Songbirds Duel and Make-Up With Duets

One new study has discovered that some birds fight with each other by singing - kind of like a West Side Story scenario. They use tweets to defend their relationships and territories against other birds.Another new...

Sharks are asking for help, but we don't hear their plea

Almost everybody knows the famous Chinese dish shark fin soup, however what not everybody know is the cruel and dark story that is hidden behind this dish. Rob Stewart, a Canadian born and raised in Toronto, has...

CONCACAF Champions League Underway

With the UEFA Champions League grabbing the attention of much of the soccer world, the first CONCACAF Champions League, consisting of 32 teams began on September 16. The new league is an attempt to duplicate the success of the UEFA Champions League and hopefully raise the...

Cash Helped China Win Costa Rica’s Recognition

" By GRAHAM BOWLEY, Published: September 12, 2008, As part of an incentive package to persuade Costa Rica to shift its diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to the People’s Republic of China last year, China used...

At last, Latin American Bananas for EU at such good price! (Updated)

" Updates: The African, Caribbean and Pacific countries (ACP) would express their concerns to EU over the recent Banana deal with Latin America at WTO. They would be asking for compensation. Fin de la guerre de la...

V Petrocaribe Summit in Venezuela (Updated)

Updates: On Sunday 13 July 2008 and during the V PETROCARIBE Summit, Guatemala formally joined the Caribbean oil alliance. PETROCARIBE also agreed to improve payment system. It reduced to 40% the immediate down...

Harper's Free Trade Mantra: Hush, Rush, and Sign

Many Canadians are probably unaware of our brand new "Free Trade" agreements, with Columbia and Peru, negotiated quickly, in secret and quietly signed with no fanfare.  Who are we signing with, what are the...

Are Chelsea imploding?

It's going to be an interesting couple of weeks for Chelsea with Inter chasing Frank Lampard and Inter Didier Drogba. It seems now Michael Ballack is in no rush to sign -- maybe he's waiting for the dust to settle? " Chelsea's new coach Luiz Felipe Scolari is set to face...

Brazilian island offers history, night life and some good surfing

Florianopolis, or “Floripa” as the locals call it, is a hidden treasure of an island, it also is the capital city of the state of Santa Catarina in the south of Brazil.   " Floripa has a high...

The moment a kayaker risks his life by plunging 120ft down a waterfall

"Fancy a gentle paddle down the Thames? Or a splash about in the Norfolk Broads? Or maybe something a bit more bracing?Like a 120ft vertical drop, straight down the front of a churning, thundering, pounding waterfall...

Highway ride on a rainy rainy day in San Jose, Costa Rica.

Highway ride on a rainy rainy day in San Jose. Capital of Costa Rica. Lot of rain. Tourist place. Small and convenient international airport. Good access to health care. Both public and private hospitals. Lot of...

A sunny day in San Jose, Costa Rica, Central America

A sunny day in San Jose, Costa Rica. Capital of Costa Rica. Tourist place.

A rainy day in San Jose, Costa Rica, Central America

A rainy day in San Jose, Costa Rica, Central America. The driver said he rides people to dental clinics, valcanoes, airports and hotels.

Endangered parrots born in captivity reproduce in wild

Endangered scarlet macaws born in captivity are reproducing in the wild for the first time on Costa Rica's southern Pacific coast.The ZooAve Center for the Rescue of Endangered Species has released 100 of the birds...

Españoles desatan el fuego flamenco en el FIA08 (Costa Rica)

El fuego del flamenco alcanzará su punto más alto en el Festival Internacional de Artes FIA 08 del jueves 17 al domingo 20 de abril, cuando Antonio El Pipa despliegue en tres ocasiones a su...

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