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Teacher's Strike Continues: Day
21
Yesterday,
several union leaders met with Education
Minister Manuel Antonio Bolaños in an
attempt to find a solution to the long
teacher's strike. >more
Alarm
for increase in suicide attempts
The amount of suicide attempts in San Ramon
de Alajuela and neighboring communities,
alarm doctors of the Carlos Luis Valverde
hospital and judicial authorities. >more
Trade mission
set to go to Costa Rica
A statewide trade mission to San José, Costa Rica
is being organized by Louisiana Economic
Development, the Louisiana Office of Tourism, the
World Trade Center of New Orleans, and MetroVision
for the purpose of promoting Louisiana’s trade,
transportation, tourism, cultural and other
reciprocal interests with Costa Rica.
>more
>moreIMF 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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Peaceful use of nuclear energy to be discussed in Cuba
The use of nuclear energy for peaceful ends and the possible means for international cooperationon this resource will be discussed here next week by Latin American specialists, official sources said on Saturday.
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Saddam
survives US attacks: report
A top Iraqi official arrested earlier this week has told US interrogators that ousted President Saddam Hussein and his two sons survived the US-led war, The New York Times reported on Saturday.
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Colombian soldiers capture warlord sought in killing of 450
Colombian troops on Saturday captured a far-right paramilitary warlord who is accused of murdering at least 450 people in northern Colombia's
Barrancabermeja. >more
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SPECIAL
REPORTS: HUMAN RIGHTS
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Experts Warn of Global Deterioration
he U.S. fight against terrorism is undermining
human rights around the world, warned jurists
speaking at the World Social Thematic Forum (WSTF)
taking place this week in Colombia.
The ''war on terrorism'' launched in the wake
of the Sep. 11, 2001 attacks on New York and
Washington has given rise to ''a new reading
of international jurisprudence on human
rights,'' said Ignacio Saíz, deputy director
of the Americas programme of the London-based
Amnesty International rights watchdog. >more
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