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All Gasoline Stations To
Start Pumping Biofuel
Come October
In just a little over
four months all gasoline
stations in the country
will start selling "biocombustible"
- biofuels - extending
the pilot program since
February 2006 in the
Guanacaste and
Puntarenas provinces.
Pedestrians And Cyclists
March For Respect On
Public Roads
A group of pedestrians
and cyclists to the
streets yesterday,
walking from the Canal 7
offices in Sabana to the
house of Costa Rican
president, Oscar Arias,
a short distance away in
Rohrmoser, to ask the
president for a little
room on the nation's
roads and to ask for
respect for all those
who use the public
roads.
Gringo Loco Ordered To
Psychiatric Hospital
Frederick Norman Kelch,
termed as the "gringo
loco" by the Spanish
language media, was
ordered to six months
preventive detention,
following his retention
of is family Thursday
evening and shooting six
bullets from a high
caliber rifle fro his
rooftop, killing a
neighbour.
Arias Back in Costa Rica
After Visiting Doctors
in US
Costa Rican president,
Oscar Arias, is back in
Costa Rica, arriving on
Saturday after
undergoing medical
treatment in the United
States.
Final Table Set in Costa
Rica
After almost 12 hours of
poker on the second day
of the PokerStars.net
Latin American Poker
Tour, the nine finalists
have been determined.
Unfortunately, HoRRoR
dropped out as 20th.
TDMA Customers
Will Be Allowed To Keep Number
According to the
Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad
(ICE), the 400.000 TDMA cellular
telephone customers who are being forced
to give up their lines next year need
not lose their number if they choose to
subscribe to the new 3G technology that
will be in place by mid 2009.
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Nicaragua Condemns
US-Cuba Hit
The Nicaragua Friendship
with Cuba Association (AAC)
condemned here Saturday
the terrorist subversion
against the Cuban
government and people
organized and financed
by US authorities.
Nicaragua to Expand
Geothermal Energy
Nicaragua will expand
geothermal energy
production through an
accord to enhance the
current capacity of the
San Jacinto Tizate
Project.
Panama to Attend
Caribbean Festival in
Cuba
Panama will be present
at the Caribbean
Festival to be held in
July in the city of
Santiago de Cuba, with a
renowned community
theater work, said the
Organizing Committee
Friday.
Colombian Defense
Ministry: Top FARC
Leader Des Of Heart
Attack
Colombian Defense
Ministry said Saturday
that Manuel Marulanda,
the creator and top
leader of a major rebel
group FARC, has died
from heart attack.
At
Least 6 Die in Colombia
Earthquake
At least six people,
including two children,
were killed when a
5.5-magnitude earthquake
jolted central Colombia
Saturday afternoon,
authorities said.
ECONOMY-CUBA:
A
New Model in the Making?
Preparations for the
sixth congress of Cuba’s
ruling Communist Party (PCC),
to be held in late 2009,
may speed up the
"structural changes"
promised by President
Raúl Castro and pave the
way for a development
strategy more suited to
present conditions,
experts say.
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