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Three
year old
"Samy"
was
crowned
Miss
Costa
Rica
Canina
2008.
The
Yorkshire
Terrier
was the
favourite
among
the
judges
in the
weekend
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Turtle power in Costa
Rica
Ostional is a four-mile
stretch of black-sand
beach in northwest Costa
Rica. You probably
haven’t heard of it –
not many people have –
but every year it plays
host to one of the most
dramatic, enormous,
mind-blowing,
jaw-dropping spectacles
in nature.
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Global Crossing
Completes Pacific Cable
Access
International IP
connectivity solutions
provider Global Crossing
has completed the
landing of its new fiber
optic submarine cable in
southwestern Costa
Rica's Puntarenas
province, Global
Crossing said in a
statement.
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Inside Tip:
Driving To And From Santa Ana On The Pista
With the
commencement of the work on the new highway to
Caldera, the Autopista Próspero
Fernández.. Click here for
more tips |
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Bogotá, Colombia,
A Modern and Vibrant
City
Bogotá — officially
named Bogotá, D.C. (D.C.
for "Distrito Capital",
which means "Capital
District"), formerly
called Santa Fe de
Bogotá, is the capital
city of Colombia, as
well as the most
populous city in the
country, with 7,033,914
inhabitants (2007).
Unofficially, the number
of inhabitants is
believed to be more like
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HDTV In Costa Rica In
Five Years, Experts Say
April 7, 2009 is the
date set for the end of
all full power analog
(NTSC) TV transmissions
in the U.S., the same
occurring in Europe in
2009. However, it won't
be for another five
years before digital
television transmission
will replace analog in
Costa Rica, according to
the experts.
OIJ Declares War On
Corrupt Tránsitos
Judicial investigators
say they have their eyes
on corrupt Tránsitp
(traffic) officials,
forming a special unit
of the Organismo de
Investigación Judicial (OIJ)
to put a stop to the
irregularities of
traffic cops and are
asking Costa Ricans to
file complaints.
Safe Return Home From
Vacation
The Policía de Tránsito
(Traffic police)
reported a smooth return
home of vacationers over
the weekend, with few
accidents and
practically no traffic
congestion on the major
routes.
Jesus Christ The Man
Visits Costa Rica Again
Despite Controversy
"A religious person is
worse than a terrorist
or a drug addict...",
were the first words
uttered by "Jesucristo
Homre" (Jesus the man)
on his arrival in Costa
Rica on Saturday.
July 25 Holiday
To Be Celebrated On Monday
For the record, the
holiday "día de la
Anexión de Guanacaste"
which falls on the
calendar this Friday,
July 25, will be
officially celebrated on
Monday, July 28.
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Thousands March for
Nicaragua's Ortega After
Protest
Tens of thousands of
people filled
Nicaragua's capital on
Saturday to celebrate
the country's 1979
leftist revolution,
giving a lift to
President Daniel Ortega
as his government faces
simmering protests.
21 Confirmed Dead In
Guatemala Landslides
Twenty-one people were
confirmed killed Sunday
in landslides triggered
by heavy rains in a
rural community in
eastern Guatemala, local
media reported.
Colombian Paramilitaries
Hiding in Venezuela
The Venezuelan Army has
detected a training camp
for the Colombian
paramilitaries in the
state of Zulia, where
those individuals are
being held responsible
for the rise of
kidnapping for ramson,
Operational Strategic
Command chief Jesus
Gregorio Gonzalez, said
Sunday.
Chavez: World Crisis
Worsening
Venezuelan President
Hugo Chavez warned in
Nicaragua that the
current world crisis
will keep worsening.
Venezuela Launches New
Child Care Program
Venezuelan President
Hugo Chavez has
announced the launch of
a new child care social
program designed to
assist children in
situations of risk or
separation from their
families.
HEALTH-MEXICO:
Internet Can Be a
Dangerous Pharmacy
Mexico is drafting
measures to regulate the
sales of pharmaceuticals
over the Internet:
reforms have been
announced for laws
dating back to the
1980s, when the world
wide web did not yet
exist, and new
monitoring systems are
in the works to track
the who, how and what of
online sales.
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19 July 2008 |
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