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Togo's
Sapol
Mani
(right)
scores
the
opening
goal as
Costa
Rica's
Roy
Smith
watches
it
during
their
match
for 2007
FIFA
U-17
World
Cup in
Suwon,
south of
Seoul,
South
Korea,
Saturday.
The game
ended in
a tie.
[AP
Photo/Lee
Jin-man]
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Copa Airlines Wins
Fourth Consecutive
SkyTrax Award
Copa Airlines,
subsidiary of Copa
Holdings S.A. , has been
named best airline in
Central America, Mexico
and the Caribbean for
the fourth consecutive
year in a survey
conducted by well-known
market research company
SkyTrax.
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Green-speak in Costa
Rica
Some things naturally go
together: beach
vacations and sunburn,
airplane seats and neck
stiffness, five-star
hotels and five-figure
bills for a week's stay.
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A collection of our best fotos
of news events, people,
happenings in Costa Rica and
more...
click
here!
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People Words
Spanish like
English has different names for different people. By learning the words
below you will increase your vocabulary, comprehension and language fluency.
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Monday 20
August 2007, San José, Costa
Rica
Editor's note:
Today is a legal holiday in
Costa Rica and all banks, government
offices and agencies and businesses will
be closed. The next legal holiday is
Saturday 15 September, "Dia de la
Independencia".
Rolando Araya Asks
The Undecided Not To Vote "Si" If In
Doubt
Former presidential
candidate for the Partido Liberación
Nacional (PLN), Rolando Araya, is asking
Costa Ricans who have doubts on the
Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC) - free
trade agreement with the United States -
to vote against the trade deal in the
October 7 referendum.
Taxi Fare Increase
To Be Decided Following Public Hearings
The public hearing to
increase taxi rates
begins tomorrow as the
Autoridad Reguladora de
los Servicios Públicos (Aresep)
listens to a peition by
the Federación Nacional
de Cooperativas de Taxi
(Fenacotaxi) to increase
taxi rates by 8%.
Morning Gunfight in
Zapote
Fifteen bullets were
exchanged in a gunfight
between two men on
motorcycles yesterday
some 200 metres south of
the Zapote rotonda,
leaving one dead and
another critically
wounded.
Fred's-Eye View:
Gritty Costa Ricans Just
Miss TransRockies Stage
Win
With a kilometer to go
in the sixth stage of
the 2007 TransRockies
Challenge, a brutal
116km journey from
Elkford to Sparwood,
Frederico Ramirez and
Ivan Amador looked to
have the stage win in
their hands.
US Trade Unfair,
Nicaragua's Ortega Says
President Daniel Ortega
reiterated his criticism
of unfair terms of the
free trade agreement
signed by Nicaragua with
the US and extolled the
Bolivarian Alternative
for the Americas (ALBA).
Legal Reform Raises
Debate in El Salvador
The controversial reform
of Article 348 of the
Penal Code, according to
which defendants found
guilty of public
disorder could be
sentenced to up to eight
years in prison, has
raised heated debates in
El Salvador.
Baby found alive in
ruins 7 hours after
quake in Peru
A 10-month-old boy was
found alive in the ruins
of a collapsed church
seven hours after an
earthquake leveled Pisco,
the Peruvian port city,
according to media
reports Monday.
Venezuela Bares US
Caribbean Buildup
Venezuelan journalist
Jose Vicente Rangel
denounced US reinforced
presence in the
Caribbean with the
pretext of engaging in
humanitarian relief.
NICARAGUA:
A
Green Crusade for Water
The Nicaraguan
government launched a
national campaign to
reforest 60,000 hectares
per year as part of an
effort to recover 18
rivers lost as a result
of uncontrolled logging.
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