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Costa Rica Reduces Cases Of Spina Bifida in Newborns

COSTA Rica reduced the annualnumber of cases of spina bifida in newbornsby 31.5% from 1999-2003, thanksto the addition of vitamins and folic acidin the...

Visiting Scientists Support Cloning Ban Proposal

USING words such as “slavery” and“the future of the human race,” theMinistry of Foreign Relations and two visitingscientists last week attempted toignite on a...

Potential Live Kidney Donors Back Out

THE generosity of a young womanwho donated one of her kidneys to astranger in need late last year and askedothers to follow her example...

Officials Deny Wrongdoing in Road Scandals

DAILY trips down unpaved roads orpaved ones filled with potholes ofteninspire communities to lose faith in thecompetence of municipal governments andthe Ministry of Public...

Rincón de La Vieja Park Closures Criticized

VISITORS hoping to catch a glimpseof the sulfurous fumaroles or bubblingmud pools at Rincón de la Vieja NationalPark at the start of the week,...

Monteverde Water Concession Investigated

THE controversial construction of awater pipeline by private businesses,designed to draw 12.65 liters of water persecond from a stream in the mountain communityof Monteverde,...

President in Hospital With Chest Pains

PRESIDENT Abel Pacheco, 71, wastaken to the Calderón Guardia Hospital inSan José yesterday because of chest pains,but was reported in stable condition.Dr. Manuel Eduardo...

Soccer Team Loses to Mexico

TWO indisputably beautifully placedshots within the first nine minutes of thefirst game in the final eliminatory roundof the 2006 World Cup Wednesdaydemoralized Costa Rica’s...

Ecuador Leads Banana Negotiations

QUITO (EFE) – Ecuadorian officialsannounced this week they plan to begincontacts with various countries in theEuropean Union to argue against a proposedE.U. tariff hike...

Comptroller’s Decisión Delays Highway Project

A plan to widen the 68-kilometerstretch of highway from San José westto San Ramón received a blow last weekwhen the Comptroller General’s Officereturned the...

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