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Sunday 16 December 2007, San José, Costa
Rica
Cellular Lines Go On
Sale Starting Tomorrow
The 300.000 GSM lines
promised by the
Instituto Costarricense
de Electricidad (ICE) go
on sale tomorrow at
ICE's agencies around
the country, however,
some 260.000 of the
lines have already been
spoken for, leaving less
than 40.000 lines
available to those who
have not placed their
name on the waiting
list.
Festival de la Luz
a Success
What a party. Not even
the rain could stop it, as the floats,
dancers, musicians, acrobats, and more
took the streets of San José in the
annual tradition called the "Festival de
la Luz" (Light Festival).
Criminals Don't
Discriminate Against
Politicians
Legislator and leader of
the Partido Liberacion
Nacional (PLN) - ruling
party - Mayi Antillón,
in the legislator was
the latest victim of
criminals whe she was
driving along the
Circunvalacion in the
area of the Hatillos.
Stone Sphere Found
In the final stage of
excavation of the
remains of an Indian
pre-Columbian village in
Palmar Sur, in the Costa
Rican South Pacific, a
National Museum team of
archaeologists, led by
Adrian Bonilla, found a
1.1 meter stone sphere,
in exactly the same
place where it was set
some 1,000 years ago.
Cuban Takes Lead in
Veulta a Costa Rica
Cuban Raúl Granjel, of
the Mapache team, was
the leader at the end of
the first stage of the
Vuelta a Costa Rica
bicycle race from San
José to the city of
Puntarenas on the
Pacific coast.
Panama Doctors Strike is
Over
The 5,000 physicians of
Panama's public
hospitals ended their
strike demanding better
salaries and better work
conditions, after
reaching an agreement
with the government to
end the protest.
Nicaragua to Rent
Disputed Tanks of Exxon
Mobil
The Nicaraguan
government has agreed to
rent — and later
probably buy — a fuel
tank facility owned by
an Exxon Mobil
subsidiary that is
needed to store
Venezuelan oil, ending a
bitter dispute.
Cuban Tourism Wins
Awards in Argentina
Cuba's tourism industry
ratified its outstanding
and solid presence in
Argentina on Friday,
when it won three
Bitacora 2007 awards
granted by the
prestigious newspaper El
Mensajero.
Colombia Extradites 15
Suspected Drug Dealers
to U.S.
Colombia extradited 15
suspected drug dealers
to the United States on
Saturday, bringing to
167 the number of
Colombians extradited
abroad this year.
Strong Earthquake Shocks
Coast of Northern Chile
An earthquake measuring
6.7 on the Richter scale
shook the coast of
northern Chile at about
4:29 p.m. (0829 GMT)
Sunday, according to a
bulletin released by the
Hong Kong Observatory
Sunday.
Brazil Announces
Voluntary Fund to
Protect Amazon
In the context of the
United Nations
Conference on Climate
Change in Bali,
Indonesia, Brazil has
announced the creation
of a voluntary fund to
protect the Amazon
jungle region, and its
decision to adopt
national targets to curb
deforestation.
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