According to the U.S. Census, roughly 80,000 Costa Ricans live in the United States, compared to more than 11 million Mexicans, the largest immigrant group.
On July 22, hundreds of prisoners, including senior al-Qaida figures, escaped from Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison. On July 27, more than 1,000 detainees escaped from detention in Benghazi. A July 30 Taliban attack on a prison facility in northwest Pakistan freed more than 250 prisoners.
After registering, users would be able to cultivate up to six plants, gain access to the drug as part of a marijuana-growing club or purchase up to 40 grams per month at a dispensary.
The U.S. National Security Agency has managed to either place or gain access to servers in a collection of countries that are deeply hostile to the United States.