TUESDAY 23
NOVEMBER 2004
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30 Years for Murder of Little
Kattia
Thirty years in prison is the
sentence against the man who
killed nine year old Kattia
Vanesa González Juárez last
year. The penal court announced
their decision yesterday
following a two week trial,
where it was shown that Jorge
Edwin Sánchez Madrigal acted
with premeditation to attempt
sexually violate and then killed
the little girl when he believed
he would be discovered. Sánchez
has a history of murder.
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Personal
Loans Between Guardia And
Calderón Questioned
The "Presidential" scandals seem
to have faded from the daily
headlines, however, the Fiscalía
has not put it aside, nor has
the local media, as they
continue to dig deeper into the
affairs of former presidents
Miguel Ángel Rodríguez
(1998-2002) and Rafal Ángel
Calderón (1990-1994), as the two
men sit in prevention detention
at the La Reforma prison.
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Caldera
Road Project Set Back, Again
Another setback for the
Caldera-San José highway. Twenty
six years in the planning, one
bridge here, some paved road
there, the project has failed
again with the announcement
yesterday by the foreign
contractor, Concesiones Viales
S. A. (Covisa), who was awarded
the contract for the work,
telling the government it would
completely stop work on the
project.
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United
Nations Delays Action on Human
Cloning Ban
The United Nations has delayed
action on a human cloning
ban.The U.N.’s legal committee
was unable to break an impasse
between supporters of a
comprehensive ban on cloning and
backers of a proposal that would
permit the cloning of embryos
for research purposes. Research
cloning results in the
destruction of embryos.
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Bush renews support for
Colombia in fighting drug, terrorism
US
President George W. Bush on Monday re-offerred the
backup for Colombian President Alvaro Uribe in his
war against drug production and rebels nationwide.
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Mexican president pushes for
free trade pact with Ecuador
Visiting Mexican President Vicente Fox said Monday
that he hopes his country can sign a free trade
agreement (FTA) with Ecuador in the coming months.
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China, Cuba agree to
expand cooperation
Chinese
President Hu Jintao and Fidel Castro, president of
the Cuban Council of State, agreed here Monday to
expand bilateral cooperation in political, economic
and other areas.
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VENEZUELA:
Cuban Doctors Bring Health Care
to Slums
When one of
Gladys' three children falls ill
in Los Jardines del Valle, a
poor neighbourhood on the
southwest side of Caracas, she
no longer has to hike down the
steep hill from the narrow
street where she lives, to find
medical assistance.
Now she just steps over to the
home of her neighbour, a Cuban
doctor who is taking part in the
Misión Barrio Adentro (which
translates roughly as the ”into
the heart of the neighbourhood”
programme).
”I'm more at ease now. If you go
out at night with a sick child,
you have to brave the 'malandraje'
(criminal elements), and it's a
huge relief to have a doctor in
the neighbourhood,” she tells
IPS, standing in the doorway of
her little shack. more
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