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Shortly after 1pm yesterday, Jorge Martinez, was
escorted off an Air Canada flight - the airline's
inaugural direct flight from Toronto to San Jose -
and brought to the a Costa Rican jail to await his
trial, after more than 4 years of evading Costa
Rican justice.
[Foto: insidecostarica.com]
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updated by 8:00 a.m. CST each day
Alleged
Swindler Loses
Bids to Stay in Canada; Deported to Costa Rica
A former
Costa Rican bureaucrat who fled to Canada to
avoid embezzlement charges lost his last
appeal in a Toronto, Canada, court and was
ordered deported back to Costa Rica.
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Will There Be
"Bulls" This Year?
There
remains 21 days before the annual fair in
Zapote opens. The old "bull ring" was torn
down last month due to safety concerns about
the structure.>more
Mother's Love
Brings Justice for Daughter Killed in Costa
Rica
Her killers
saw her in the crowded disco in Golfito, in
the southern zone of Costa Rica. They followed
her from the bar, attacked her, dragged her to
an out-of-the-way spot and tried to rape her.
The University of Kansas student died fighting
them, said her mother, Jeanette Stauffer of
Topeka.
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story
16 escape from
Ecuadorian jail by digging tunnel
At least 16 prisoners
escaped from an Ecuadorian jail Wednesday
through a well-prepared tunnel illuminated by
electric lights.
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New protests erupt in
Bolivia
Social protests erupted
again in Bolivia this week despite a 90-day
truce political parties and trade unions gave
President Carlos Mesa when he took office in
Mid-October.
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US remains optimistic
about new round of six-party talks
The United States said
Wednesday it remains optimistic that another
round of six-party talks on the nuclear issue
of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)
can be held soon and denied the process is
deadlocked.
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Iraq war fails to
reduce terror threats: US poll
A growing majority of
Americans believe that the US-led war against
Iraq has not reduced the threat of terrorism,
while support for the United Nations to take a
leading role in Iraq's reconstruction
increased, according to a poll released
Wednesday.
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SPECIAL
REPORTS:
FREE TRADE |
A
Marriage Made in Washington
Two
unrelated factors have brought Canada
and Mexico closer than realized: the
North American Free Trade Agreement and
the Bush administration.
Acting independently, Canada and Mexico
opposed President George W. Bush's war
on Iraq, despite intense American
pressure.
Both ended up feeling the wrath of the
"You are with us or against us" crowd in
Washington.
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SPECIAL
REPORTS:
CUBA |
Rural Students Benefit from Computers,
Solar Panels
”My kids didn't know what traffic lights
were. Now they even understand how they
work,” says the director of a childcare
centre in rural Pinar del Río province,
in western Cuba. The change is the
result of the arrival of technology to
remote towns.
Computers, televisions and video
players, so common in the cities, are a
novelty in some areas, and are having a
noticeable impact on education, say
teachers.
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