Eight Live the Christmas
Miracle Surviving Small Plane
Crash in Tamarindo
Although there is still a week
to go to Christmas, eight people
got their gift early - the gift
of life - when their small
airplane crashed in Refundores
de Tamarindo, Santa Cruz de
Guanacaste, living a real
miracle.
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The
tangled wreckage of Nature Air's
small aircraft that crashed in
Tamarindo yesterday. All six
passengers, the pilot and
co-pilot, miraculously survived
the crash. |
Arias Walks Through Central
Market Amid Hugs and Kisses
Though politicians are
prohibited from political
propaganda during the holiday
season, it didn't stop
presidential candidate
frontrunner, Oscar Arias, to
mingle with the crowd in San
José downtown Central Market.
Majority of Cell Phone Users
Complain of Coverage; Survey
Shows
Cellular telephone service is
lousy, this according to 71.8%
of customers surveyed by the
Autoridad Reguladora de
Servicios Públicos (Aresep).
President Pacheco
at His Lowest
At six months from the end of
his term, over half Costa Ricans
rate President Abel Pacheco's
performance "bad" to "very bad".
This is the way 53out of every
100 people think, while only 21
believe that the chief
executive's performance has been
"good" to "very good".
Costa Rica Aura Validation
Experiment (AVE) Winter 2006
The Costa Rica Aura Validation
Experiment (CR-AVE) is the third
in a series of similar NASA-led
science missions to acquire high
quality measurements of the
tropical atmosphere to validate
data from NASAs Aura satellite,
launched July 15, 2004.
Two Tons
of Cocaine Seized
A U.S. Coast Guard cutter, part
of the Costa Rica-U.S. anti-drug
joint effort, caught a Costa
Rican fishing boat which carried
over 2 tons of cocaine.
 
Honduras Uncovers Arms
Traffic
The Honduran Police intercepted
a truck with more than 90,000
bullets for Russian AK-47s, a
grenade launcher and 80
grenades.
US Tries for Global Trade
Transfer Control
US agents will now control trade
through Honduras' Puerto Cortes,
215 miles north of Tegucigalpa,
as part of the alleged
anti-terrorism drive.
Mexico denounces US decision
to extend border fence
The Mexican government denounced
on Friday a decision by the U.S.
Congress to build more fences
along the U.S.-Mexican border.
Brazilian, Venezuelan
presidents lay cornerstone for
joint refinery
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio
Lula da Silva and his Venezuelan
counterpart, Hugo Chavez, laid
the cornerstone of an oil
refinery in northeastern Brazil
on Friday as part of their plan
for regional energy integration.
1,000
children infected with HIV in
Venezuela: UNICEF
At least 1,000 Venezuelan
children are infected with HIV,
the virus that causes AIDS, the
UN Childrens' Fund (UNICEF) was
quoted as saying on Friday by
Venezuela's El Universal
newspaper.
ECONOMY-ARGENTINA:
The Social
Debt Will Have to Wait
Argentina's announcement that it
will pay off the International
Monetary Fund (IMF) earlier than
scheduled, following Brazil's
lead, was seen as a historic
move. But some analysts doubt
that the enormous financial
effort will actually lead to
progress in resolving the
country's severe social
problems.
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