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Newly
elected OAS Secretary, former President of
Costa Rica, General Miguel Angel
Rodriguez poses for photographers after he was
elected new in Quito, Ecuador, Monday. Click for larger image! |
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Rodriguez Elected as OAS Secretary
General
The Organization of American States elected former
Costa Rican President Miguel Angel Rodriguez as the
group's next secretary general, replacing Colombian
Cesar Gaviria, whose second five-year term expires
in September.
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story
U.S. Foundation Supports Costa
Rican Eco-Agri-Business School
With funding from The Lemelson Foundation, EARTH
University in Costa Rica is beginning to explore
ways to implement Lemelson's Invention for
Sustainable Development Program in Central America.
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U.S. Is Now Pursuing
Americans Who Commit Sex Crimes Overseas
One suspect
was a convicted pedophile from Baltimore accused of
molesting boys in two Asian countries. Another was a
doctor from Georgia who the Russian police said
drugged his young victims in a St. Petersburg hotel.
A third was a retired Army sergeant from Seattle who
may have molested up to 50 children.
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story
Interpol Celebrates 50 Years in Costa Rica
The international agency
Interpol celebrates 50 years in Costa Rica.
Since it's beginning here, ten Costa Ricans, experts in international
capture, are hard at work on the heels of criminals who take refuge in
Costa Rica.
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News Summary
- More than 6.000 traffic fines have
been issued to drivers and passengers during the last tow weeks for failing
to use their deal belts. The fine is for ¢10.000. Transit officials also
remind of their effort to reduce drinking and driving and said that during
the same two week period, 200 licenses were suspended of drivers driving
under the influence.
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Top drug suspects caught in Mexico
Mexican authorities announced Monday
the capture of two key members of a Mexican drug cartel who had been on the
most wanted list of the US Department of Justice. ...
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Powell, OAS chief hail Venezuelan recall referendum
US Secretary of State Colin Powell
and the new secretary-general of the Organization of American States (OAS),
Miguel Angel Rodriguez, hailed Monday the upcoming recall referendum in
Venezuela.
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International News from the New York Times |
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LEARN SPANISH |
People Words
Spanish like
English has different names for different people. By learning the words
below you will increase your vocabulary, comprehension and language fluency.
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Using a cell phone in Costa Rica
If you plan to visit
Costa Rica and you need a cell phone to stay in
contact with your office, business associates, family and friends – don’t bring your cell phone
with you!
Cell phone service in Costa Rica is provided by only
one carrier, ICE (Instituto Costarricense de
Electricidad) and your cell phone will not connect
to the ICE system unless you have made special
arrangements in advance of your trip.
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SPECIAL REPORTS |
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ENVIRONMENT DAY:
Oceans Shipwrecked by Pollution and Indifference
It is
virtually irrelevant for the United Nations to dedicate World Environment
Day this year to the conservation of the world's seas and oceans, because
there is no real awareness of the severity of pollution and over-fishing,
environmental activist Marcel Claude told IPS.
Claude, vice-president of Oceana South America-Antarctica, based in the
Chilean capital, said the U.N. decision was a step in the right direction,
but is no more than an chance to momentarily place the plundering of ocean
resources, which few seem to care about, on the global agenda.
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The Venus Transit 2004
On June 8, 2004, Venus - the Earth's
sister planet - will pass in Front of the Sun. This event - astronomers
refer to it as a "transit", is extremely rare - the last one occurred in
1882 - 122 years ago.
Easily observable in Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia, it is likely to
attract the attention of millions of people on these continents and, indeed,
all over the world.
The European Southern Observatory (ESO),
in collaboration with the European
Association for Astronomy Education (EAAE), together with the
and the in France, as well as the Astronomical Institute of the Academy of
Sciences of the Czech Republic has therefore set-up the Venus
Transit 2004 (VT-2004) project with support of the European Commission,
in the framework of the European Science and Technology Week.
Click
here for more details about this ambitious educational programme.
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Retirement/Relocation Tours for the Non-rich!
I am the ONLY Retirement,
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I will show you many of the best areas for
value of climate, land, amenities, and
building costs.
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You can then compare these to any of the other
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and contact my References.
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Columnist for:
www.insidecostarica.com
and
www.welovecostarica.com |
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