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Manhattan is ablaze with lights after
electricity was fully restored to New York
on Friday night.
The power outage, the biggest ever to hit
North America, occurred on Thursday
afternoon at 4:11 p.m., cutting power supply
throughout the northeastern United States
and southeastern Canada.
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updated by 7:00 a.m. CST each day
Costa
Rica Lawyer Fights for Marriage License
An
openly gay attorney has appealed to Costa
Rica's supreme court to challenge legal
prohibitions against same-sex marriage, a
court spokeswoman confirmed Wednesday.
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Immigration
Sweep of Paso Canoas
Costa
Rican immigration officials, in a joint
effort with Panamanian officials, swept the
border area that separates the two
countries, in search of illegal foreigners
and and "coyotes", a name given to
those who help, for payment, persons without
documentation cross the borders. >more
Internet
Casinos
& Sportsbooks in Costa Rica Fear Closing
A law that would prohibit banks to do businesses with casinos and sportbooks
over Internet is close to being passed in the United States,
reason why the Costa Rican industry fears a possible closing of operations.
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PAHO Director
Visits Costa Rica
Dr.
Mirta Roses Periago, Director of the Pan
American Health Organization (PAHO), will
meet with health minister Dr. Rocío Sáenz
and the social policy staff of the Costa
Rica presidency, this week. >more
US senator urges to restart migratory talks with Mexico
Visiting US Senator John Cornyn on Friday urged the resumption of talks on a migratory agreement between his country and Mexico, which may protect nearly10 million illegal Mexican workers in the United States from being exploited.
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Brazil must take a leading role in Latin America: Castro
Brazil must take a leading role in the integration of Latin America due to its economic might and geographic size, Cuban leader Fidel Castro said Friday in Asuncion, capital of Paraguay.
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Duarte takes office as Paraguay's new president
Nicanor Duarte was sworn in as the new president of Paraguay on Friday, pledging to fight corruption, mafias, smugglers and to strive to handle severe economic problems.
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SPECIAL
REPORTS: GUATEMALA
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Former
Dictator Now Candidate
On July
31, former dictator Gen. Efraín Ríos Montt
was finally registered as presidential
candidate for the ruling Guatemalan Republican
Front (FRG) for the Nov. 9 elections, after a
14-year legal battle.
Ríos Montt’s 16-month stint as de facto
ruler in the early 1980s was one of the
bloodiest periods in Guatemalan history since
the Spanish conquest. A scorched earth
campaign effectively ended a leftist
insurgency but led to the death of thousands
of people, the vast majority of whom were
civilian Mayan Indians (LP, July 2, 2002). >more
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