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Friday 27
July 2007, San José, Costa
Rica
Caja To Assume 100% Of the Cost Of
Maternity Leave If Proposal Approved
To promote the hiring of
more women in the work force, the Caja
Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS) -
social security - has said it will cover
100% of the cost of maternity leave if
legislators approved a project presented
by the Movimiento Libertario (ML) party.
MOPT Wants To See
Electronic Payment on
Public Buses
The Ministerio de Obras
Públicas y Transportes (MOPT)
announced that it will
demand that all public
bus operators install an
electronic fare payment
system as a condition of
renewing their route
concession permits which
are due to expire in
September.
"Romeria" to Cartago
Begins; Enjoy The Long
Weekend
Though the majority will
be making the annual
pilgrimage next
Wednesday and Thursday,
a small number have
begun their walk, taking
advantage of long
weekend.
Costa Rica's Monkeys
Lose Ground to
Developers
Costa Rica
has lost up to half of
its monkeys over the
last 12 years as
developers expanding
into their jungle
habitat isolate them in
small communities,
scientists said on
Thursday.
Costa Rican Deport
Four Suspected Colombian Drug
Traffickers
Costa Rican authorities
on Thursday deported four Colombians
suspected of trafficking drugs in
northern Costa Rica.
USA Futsal team downs
Costa Rica but misses
semifinal
To advance to the medal
round, the U.S. futsal
team needed a win and a
three-goal margin of
victory entering its
final Pan American Games
pool match against Costa
Rica. The team met just
one of those goals.
Collision Kills 14 In
Nicaragua
A collision between a
small bus and tractor
trailer left 14 dead and
18 injured in a head on
collision some 92
kilometres on the road
between León and
Managua.
Panama Hosts
Anti-Terror Workshop
Attorneys from Latin
America and Europe are
sharing their experience
on terror prevention at
a workshop sponsored by
the government of
Panama.
Honduras for
Penitentiary Reform
The Honduran Centre for
the Prevention,
Rehabilitation and
Treatment of Victims of
Torture CPTRT demanded
the urgent passing of
the Penitentiary System
Act, Hondudiario paper
highlighted Thursday.
Cuban Anti-Cancer Meds
in Malaysia
Doctors of Kuala Lumpur
Hospital's Cancer
Research Center are
testing in this country
a therapeutical vaccine
to treat malignant
tumors, developed by
scientists of the Cuban
Molecular Immunology
Center (CIM).
Castro offers talks with
incoming U.S.
administration
Cuba's acting leader
Raul Castro on Thursday
offered to hold talks
with Washington once the
current U.S.
administration is gone.
OPINION:
Are Chinese gadgets
deadly, too?
It seems that nearly
everything is made in
China these days. We
enjoy the low Wal-Mart
prices Chinese
manufacturing makes
possible. But there's a
dark side. It has
emerged through
thousands of news and
government reports that
food and other goods
made in China can prove
toxic, poisonous -- even
deadly.
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