smuggled or stolen. >more
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