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Jane
Goodall
(left)
gives
Costa
Rica's
President
Oscar
Arias a
present
during a
visit to
Arias'
home in
San
José,
Thursday.
Goodall
is in
Costa
Rica to
promote
her
Roots
and
Shoots
conservation
program.
[AP
Photo/Kent
Gilbert]
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Guanacaste
consortium, Enercon ink turbine,
O&M deal
Consorcio JES, the consortium
behind a 49.5MW wind power
generation project in Costa
Rica's Guanacaste province, has
signed a turbine supply and
installation agreement with
German wind power company
Enercon.
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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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Saturday 01 September
2007, San José, Costa
Rica
Credit Card
Interest Rates As High As 50%
Credit has swept through
Costa Rica as Costa Ricans continue
increase their spending on credit and
mostly through one or more of the 360
different credit cards offered by
financial institutions.
$3 Billion In Exchange
Trade between the
People’s Republic of
China and Costa Rica
will reach us$3 billion
this year, the Chinese
Vice-Minister of
Commerce Ma Xiuhong
estimated in a meeting
with Costa Rican Foreign
Commerce Minister Marco
Ruiz.
2006 Nobel Peace
Prize Winner To Visit in
December
2006 Nobel Peace prize
winner, Muhammad Yunus,
of Bangladesh, will be
visiting Costa Rica by
the end of the year to
participate as a speaker
in the graduation
ceremonies of the EARTH
University.
Minister Bids Farewell
to Students with Chinese
Scholarships
Costa Rica's Vice
Foreign Affairs Minister
Edgar Ugalde on Thursday
bid farewell to the
first batch of 15 Costa
Rican students who are
soon to begin their
study tour in China
under the auspicies of
the Chinese government.
Boeving conducts
primate research in
Costa Rica
Emily Boeving, a senior
psychology major from
Sherwood, conducted
research this summer at
El Zota Biological field
station in the province
of Limón,
exploring behavioral
lateralization and the
evolution of handedness
in primates.
Nicaragua Supreme Court
to Rule on Abortion Ban
in Next Two Weeks
The Supreme Court in
Nicaragua is expected to
issue a ruling on the
nation's abortion ban in
the next two weeks. The
Central American nation
adopted the complete ban
last November that
prohibits all abortions,
including those for rape
and incest or to save
the life of the mother.
Lawmaker Accused of U.S.
Killing Eyes Top Panama
Job
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) -
Panama's ruling party
has nominated a lawmaker
who was indicted for the
murder of a U.S. soldier
in the 1990s as its
candidate to head the
National Assembly in a
vote likely to upset
Washington.
Alvaro Colom Tops
Guatemala Polls
Alvaro Colom, candidate
for the Guatemalan
presidency postulated by
National Unity of Hope (UNE),
leads vote intentions by
three-points over his
closest rival, according
to a poll published
Friday.
Cuba Ready for Election
Nominations
Cuba has all in place
Friday for Saturday's
beginning of nominations
in 100 neighborhoods for
municipal government
candidates; this first
stage of 50,600 such
meetings which will
continue until September
26.
Colombian, Venezuelan
presidents meet on
prisoner exchange
Colombian President
Alvaro Uribe met on
Friday with Venezuelan
President Hugo Chavez to
analyze options for a
prisoner exchange
between the government
and Colombia's
guerrilla.
Peru supports Colombia,
Ecuador to join APEC
Peru backs bids of
Colombia and Ecuador to
join the Asia-Pacific
Economic Cooperation
Forum (APEC) in order to
increase Latin America's
presence in the bloc,
Peru's Vice Foreign
Minister Gonzalo
Gutierrez said on
Friday.
PERU:
Little Help for
Slum-Dwellers Left
Homeless by Quake
"We have come here
because God sent us,"
says pastor Pedro Leyva
Díaz. He looks tired
after distributing food,
clothes and sweets in
dozens of poor
communities devastated
by the earthquake in
southern Peru.
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