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Friday 17
August 2007, San José, Costa
Rica
Costly Private
Schools Not Necessarily The Best
A study by the Ministerio de Economía y
Comercio (MEIC) - Consumer and economy
ministry - reveals that private schools
charge a fortune while the quality of
education is less than expected,
according to MEIC vice-minister, Jorge
Woodbridge.
Tránsito Official Killed in
Freak Accident
In
a freak and unexpected accident,
Fernando Berrios Ruiz, an
official of the Policía de
Tránsito, lost his life when a
30 Kilogram (66 pound) rock fell
on his patrol car while parked
on the side of the road of the
Braulio Carrillo highway, 5
kilometres east of the Zurquí
tunnel.
China's 1st ambassador
to Costa Rica Presents
Credentials
Wang Xiaoyuan formally
presented his credential
letter to Costa Rican
President Oscar Arias on
Thursday, becoming
China's first ambassador
to Costa Rica in six
decades.
Costa Rican Pork
Producers Fear Competition if TLC is
Approved
Costa Rican pork
producers fear that the approval of the
free trade agreement with the United
States known as the Central American
Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), might lead
to fierce competition by US pork
producers.
Nokia Recalls
Batteries; Possible Recall on 3G Phones
If you are the owner of a Nokia cellular
phone, the world's largest maker of
mobile phones has recalled some 46
million batteries used in its phones
that contain a fault tat could lead to
overheating, following the report of 100
incidents.
Austrian Police Arrest
Costa Rican Who Ingested
143 Cocaine Packets
Police at Vienna's
airport arrested a
suspected Costa Rican
drug smuggler who
allegedly swallowed 143
packets of cocaine,
officials said Friday.
Surfos Travel issue
#4, is now all over the
United States
A free copy of Surfos
Travel, the magazine
where you can find out
all about surf in Costa
Rica, is now in stores.
You can find it at the
larger surf shops in the
United States.
Nicaragua to Send
Venezuela Beans and Beef
Nicaragua will start
exporting black beans
and beef to Venezuela,
as part of the
agreements signed for
the Bolivarian
Alternative for the
Americas (ALBA), a
Nicaraguan cooperative
sector source announced
on Thursday.
US
Fines Travel Company for
Booking Trips to Cuba
American online travel
company Travelocity has
been fined us$182,750 by
the US Treasury's Office
of Foreign Assets
Control (OFAC) for
booking trips between
the United States and
Cuba in violation of the
trade blockade enforced
by the US government
against the island for
more than four decades.
UN Asks for Guatemalan
Troops to Sudan
The United Nations
requested troops to
Guatemala for joining
the multinational force
in the Sudanese region
of Darfur, where a peace
agreement has been
impossible to reach so
far.
Over 500 Fatalities of
Quake in Peru
At least 500 people dead
and thousands
inuuredplus large
material damage were the
toll of Wednesday"s 7.9
degree quake in the
Richter scale in Peru.
Latin American countries
offer aid, condolences
to Peru after quake
Latin American
governments have pledged
to provide humanitarian
aid to Peru after
Wednesday's devastating
quake measuring 7.9 on
the Richter scale that
killed more than 500
people, injured
thousands and left
80,000 homeless.
COLOMBIA:
Thousands of Poor Line
Up All Night for
Government Aid
Spending the cold Bogotá
night outside on a
sidewalk is not
recommended. But
thousands of poor
Colombians, including
many displaced by the
civil war, had no choice
this week if they wanted
to register for the
meagre assistance
offered by the
government’s Families in
Action programme before
the deadline expired.
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