Daily News | Jan 6, 2008 |
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No solace after long wait: Immigration employee Juan Carlos Siles tells immigrants yesterday the offices in the northwestern San José district of La Uruca had to close early due to a power outage. Foreigners requiring paperwork were flustered by the closure, after the Immigration Office had already been closed since mid-December and now remains out of service this week.
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| Nicholas Cote | Tico Times |
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Weekly Edition Newspaper: Dec 24, 2008 - Jan 8, 2009 | San José Costa Rica |
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Holiday Cheer and Tears
A young member of Costa Rica’s Jewish community lights a candle Sunday in San José to mark the beginning of Hanukkah, an eight-day festival that celebrates the relighting of the menorah in the Jerusalem temple in 165 B.C. after it was liberated from the Greeks. This year, Hanukkah takes on a more somber tone as it commemorates the terrorist attacks last month in Mumbai, India, that killed 171 people, including several emissaries of the Jewish Chabad Lubavitch movement.
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Ronald Reyes | Tico Times
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Ticos Fight Back | News |
A businessman shot and killed two thieves who had just robbed him of ¢990,000 (about $1,833) as they allegedly fired on him while trying to speed away on their motorcycles in La Uruca, on the northwest side of San José earlier this month.
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Tourism Board Puts Positive Spin on 2008 | Business |
The Costa Rican Tourism Board (ICT) is painting 2008 as a good year, despite job losses and a downturn in visitation during the last quarter.
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| Obama Challenged to Engage Region |
| MANAGUA – As U.S. President-elect Barack Obama prepares to take office on Jan. 20, Nicaragua and the rest of Latin America will be watching closely to see what trickledown effect the change he has promised to bring to the White House will have on the rest of the hemisphere. |
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Musician Stuck in the Middle of Music Scene |
Ballena Marine Park and Environs
Teem With Wildlife, Interesting Beaches |
Sails and Mahimahi Steady on Pacific Coast
Fishing Forum |
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