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Costa
Rica's
Diego
Brenes,
right,
fights
for the
ball
against
Argentina's
Damian
Martinez
during
their
round of
16 for
the 2007
FIFA
U-17
World
Cup in
Goyang,
north of
Seoul.
Argentina
defeated
Costa
Rica
2-0. [AP
Photo/Ahn
Young-joon]
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What is a Lunar Eclipse?
A lunar eclipse occurs
whenever the Moon passes
through some portion of
the Earth's shadow. This
can occur only when the
Sun, Earth, and Moon are
aligned exactly, or very
closely so, with the
Earth in the middle.
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of news events, people,
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more...
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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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Thursday 30
August 2007, San José, Costa
Rica
San José-Caldera
Continues Stalled
The construction of the San José-Caldera
will continue stalled as representatives
of the banks financing the project and
the construction company have yet to
reach an agreement and as such the
government is extending the start of
construction date while the two parties
continues negotiations.
Avenida 4
Pedestrian Boulevard
Nears Completion
Notwithstanding the
delays in the
development of the
pedestrian boulevard
along Avenida 4 on the
south side of the
downtown core, the Municipalidad de San
José, will inaugurate
the first stage of the
project before the end
of September.
Fugitive Eddie Smith
Caught in Costa Rica
Authorities in Costa
Rica apprehended Mobile,
Alabama, fugitive Edmond
H. "Eddie" Smith IV and
have him in custody.
Rocket
Project Takes-Off in
Costa Rica
Costa Rica's first
rocket technologies
laboratory has been
built and masterminded
by 57 year-old Costa
Rican and former NASA
astronaut Franklin
Chang-Diaz, launching a
private venture to build
a plasma-powered rocket
engine capable of
sending a shuttle into
space cheaper and
quicker than
conventional models.
Invasive Algae Killing
Costa Rican Coral Reef
A
tropical algae thriving
on fertilizers from
hotel golf courses and
badly treated sewage is
killing one of Costa
Rica's most important
coastal reefs,
scientists say.
In Brief...
Pesticide Victims
March in Managua
Hundreds of Nicaraguan
banana workers affected
by the pesticide Nemagon
took to the streets in
Managua on Wednesday to
demand compensation from
several US transnational
companies.
Nicaragua Beans, Corn
Save Economy
Nicaraguan economy will
grow from 3.7 and 3.9
percent in 2007, as
initially planned by the
government, announced
Antenor Rosales,
president of the Central
Bank.
Panama Parliamentarians
Defy US Pressure
In an open challenge to
US pressure to prevent
Deputy Pedro Miguel
Gonzalez from being
elected as president of
the Panamanian
Parliament, most of his
colleagues will
guarantee his election
for that post.
Chavez to Make Brief and
Important Visit to
Bogota
Venezuelan President
Hugo Chavez will make a
brief visit to the
Colombian capital next
Friday, considered here
a transcendental one,
for the future of a
humanitarian agreement
that allows an exchange
of prisoners between the
Colombian government and
the guerrillas.
Official: Bolivia to bar
U.S. aid if it
undermines government
agenda
Bolivian Minister of the
Presidency Juan Quintana
said Wednesday that his
country would close the
door on U.S. aid if it
does not conform to the
government's agenda,
according to news
reaching here.
SOUTH AMERICA:
White Collar Criminals
Slip Through Legal
Loopholes
The snail’s pace of
justice and large gaps
in the criminal codes of
Argentina, Paraguay and
Uruguay are the biggest
hurdles to cracking down
on financial crime in
general, and bank fraud
in particular, lawyers
and anti-corruption
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