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San José Airport
Terminal Could Be
Finished In a Year
The consortium lead by
Houston Airport System
Development Company (HASDC)
says it will complete
the construction of the
San José airport
terminal if given the
nod by the Ministerio de
Obras Públicas y
Transportes (MOPT),
according to Karla
Gonzalez, MOPT minister.
Prisoners Use Cellular
Telephones To Extort
Their Victims
On average prison
authorities confiscate
15 cellular telephones a
month from prisoners who
use them to extort
victims on the outside.
Gas Prices Go Up At
Midnight
Best to fill the gas
tank today because at
the stroke of midnight
gasoline prices take
another hike upwards,
hitting ¢621 colones for
a litre of super, ¢604
for regular and ¢587 for
diesel.
Seafood Sales Drop 50%
The food poising of more
than 100 people at the
Princess Marina seafood
restaurant in Moravia
has been responsible for
a drop of 50% of seafood
sales, sector sources
say.
Costa Rica National
Junior Surf Team ready
for bi-national tourny
and World Juniors
The 14 selected young
men and women of the
Costa Rica National
Junior Surf Team are
ready and set to go to
the 2008 Quiksilver
International Surfing
Assocation (ISA) World
Junior Surfing
Championship (WJSC) that
will take place in
Hossegor-Capbreton-Seignosse,
France from May 24
through June 1, 2008.
Go Wild in Costa Rica on
a Women’s Only Nature
Safari
AdventureWomen
Inc, a pioneer in
women’s travel for
active women over 30 is
offering an adventure
vacation for solo women
travelers who want to
see the exotic side of
Costa Rica.
Spears and Gibson in
Costa Rica
Britney Spears and Mel
Gibson, along with their
families, took off
together Thursday
morning from Burbank's
Bob Hope Airport on a
flight s south,
according to
Entertainment Tonight's
website yesterday
morning.
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Panama Consumer
Prices Rise 0.4% in April
Panama's inflation rate
slowed in April for the first time this
year on lower costs for utilities, but
the pace of price increases was still
three times faster than during the same
month of 2007.
Honduras: Satisfied with
Cuba Agreements
Honduran Technical
Cooperation Secretariat
representative Karen
Zelaya expressed
Thursday in Havana the
great satisfaction for
the progress of the
agreements established
with Cuba.
Colombia Rejects Other
Countries' Arrangements
To Free Hostages
The Colombian government
Thursday rejected other
country’s arrangements
made in a bid to seek
the release of hostages
held by the rebel group,
the Revolutionary Armed
Forces of Colombia (FARC).
Venezuelan President
Refutes Interpol's
Reports
Venezuelan President
Hugo Chavez said
Thursday that Interpol
actually made a "show"
in Colombia by failing
to prove any link
between the Venezuelan
government and
Colombia's rebel groups.
Chilean President
Welcomes Palestinian
Refugees
Chilean President
Michelle Bachelet
Thursday welcomed 117
Palestinian refugees to
the country who arrived
from the border of Iraq
with Syria.
COLOMBIA:
Interpol Notes Improper
Initial Handling of FARC
Laptops
Interpol reported
Thursday that the files
found on computers that
Colombia seized from a
FARC guerrilla camp in
March were not tampered
with and did belong to
the rebel group.
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