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Daily Archives: January 31, 2012
Bomb threat nets prison
A man accused of phoning in a bomb threat to the courts in Heredia got six months in prison Monday at the Tribunal de Flagrancia de Heredia. The man has the last names of Iglesias Villalobos, and the Poder Judicial … Continue reading
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Another Pacific quake
Pacific coast residents felt another offshore quake two minutes before midnight Sunday. The epicenter was estimated to be 12.2 kilometers (7.5 miles) west southwest of Parque Nacional Manuel Antonio and 15.8 kilometers (9.8 miles) southwest of Quepos in the Central … Continue reading
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French cultural center plans to show comedies
The Alliance Française is hosting a French comedy film screening, “Viernes Cinéfilos,” every Friday beginning this week at 6 p.m. The event is free. Every Friday a different French film will show with Spanish subtitles on a large screen at … Continue reading
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Intel joins U.N. effort to cut childbirth deaths
The U. N. Population Fund and the computing company Intel Corp. Monday unveiled a joint effort to strengthen the skills of midwives and community health workers through technology, in a bid to reduce the number of pregnancy and childbirth-related deaths … Continue reading
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Fierce killer freeze puts much of Europe on ice
Weather forecasters say there is no immediate relief in sight to the eastern European cold snap that has killed at least 36 people since Saturday. Forecasters expect temperatures, which have been as low as minus 30 degrees C (-22 F) … Continue reading
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6.4 magnitude quake hits devastated Peruvian town
The U.S. Geological Survey says an earthquake with a 6.4 magnitude has hit the coast of central Peru. The Survey says the quake happened Monday shortly after midnight local time, 15 kilometers (9 miles) southeast of Ica and 280 kilometers … Continue reading
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Mexican envoy and wife freed in Venezuela
The Mexican ambassador to Venezuela and his wife are free after being kidnapped in the latest high-profile abduction in that country, where crime is soaring. Authorities say four armed men seized Ambassador Carlos Pujalte and his wife at around midnight … Continue reading
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Nicaraguan cheese will not make it to the table in Costa Rica
In what police are calling the biggest border bust of the year, agents confiscated Sunday 1.5 tons of cheese made in Nicaragua and illegally imported into Costa Rica. The Policía de Fronteras in Upala said the discovery of the illegal … Continue reading
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Bandits take 215 pistols from traffic police storage facility
A group of bandits robbed more than 200 firearms from a Policia de Transito temporary storage area early Monday morning after subduing two private security contractors assigned to cover the building. The Judicial Investigating Organization confirmed that four men had … Continue reading
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BBG system is similar to that used in U.S. prisons
BBG is a U.S.-based telecommunications vendor owned by a Mexican family. They have a number of subsidiaries around the world, but concentrate on the Americas. Their business is supported by various telecommunications vendors (like ICE), whose lines and equipment they … Continue reading
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Chávez endorsement of Obama is scary
I read the article this morning in A.M. Costa Rica that reports on Chavez’s endorsement of sorts for President Obama. I find this very interesting and only wish this story would be picked up by major news outlets here in … Continue reading
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Here’s a missing person case with a happy ending
A U. S. citizen who was reported missing since mid-December is alive and well at a spa and holistic healing center in the Nicoya peninsula. The man’s wife of 23 years reported him missing to judicial police in Heredia over … Continue reading
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Despite survey results, government defends tax plan
According to the central government it is common that a tax increase generates predominately negative reactions among the public. That was the essence of the response to a survey that said that three quarters of the public opposes President Laura … Continue reading
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