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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II
travels in an open carriage to
Buckingham Palace during the
Trooping the Colour ceremony in
London June 12, 2004. Britain
put on one of its grandest
annual shows of royal pageantry
Saturday to officially mark
Queen Elizabeth II's birthday.
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Trafficking in Persons Report
Costa Rica is mainly a destination and transit country for
women and children trafficked for sexual exploitation.
Nera Gets $7.1M Radio
Network Contract In Costa Rica
Norwegian telecommunications equipment maker Nera ASA (NER.OS) said
Tuesday it has received a contract worth $7.1 million to build an
InterLink High Capacity Microwave Radio Network in Costa Rica.
Accused in 1995 Slaying is Returned to Canada After
Order by Costa Rican Court
Julia Yvonne Elliott was extradited to Canada yesterday to
once again face charges in the 1995 slaying of Kemptville, Ontario,
resident Lawrence Foster.
CCSS Union Being Bosses Arrested for Fraud
Not even the worker's union the Asociación
Solidarista de la Caja Costarricense del Seguro Social (CCSS), is
escaping the scandal that is crippling the CCSS and the social security
system.
Rodríguez Visits Costa Rica
Former president Miguel Ángel Rodríguez returend to Costa Rica over the
weekend as new head of the Organization of American States (OAS) and the
first thing on his agenda was to visit Casa Presidencial and show his
appreciation for the support the current government gave him in the
process of being elected Secretary General of the OAS.
News
Briefs
Four Colombians were arrested yesterday in Manuel
Antion0, Quepos, when agents with the Ministerio de Seguridad Pública
joined forces with the U.S. Coastguard to intercept a power boat suspected
to be hauling drugs.
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Central American summit to be held in Guatemala
A Central American summit
will be held on June 29 in Guatemala to discuss regional integration,
Guatemalan authorities said Monday.
Incoming OAS chief to propose changes on
administrative structure
The incoming Secretary
General of the Organization of American States, Miguel Angel Rodriguez,
said Monday that he will work out and proposed a series of changes on
the administrative structure of the organization in the coming months.
Venezuela OKs Internet Dollar Purchases
Venezuelans will be able to use
dollars for Internet shopping starting June 21, an easing of strict
exchange controls that have been in place for more than a year, a
government official said Friday.
Poverty Affects Women More than Men in Latin
America
Almost half the women of Latin American older than 15 years have no
income of their own, while just one of every five men is in this
situation. Moreover, women heads of households have less monetary income
than men, in both impoverished and higher income households.
International News from the New York Times
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SPECIAL REPORTS:
WOMEN-LATAM:
'Pro-Life' Pressure Fails to Thwart 'Sexual Rights'
Washington
and right-wing anti-abortion groups lost an important battle in Latin America
and the Caribbean because despite their threats and pressure, they failed to
keep the terms ''sexual and reproductive rights'' out of the final document of
the regional conference on women.
In the Ninth Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean,
held Jun. 10-12 in Mexico City, ''the United States blackmailed several
delegations to prevent the use of the terms 'sexual and reproductive rights' in
the final document,'' Lilián Celiberti, with the Articulación Feminista Marcosur
-- an umbrella of women's groups from South America's Mercosur trade bloc --
told IPS.
COMMENTARY:
The Facts About Child Sex
Tourism
The commercial sexual
exploitation of children affects
millions of children each year,
in countries on every continent.
One form of this exploitation is
the growing phenomenon of Child
Sex Tourism (CST). Persons who
travel from their own country to
a foreign country to engage in a
commercial sex act with a child
commit CST.
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THE TAKE:
Top 10 Vomit Comets
Whether you are tourist, expatriate
or local Tico you have had to ride on at least one of the fleet of "vomit
comets". Here is our Top Ten list of the worst bus rides in Costa Rica.
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