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crowd gathers in front of the Big screen TV
on the Boulevard, to watch Costa Rica defeat
Cuba 3-0.
The streets were quiet mid-afternoon
yesterday, as many took the time to watch
the game wherever they may be. Shops, banks,
restaurants all had the game tuned for
customers and passersby.
[Foto: insidecostarica.com]
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| NEWS |
updated by 7:00 a.m. CST each day
Police
Investigate Bank Heist in Limon
Several armed anti-socials, as they known
locally, robbed tens of millions of colones
at the Banco de Costa Rica branch in Matina,
Limon. The assault occurred yesterday
morning. >more
No
More Murders of Children in Costa Rica
This
year, at least four children under the age
of ten have been taken from their families
and brutally murdered in Costa Rica. This
past Thursday, the 10th of July, police
found the remains of eight year old Kattia
Vanesa González, buried under the floor of
the suspected killer's home. The suspect has
previously been convicted of both homicide
and rape. >more
Gallo
Pinto made in the US
Mexican, Chinese, Italian, Thai...It doesn't matter where you are. There's always one of these restaurants. But what about
Costa Rican food? Is there any Costa Rican restaurant out of the country at all? The answer is
yes. >more
Latin American countries to meet on cooperation
The Standing Secretariat of the Latin American Economic System (LAES) said here on Wednesday that the government of Panama will host next week the 16th Meeting of International Cooperation Directors of Latin America and the Caribbean.
>more
CIA chief questioned over dubious intelligence on Iraq
US Senators grilled CIA Director George Tenet Wednesday on the intelligence indicating Iraq tried to obtain uranium from Africa in a controversy over why President George W. Bush used this false information to make his case for the war with Iraq.
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FBI probes into forged documents on Iraq's nuclear attempt
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has begun a wide-range investigation into the forged documents which led people to believe that Iraq was seeking to buy significant quantities of uranium, the Newsweek magazine reported Wednesday on its web-site.
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SPECIAL
REPORTS: COLOMBIA
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Demobilised
Paramilitary Forces in Two Years
The
Colombian government issued an appeal
Wednesday for international community
and private sector support in carrying
out the demobilisation of most of the
country's right-wing paramilitaries, a
gradual process that is to be complete
by the end of 2005.
The negotiations finalised Tuesday with
the dominant faction of the paramilitary
United Self-Defence of Colombia (AUC)
will have high economic costs if they
are successful, and state resources are
scarce, said the government's high
commissioner for peace, Luis Restrepo,
explaining the call for financial
support. >more
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ENTERTAINMENT:
MUSIC
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Latin music icon Celia
Cruz dies
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music icon Celia Cruz, the "Queen of Salsa,"
died Wednesday afternoon after battling cancer, her
manager said. She was believed to be 78 years old. |
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Friends and her manager,
Omar Portillo, said she passed away quietly at 5:15 p.m.
"I am in a state of complete shock and sadness. This
is the end of an era," said Aurora Flores, a former
writer for Billboard magazine who studies the Latino music
industry. >more
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