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Chinese Keep Giving Away
Money To Costa Rica
Costa Rica and China
inked deals worth us$50
million dollars Tuesday
during a three-day visit
here by Chinese Vice
Premier Hui Liangyu
aimed at broadening
relations with San Jose.
Statistics Show A
Decline In Deaths On The Road
Transit authorities are breathing a
little relief, taking in the victory of
the battle of the roads, as the numbers
for the first quarter of the year, where
33 less deaths were reported from the
same period last year.
False Emergencies
Waste Money And Time Of The Red Cross
Each week the Cruz Roja
(Red Cross) wastes thousands of dollars
in attending false emergencies, some
like the case Monday night of a young
woman who called the emergency service
threatening to jump off a bridge in
Pavas.
Rainy Season Expected
Official This Week
Hot sunny mornings will
give way to cloudy and
wet afternoons as the
"rainy" season
officially arrives in
the Central Valley this
week. After all, we are
in May, and the season
is a couple of weeks
later than predicted by
the national weather
service, though a week
of the traditional
mid-May start.
Crime Hotline
Proving A Success
The free OIJ hotline is
being called a success after the first
week of operation, as police
investigators have now 271 new cases.
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Bush Meets Panama's
President Torrijos
U.S. President George W.
Bush met with his
Panamanian counterpart
Martin Torrijos at the
White House on Tuesday,
pledging to get Congress
to approve a pending
free trade agreement
with the Central
American country.
Nicaraguan President
Urges Alliance vs Food
Crisis
Nicaraguan President,
Daniel Ortega, says
Central American
countries need to draft
a plan to confront a
looming food crisis as a
group.
Colombia Against
Neighbors Mediation
The Colombian government
disregarded as unwise
granting authorization
to neighboring
governments to make
contact with the
Revolutionary Armed
Forces of Colombia (FARC),
Peace High Commissioner,
Luis Carlos Restrepo,
said Sunday.
Colombia Sends Drug
Warlord To U.S. For
Trial
Colombia has extradited
one of South America's
most feared paramilitary
warlords to the United
States to stand trial on
drug trafficking
charges, the government
said.
Cyclone Hits South
Brazilian State, Leaving
1,600 Homeless
An extra-tropical
cyclone striking the
southern Brazilian state
of Santa Catarina has
left more than 1,600
people homeless, the
local civil defense
department said Tuesday.
HONDURAS:
Prosecutors on Hunger
Strike against
Corruption
Prosecutors in Honduras
are on hunger strike to
demand the dismissal of
the attorney general and
his deputy, for failure
to investigate cases of
corruption. Tension
mounted when the
president of Congress
warned of possible
intentions to break with
the "constitutional
order."
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07 May 2008 |
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