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Daily Archives: July 13, 2012
President shortcircuits those electronic cigarettes
Expats who have turned to electronic cigarettes to comply with the country’s new, tough anti-smoking laws will be unhappy to learn that these devices, too, are being lumped with traditional tobacco products. The law passed by the Asamblea Legislativa does … Continue reading
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Vacationers returning, and traffic police are ready
Mid-year vacation comes to an end Monday for public school students, and those parents who took the opportunity to spend time at the beach or in the mountains are getting ready to return to their homes today or over the … Continue reading
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Security ministry debuts new logo, image and Web site
The security ministry unveiled a new Web site Thursday that allows citizens to file complaints against police officers and provides telephone numbers for many reasons to contact the police. There also is access to security courses that citizens may want … Continue reading
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Water supply to valley users will be reduced on weekend
The water supply to much of the Central Valley will be cut to a third over the weekend because the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad is doing work on a hydroelectric plant in Cartago. The water company, the Instituto Nacional de … Continue reading
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Some existential thoughts doing the emergency room Limbo
This week I broke my resolve to stay away from hospitals and doctors and instead home care whatever challenges to my health come my way. I found myself in the emergency section of Hospital Mexico, the closest hospital to where … Continue reading
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Jailed lawyer says he seeks action to end human rights abuses
People who are given preventive detention in Costa Rica enter into a sort of “twilight zone” where they are set apart from society in more ways than one. The penitentiary system is working outside the law, severe human rights violations … Continue reading
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U.S. moves to ratify pact outlining rights of disabled
American lawmakers are pressing for U.S. ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Many legislators see the pact as a global extension of a landmark federal law protecting disabled Americans at home. Lawmakers on … Continue reading
Posted in World News
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Robot has 100% success playing kids finger game
Tokyo University laboratory has developed a robot that never loses at the game of rock paper scissors. That is because its visual processing abilities and fingers work together faster than the synchronization of any human brain. A video of the … Continue reading
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Four earthquakes register magnitudes around 3.0
Four quakes took place Thursday with magnitudes that ranged from 2.9 to 3.2. The first was at 6:49 a.m. The epicenter was estimated to be was just offshore the central Pacific 5.6 km (3.5 miles) south southwest of Bahía Ballena … Continue reading
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Tree planting scheduled for Parque la Sabana
Volunteers of Preserve Planet will be at Parque la Sabana Saturday to plant 100 trees. This is part of a project to put 5,000 trees of native species in the part to replace those that were planted started in 1977. … Continue reading
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New rules on seafood labels going into effect Aug. 13
The economics ministry is conducting training of public officials and vendors of fish products because a new regulation goes into effect Aug. 13 that requires better labeling of seafoods. Mayi Antillón, the minister, said that there have been irregular practices … Continue reading
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