Monthly Archives: July, 2013

Costa Rican authorities allege the captain collaborated with cocaine traffickers bound for the United States and Mexico by providing them fuel.

When the Taliban was toppled nearly 12 years ago in Afghanistan, a small number of biologists saw an opportunity on the margins of the war effort. The country's far reaches had barely been examined and were thought to contain some of the world's least understood species. But studying them would require complex, and sometimes tense, negotiations with some of the world's most isolated people.

Interpol: More than 6,000 people around the world were arrested in a two-month anti-counterfeiting sweep that netted tens of millions of dollars worth of fake shampoo in China, phony cigarettes in Turkey and bogus booze in Chile.

President Juan Manuel Santos on Tuesday rejected the involvement of a leftist mediator in the handover of Sutay, potentially complicating his release.

The new third in line to the British throne was born at the central London hospital at 4:24 p.m. on Monday.

Ámbar, a 9-month-old Belgian shepherd arrived from Guatemala on Monday.

Only Broad Front Party lawmaker José María Villalta opposed granting the permission.

This baby was delivered unto the people at 4:24 Monday afternoon, weighing eight pounds and six ounces, a presumably adorable boy.

In a close primary election, political scientist Solís won by just 0.31 percent over lawmaker Juan Carlos Mendoza. Results must be confirmed by a hand count of ballots.

A new decree mandates a 20 percent drop in the sales tax of hybrid vehicles in a move the government hopes will bring it closer to its goal of carbon neutrality by 2021.