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Strong quake(6.2) rocks Panama-costa Rica border
" A powerful earthquake has struck south-western Panama, close to the border with Costa Rica, says the US Geological Survey (USGS). The quake was reported with a magnitude of 6.2 and happened at a depth of 48.2km... Wedding Off, Jilted Bride Turns Party Into a Benefit
Six weeks before Kyle Paxman’s scheduled wedding, a stranger walked into her office with e-mail messages and other evidence that Ms. Paxman’s fiancé was cheating on her — with the stranger’s girlfriend.1653 views | 0 comments | 0 recommendations
Taleban's '$100m opium takings'
" Taleban insurgents took an estimated $100m (£50m) from Afghanistan's opium trade in 2007, the head of the UN's anti-narcotics agency told the BBC. Antonio Maria Costa, head of the United Nations Office on...126 views | 0 comments | 0 recommendations
The truth about Orihuela Costa - 'jewel' of Spain's Costa Blanca - homed at: ...
I write as an ex-pat with 9 years of experience of life in this part of Spain.
I am so shocked about what is happening here now that although I am now retired and a former journalist and a bit before the days of the...
created by OrihuelaCosta-Spain | 28 wks ago | updated 26 wks ago
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'Unremittingly Bleak' Scottish Writer Wins Costa Book Award
Congratulation to novelist Alison 'A.L.' Kennedy for her Costa 'Book of the Year' Award win. As a sometime stand-up comedian, however, her book doesn't sound quite like the 'pick me up' one might imagine could spring...415 views | 0 comments | 0 recommendations
Costa Book Award List Announced
The category winners for the prestigious Costa Book Awards have been announced. The top five shortlisted authors will now compete for the 2007 Costa Book of the Year award which will be announced on January...261 views | 0 comments | 0 recommendations
Costa Rica Plants 5 Million Trees to Combat Climate Change
Other countries prone to acts of mass deforestation and massive carbon output should take notice. This isn't a token low-emission light bulb replacement strategy, Costa Rica is taking necessary actions toward...426 views | 1 comment | 0 recommendations
RI-Timor Leste agree to complete border negotiation January 2008
"Timor Leste`s foreign minister visited Jakarta early this week to talk about a number of topics with his Indonesian counterpart including those on PM Xanana`s planned visit, the RI-Timor Leste Commission for Truth...Costa Rica gets forest fund boost
"The US and conservation groups will cut $26m (£12.8m) from Costa Rican debt in return for the country spending the same sum on forest protection. Costa Rica will spend the money over the next 16 years on large swathes of its tropical forest. It hopes to help conserve such...U.S. is expanding it's backyard
"The CAFTA doesn't includes agricultural products, that meas U.S can sale all manufatured product, financial and services what they have to Latin America without buy nothing from there. What industrial product Costa...Costa Rica leader: U.S. trade deal passes
"Costa Ricans on Sunday appeared to narrowly vote in favor of joining the Central American Free Trade Agreement with the U.S., and President Oscar Arias declared victory for the pact. But with results so far contradicting most earlier polls, the opposition balked at conceding...Make your way to Almeria and enjoy the Spanish sunshine
"The Costa Almeria is one of those areas, and property investments here are showing returns well above the national Spanish average – a fact that has not been ignored by the Spanish authorities, to the extent that improvements to the local infrastructure and road networks...Poor Nurseries Under Fire
"An estimated 26,000 children have been let down by poor quality nurseries and childcare groups since spring last year."1257 views | 0 comments | 0 recommendations
NFL Coach Likened to Hitler
"Jets running back Kevan Barlow apologized to 49ers coach Mike Nolan for comparing him to Adolf Hitler in a newspaper interview. Barlow, who was traded from San Francisco to New York on Sunday for a fourth-round pick, made his inflammatory comments to the Contra Costa Times...
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