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The
82-kilometer
(50
mile)
Panama
Canal
linking
the
Atlantic
and
Pacific
Oceans
is
currently
too
small to
handle
the
world's
largest
class of
modern
freighters.
An
ambitious
new
expansion
- slated
for
completion
in 2014,
the
canal's
centennial
- will
add a
third
shipping
lane to
handle
such
behemoths.
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Female Sex
Tourism
While men tend to go to Asia for
sex tourism, women tend to head
to the ... Nepal, Thailand,
Ecuador, Costa Rica, Mexico --
everywhere with beaches (or in
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Why
Amphibians Matter
Monteverde Cloud Forest
Preserve, Costa Rica - Since the
1970s, three frog species have
disappeared from Puerto Rico's
mountain forests, all after
unusually warm years.
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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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Sunday 01 July 2007, San José, Costa
Rica
Colombian Hitmen Had
Their Sights on
Ministers Arias and
Berrocal
Five Colombians arrived
late least week with
their sole purpose of
assassinating the the
ministro de la
Presidencia, Rodrigo
Arias, brother of the
president, and the
ministro de Seguridad
Pública, Fernando
Berrocal,
Mall San Pedro Filled
With Panic and Terror
The noise of the
bustling mall as cash
registers hummer, people
strolled and cell phone
conversations all paled
to the noise of a gun
firing in the area of
the bar known as Fusión,
when a man pulled his
gun and fired on
another.
Weatherman Predicts
Vacationers Will Enjoy
Great Beach Weather
The Instituto
Meteorológico Nacional (IMN)
- national weatherman -
says that vacationers
can expect hot and sunny
weather that will last
until July 9th.
Second Hottest Year in
History: 2007
The year of 2007 might
be the second hottest
year in history after
1998, an expert with the
Weather Research Unit at
the British University
of East Anglia said on
Friday.
Wife Found Innocent For
Stabbing Husband
A Goicoechea court found
a woman identified by
her last name López
Zapata not guilty of
killing her husband, who
was stabbed to death
after a drunken
argument.
European Union, Central
America Talk Free Trade
Representatives of the
European Union and
Central American nations
have officially began
negotiations aimed at
reaching a free trade
agreement, EU sources
reported Thursday.
Observers against
Election Violence in
Guatemala
International observers
insisted on Friday on
the need to design a
preventive plan against
violence during the
election campaign and on
the voting day in
September in Guatemala.
Nicaraguan President to
Belize Summits
Nicaraguan President
Daniel Ortega went
directly from Mexico
Friday to San Pedro,
Belize to attend two sub
regional summits.
Two New Cuban Rums
Launched in Chile
Cuban rum's latest
varieties, one of them at least 15 years
maturing, were introduced to business
people in the Chilean capital by the
Pernod Ricard Group distributor.
Colombian Finds Cocaine
in Dentures
A sharp-eyed airport
inspector foiled a plot
to ship 20 pounds of
cocaine to Panama when
he discovered the drugs
stuffed inside sets of
false teeth.
Click here for the
top stories of the past
week.
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