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OIJ
investigators
dig up
the body
found
buried
under
the
concrete
patio of
as new
owners
decided
to
remodeled
their
recently
purchased
retirement
home.
Police
are now
trying
to
identify
the body
and are
looking
for the
previous
owners.
[Foto:
Manuel
Azofeifa] |
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The Best Course to Play
on a Costa Rica Golf
Vacation
The 2004 opening of the
Four Seasons Costa Rica
Golf Club lent great
support to the idea that
Costa Rica can be more
than the low-budget
playground for
rough-and-ready
trekkers, backpackers,
surfers, and
eco-adventurers.
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With Costa Rica's mail,
it's address unknown
Pity the poor Costa
Rican postman. Sure, he
doesn't have to deal
with sleet or snow. But
consider what passes for
an address here: From
the Tibas cemetery, 200
meters south, 300 meters
west, cross the train
tracks, white two-story
house.
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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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Tuesday 06 November
2007, San José, Costa
Rica
OIJ Says Banks
Should Be Responsible For Cyber Fraud
The director del Organismo de
Investigación Judicial (OIJ), Jorge
Rojas, said yesterday that he feels the
banks should be liable for customer
losses due to electronic fraud, contrary
to the bank's position that any such
loss is not their responsibility.
New Home Owner Finds
Body Buried in Patio
Joe Lawrence got more
than what he bargained
for when he bought his
retirement home with a
beach view in Puerto
Viejo de Talamanca, near
Playa Negra, Limón; a
dead body buried in his
new patio.
Dall'Anese Re-Elected
To Second Term
Franciso Dall'anese,
the Fiscal General
(chief prosecutor) got
an extension on his term
in office which expires
on November 30, as the
Corte Suprema de
Justicia (Supreme
Court), re-elected him
for another four years.
Man Survives Run
In With A Mad Cow
Bayardo Rodríguez Arce is always very
careful in crossing the street, given
the increased number of traffic
accidents where pedestrians have been
run over by vehicles by drunk drivers,
but never imagined that he would become
victim of another kind of hit and run -
hit and run over by a cow!
Extradited From Costa
Rica, New
York Man Pleads
Guilty 15 Years After
Indictment
A New York man who lived
in Costa Rica and
avoided facing charges
for some 15 years
pleaded guilty on Monday
to fraud in connection
with a scheme to
misrepresent his
ownership of several
public companies.
Support For Schools and
Psycho-Social Care for
Children in Nicaragua
According to United
Nations estimates,
24,000 people have been
affected and close to
2000 homes damaged in
Nicaragua as a result of
the extreme rainfall and
flooding that occurred
across Central America
in October.
AIDS Cases Grow in
Panama Jails
An investigation made by
the three Panamanian
Jails revealed a high
incidence of Acquired
Immune Deficiency
Syndrome (AIDS), spread
a research of the
Pan-American Health
Organization on Sunday.
Panama's Vice
President Opens Cuban
Trade Fair
Panamanian First Vice
President and Foreign
Minister Samuel Lewis
opened the 25th Havana
International Fair (FIHAV)
Monday in EXPOCUBA with
the participation of
1,435 entrepreneurs from
53 countries.
Colom Starts Guatemala
Change Today
The change for which we
have been waiting 50
years starts in
Guatemala today, said
President-Elect Alvaro
Colom, from the National
Unity of Hope, in his
first speech.
Uruguay, Colombia Urge
Latin American
Integration
Uruguayan Foreign
Minister Reinaldo
Cargano and his
Colombian counterpart
Fernando Araujo signed a
joint communique on
Monday, as a call to
promote the integration
process of Latin America
through various
mechanisms.
NICARAGUA:
Doctors Fight
No-Abortion Policy
Two weeks
after Olga Reyes danced
at her wedding, her
bloated and disfigured
body was laid to rest in
an open coffin — the
victim, her husband and
some experts say, of
Nicaragua's new
no-exceptions ban on
abortion.
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06 November 2007 |
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