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Monday 29 October
2007, San José, Costa
Rica
China to Build Oil
Refinery in Costa Rica
China will build an oil
refinery in Costa Rica
to help the Central
American nation address
its energy needs, Costa
Rican President Oscar
Arias announced.
Light Posts
Removed on General Cañas
The 900 metre stretch of
the autopista General Cañas from the
toll booths to the traffic lights before
the airport is now in the dark as crews
of the Compañía Nacional de Fuerza y Luz
(CNFL) yesterday removed 26 light poles
that illuminated the highway.
Bloody Orgy in
Escazú
In what is being called
a "blood orgy", a woman and two men died
in an upper scale condominium in
Trejos Montealegre, Escazú.
"Teen Pregnancy
Prevention Day" Approved
The Comisión Plena Segunda of the
Asamblea Legislativa (legislative
assembly) approved in first debate a law
that would create el Día Nacional de la
Prevención del Embarazo en Adolescentes
(national day to prevent teenage
pregnancy).
Costa Rica Women
Secure Place in CONCACAF Final Round
Costa Rica secured their
place in the final round of the 2008
CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualification
after eliminating Nicaragua in the
Central American Second Round on an
aggregate score of 9:0 over the weekend.
Panamanians Poisoned
with Diethylene Glycol
The Panamanian
Prosecutor's Office has
received complaints from
700 people poisoned with
medications contaminated
with diethylene glycol,
107 of whom died,
according to official
statistics.
Salvadorean Daily
Decries Presence in Iraq
An editorial of La
Prensa Grafica daily
questioned on Sunday the
maintenance of
Salvadorian troops in
Iraq, and criticized
recent remarks on the
issue by President
Antonio Saca.
Cuba Presents Old
Partagas Humidor
As part of its strategy
full of exclusivities,
international
corporation Habanos S.A.
presented on Tuesday its
Old Partagas Humidor,
the latest creation for
expert tobacco smokers
and collectors.
Argentina's first lady
claims victory in
presidential elections
Argentina's first lady
Cristina Fernandez late
Sunday claimed victory
in presidential
elections, with early
exit polls showing she
had won by a large
margin.
Colombian local
elections go through
amid accidental death,
arrests, power cut
Colombians on Sunday
voted in regional
elections which the
authorities said were
generally peaceful,
despite the accidental
death of one candidate,
the arrest of dozens of
people for voting
irregularities and a
rebel attack on power
pylons that left four
towns without
electricity.
GUATEMALA:
Mayan Manuscript
Returned (In Replica)
A Mayan manuscript known
as the Dresden Codex was
acquired by the Royal
Library of the court of
Saxony in 1739. As of
this week, an exact
replica of the precious
manuscript is on display
in Guatemala, donated by
the Saxon State Library
in Dresden, Germany,
which holds the
original.
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