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Costa Rica Receives on Average
1.100 Lightning Strikes Per Day
A report in today's issue of the
Spanish language daily, La
Nación, says that each day, on
average, 1.100 lightning strikes
hit the country and that the
discharges are the cause of 70%
of the electrical service
failures and responsible for the
death 15 people in the last two
years.
On average, 1.100
lightning bolts hit
Costa Rica each day. the
Pacific Coastal areas
are the hardest hit and
the months of July and
September have the
largest activity since
2002 when records began
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ICE
Decides To Buy New GSM Network
Rather Than Expand Existing
The decision has been made and
not one that will make many
people happy: the Instituto
Costarricense de Electricidad
(ICE) - the state monopoly on
telecommunications - has opted
to purchase a new GSM cellular
network , rather than expand the
current networks.
The Tej Kohli Foundation Grows
Throughout his career, Tej Kohli
has worked on finding solutions
to problems that businesses
face. In particular, through his
company Grafix Softech, he has
built business-to-business
e-commerce platforms that help
strengthen payment gateways and
credit card interfaces for
interactive software.
Seven Down, One To Go
That is the tally for the eight
prisoners who escaped from the
La Reforma prison on October 9,
as police yesterday captured
fugitive number 7.
Women's
Volleyball Team Comeback For Win
Costa Rica produced a memorable
comeback to win their first
match on their debut appearance
at the ongoing women's
volleyball World
Championships in Tokyo, Japan.
Uncertainty Reigns
in Nicaragua
Twenty four hours
before the
Nicaraguan
elections, few will
risk a prediction on
who the new
president will be.
Nicaragua Denies Al Jazeera
Reporters Visas
The Nicaragua government denied
the entrance to the country of
two journalists from the Arab TV
network Al Jazeera, who
requested visas to cover the
November 5 general elections, an
official source reported
Saturday.
Honduras Removes Nearly 400
Policemen
Some 400 Honduran police agents
have been removed for corruption
and other irregularities in
their functions, police
authorities reported Saturday.
Panama Appreciates Security
Council Seat Backing
Panama Vice president Ruben
Arosemena highly appreciate the
Latin American community
eventual support to the seat at
UN Security Council by that
nation.
Cuban VP Denounces
US Double Morality
Cuban Vice President
Carlos Lage
denounced US double
morality Saturday on
migratory matter,
the lack of
political will of
the developed world
and urged Latin
America to fight for
their rights.
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