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Daily Archives: June 3, 2011
Festival stresses environment
The central parks of Guácimo and Pococí are headquarters for three days of concerts, art exhibits, displays by small companies, movies and forums, all directed to the environment. Sponsors are the Asociación de Cultura del Cantón de Pococí and the … Continue reading
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Haiti prepared for storms U.S. representative says
Haiti is better prepared than it was last year to respond to the annual hurricane season, with emergency equipment and stocks pre-positioned in case of a disaster, a senior United Nations official says. Nigel Fisher, the secretary general’s deputy special … Continue reading
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Want to pitch in majors? Here is your chance
Amateur baseball pitchers have a chance to live the Rocky Balboa dream without getting their heads bashed. A California casting company is seeking applicants for a reality show where a skilled but unknown pitcher gets a chance to play for … Continue reading
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FBI working with Google on hackers, Ms. Clinton says
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says federal authorities are investigating Internet giant Google’s accusation that computer hackers, most likely in China, broke into the e-mail accounts of hundreds of users including Chinese political activists, journalists and those of government officials … Continue reading
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Argentina bans smoking and tobacco ads in public
Argentina has approved a nationwide ban on tobacco advertising and smoking in public places. After years of debate, lawmakers in the lower house of the Argentine congress overwhelmingly approved the law on Wednesday over the strong opposition of the tobacco … Continue reading
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New rector-elect at TEC has strong U.S. academic roots
A forestry scientist with strong academic links to the United States is the new rector of the Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica. He is Julio Calvo Alvarado, who was elected Thursday by the university’s community, including students, in a runoff. … Continue reading
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Limón soccer club president linked to U.S. tax fraud case
Police broke into the home of the president of the Limón soccer team and detained him while he was in his underwear. The man is Carlos Howden Pascal, said the Poder Judicial. The man is being investigated for suspected money … Continue reading
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Back to a normal life stalking the elusive cell telephone
Life slowly is returning to normal. If there is such a thing as normal to any life, it usually means no great ups or downs. We like to think that that is normal. Those are usually the halcyon days that … Continue reading
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Miami professor promotes new electronic eye for sports fish
A fish whisperer from Miami came to tell Costa Ricans about a new tracking device for that darling of the sport fishing world, the billfish. Marine biologist Nelson Ehrhardt demonstrated the new, hand-held device which acts like an electronic satellite … Continue reading
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Flooding alert is lifted
The national emergency commission has lifted an alert it had imposed due to flooding in some communities in the northern zone. Still some 250 persons remain in shelters, the commission said Thursday afternoon. However, 30 persons in shelters in the … Continue reading
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Guard who shot U.S. student in hands of prosecutors
A security guard has been taken into custody and agents have confiscated his .22 caliber revolver that was used to kill a The man, identified by the last name of Guevara, is a Nicaraguan national who has worked at the … Continue reading
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U.N. report on dam cites simmering native concerns
A United Nations expert sent to study the situation of the country’s native peoples in the face of the El Diquís hydro project in southern Costa Rica says the government should address underlying issues affecting the native peoples in the … Continue reading
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