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Waiting
out the rain!
A
couple wait out the heavy
downpour on Avenida Central yesterday.
The 'green season' - May to November -
brings mild to heavy rains every afternoon
in the Central Valley. A typical day starts
out sunny, clouds over by mid-day and brings
rains in the afternoon.
[Foto: insidecostarica.com]
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Teacher's Strike Continues: Day
23
In
some cases, teachers decided to return to
the classrooms only to find that parents had
not sent their children. In other cases,
students filled classrooms without
teachers. >more
President
Pacheco will take rest
President Abel Pacheco, will take a one week
rest on recommendation of his doctor. Since
assuming the presidency he has not had a
vacation. >more
125
new police officers
Yesterday,
the oath was administered to 125 new police
officers, recent graduates of the police
academy, in a ceremony at the Centro
Nacional de la Cultura. >more
Cinemark opens three new multiplexes
in Latin America
Cinemark International, one of
the leading Latin American exhibitors, has opened
three new stadium-seating theatres in Southern
Mexico, Chile and Costa Rica. >more
Colombia extradites 12 people to US
Colombian authorities on Monday extradited to the United States 12 people suspected of drug trafficking and money laundering, local police officers said.
>more
Venezuela negotiates loans with China, Qatar
Venezuela is negotiating with Chinese and Qatari institutions on 800 million US dollars in loans for investment in energy, agricultural and infrastructure projects, Venezuelan Finance Minister Tobias Nobrega said.
>more
New Yorkers
protest against Bush's Iraq policy
Hundreds of demonstrators took to
the streets on Monday in downtown Manhattan
to protest against US President George W.
Bush's obsession with war on Iraq and
occupation of the country to the neglect of
domestic issues such as education, health
care and employment.
>more
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REPORTS: BRAZIL
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The
Battle Over Transgenic Seeds
Besides questions of
human health and the environment, the battle
over genetically modified (GM) crops involves
a global market of seeds that moves around 30
billion dollars a year.
That is the estimate of Rabobank
International, a Dutch bank with close ties to
agriculture that predicts that the business
could triple in size, given the potential of
the market.
Trade in GM seeds is competing with
traditional methods of growing, in which
farmers hold onto part of their harvest for
seeds -- a system that is losing ground in the
face of intellectual property laws and
legislation designed to protect crops that are
genetically engineered to boost yields and
resistance. >more
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