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Daily Archives: July 8, 2011
Haiti’s Martelly selects prime minister nominee
Haitian President Michel Martelly has chosen a lawyer and former justice minister to be the country’s next prime minister, making a second attempt to fill that key government post. President Martelly Wednesday picked Bernard Gousse for the job. Some lawmakers … Continue reading
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Woman, 67, gunned down by visitor to her home
A 67-year-old woman with the last name of Cavajal died early Thursday when someone came to her home on a pretext and then shot her. That was in Las Gavetas in Hatillo 5. She died a short time later at … Continue reading
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Nosara area residents seek to raise funds for ailing child
Nosara area residents are trying to raise money for the treatment of the son of a popular local couple. The boy, Jacob Cameron, is the son of David and Angie Cameron of Nosara. He is being treated at the Children’s … Continue reading
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U.S. Supreme Court rejects Mexican national’s appeal
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected calls from around the world — and from the U.S. president — to delay the execution of a Mexican man convicted of a brutal 1994 rape and murder. Justices Thursday voted 5 to 4 … Continue reading
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Cuba’s high court getting case of jailed U.S. visitor
Cuba’s top court will consider an appeal from the American contractor imprisoned for crimes against the Communist state. Cuban state media Thursday announced the country’s Supreme Court will consider Alan Gross’s appeal July 22. The report said U.S. officials and … Continue reading
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Suspect in Heredia armed robbery arrested in Louisiana
The U.S. Marshals Service has arrested a man in Louisiana who is sought as a suspect in the armed robbery of a taxi driver here June 2, 2010, the service said. The man is Major Adam Benoit, 37, who was … Continue reading
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New hotel designed with energy- and water-saving features
The new hotel Holiday Inn San José-Escazú is what is being called a techno-sustainable facility. The $20 million structure adjacent to Hospital CIMA on the Autopista del Sol/Próspero Fernández highway boasts a host of energy-saving and water-saving systems. The Grupo … Continue reading
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San Ramón begins push to become the Clean Cantón
San Ramón volunteers will be planting 2,000 trees Sunday as part of the community’s carbon neutral initiative. The trees have been donated by the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad via the local agricultural ministry office. A landowner is permitting the trees … Continue reading
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Here’s a column you can really get your teeth into
First, an update on last week’s column. Hank, knowledgeable on the subject, wrote me that the little blue and grey birds on my balcony are not finches, but tanagers. Of course, he is right. I am not the urban naturalist … Continue reading
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Special Olympics athletes get the presidential treatment
The most upbeat story of the week is the return of 67 Special Olympics athletes from an international competition. Where else but in Athens, Greece. The youngsters were met with bands and cheering parents and supporters when they arrived at … Continue reading
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Reader prefers bonus in coverage of the news
My husband and I have started our day with a cup of hot coffee and A.M. Costa Rica for about five years now (even when we are not in Costa Rica). That will always continue since we find the coverage … Continue reading
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Caja hospital experience was superior to private
Mr. Richardson’s experience is sad and tragic, but happens all too often in the expensive private hospitals, as well. I foolishly took a very strong antibiotic pill at bedtime, without water, and a few days later suffered severe pain in my pancreas. … Continue reading
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Increasingly Ticos are getting hooked up to Web
Although President Laura Chinchilla has embarked on a bold plan to put Internet access and computers to use it all over the country, the government’s service provide reported Thursday that 56 percent of the population use the Web and that … Continue reading
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