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Costa
Rica's
Health
Ministry
Looking
For
300
Women
With
PIP
Breast
Implants
The
company
who
imported
the
PIP
breast
implants
to
Costa
Rica's
Health
Ministry
(Ministerio
de
Salud)
said
it
sold
a
total
of
735
units
for
cosmetic
surgery
of
the
more
than
1.200
sales
in
the
country.
Breast
Implant
'Butcher'
At
Centre
of
PIP
Silicone
Scandal
Arrested
Jean-Claude
Mas
was
also
arrested
in
Costa
Rica
in
2010
for
drunk
driving
The
breast
implant
businessman
at
the
centre
of a
worldwide
health
scandal
was
today
arrested
at
his
home
in
the
south
of
France.
Jean-Claude
Mas,
72,
was
taken
into
custody
following
a
police
raid
at
the
million-pound
villa
in
Six-Fours,
close
to
Toulon.
Costa
Rican
Prisoners
Pardoned
By
Cuba
Now
Home
Seven
Costa
Ricans
in
prison
in
Cuba
are
now
back
home
after
receiving
a
pardon
from
Cuban
president,
Raul
Castro.
The
pardon
is
part
of
Cuba's
pardon
for
nearly
3.000
prisoners,
that
included
some
convicted
of
political
crimes,
last
month.
Costa
Rica
Trade
Minister
Sees
Partnership
Potential
With
Charlotte
Costa
Rica
can
be
more
than
a
tourist
destination,
said
Foreign
Trade
Minister
Anabel
González,
who
is
visiting
Charlotte,
North
Carolina,
this
week
to
learn
more
about
the
region's
changing
economy
and
promote
Costa
Rica
as a
potential
business
partner.
Costa
Rica's
Franklin
Chang
Selected
for
2012
U.S.
Astronaut
Hall
of
Fame
Induction
Costa
Rica's
Franklin
R.
Chang-Dìaz,
a
veteran
of
seven
space
shuttle
flights,
along
with
Kevin
P.
Chilton
and
Charles
J.
Precourt
will
join
an
elite
group
of
American
space
heroes
as
they
are
inducted
into
the
U.S.
Astronaut
Hall
of
Fame®
during
a
ceremony
at
the
Kennedy
Space
Center
Visitor
Complex
on
Saturday,
May
5,
2012.
Costa
Rica
Needs
Win
Against
U.S.
For
Olympic
Qualifying
\Win
and
they're
in.
That
is
what
it
comes
down
to
for
Olympic
qualifying
for
the
U.S.
and
Costa
Rica
when
the
top
two
teams
meet
in
the
final
Sunday
with
nothing
more
than
bragging
rights
at
stake.
Copa
Announces
Flights
To
Liberia,
Costa
Rica
The
Daniel
Oduber
International
airport
in
Liberia,
Guanacaste,
is
one
of
the
four
new
destinations
for
Copa
Airlines,
announced
the
Panamanian
airline
on
Wednesday.
The
other
three
destinations
include
Refice,
Brazil,
Las
Vegas
and
the
island
of
Curacao.
Costa
Rica
Declares
ICANN
Meeting
One
Of
"National
Interest"
Presidenta
Laura
Chinchilla
and
the
Ministro
de
Ciencia
y
Tecnología
(Minister
of
Science
and
Technology),
Alejandro
Cruz,
have
declared
the
next
ICANN
meeting
to
be
held
in
San
José
in
March,
a
national
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