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Illegal shark fins destined for Hong Kong seized at Costa Rica airport

Last Wednesday, inspectors from the National Animal Health Service discovered shark fins from protected species among air cargo being exported to Hong Kong. Among the fins were species including the oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) and several types of hammerheads (Sphyrna).

Amazing home with beautiful garden, lots of space

Price: $1,224,000 | Freses house II Project. Listing agent: Mary Anne Weston. Cellphone: +(506) 8814-0614, Email: mweston@ticotimes.net. Bedrooms: 6; Bathrooms: 5.5; Construction Area: 680 M2.

Grand jury declines to indict Ferguson officer Darren Wilson

For more than three months, the grand jury — made up of seven men and five women, nine white and three black — heard evidence into the shooting. They met 25 times and heard from 60 witnesses.

Riot after US jury fails to indict Ferguson policeman

FERGUSON, Missouri – Violent protests and looting erupted in the U.S. town of Ferguson on Monday after a grand jury chose not to press charges against a white officer who shot dead a black teen.

Defendants in Jairo Mora murder trial allegedly attack courthouse guard

At approximately 1:30 p.m. on Monday, one of the seven defendants in the Jairo Mora murder trial allegedly attacked a guard while being transported from his jail cell at a Limón courthouse, the Judicial Investigation Police stated in a press release.

Costa Rica police rule out foul play in death of Ann Patton’s boyfriend last week

Last Wednesday, Patton's boyfriend, 40-year-old New York State native Greg Fischer, was found dead in his Escazú apartment southwest of San José, from an apparent heart attack or asthma attack, his brother Brian stated in a Facebook post.

Police interrupt drug stickup, seize over 500 kg of cocaine

It probably should have been a red flag for the drug trafficker that when two police officers tried to arrest him they were driving a Honda Civic.

Texas university acquires Gabriel García Márquez’s personal archive

WASHINGTON – Archives belonging to Nobel prize-winning author Gabriel García Márquez, who died earlier this year, have been acquired by the University of Texas at Austin, the university said in a statement Monday.

Family of photographers to release book of aerial landscapes

For years, the Pucci family has photographed Costa Rica in all its splendor. But about two years ago, they decided to try a new angle: from the air.

Costa Rica not alone as it waits for a new US ambassador

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Costa Rica has been without a U.S. ambassador for a year and a half, but it doesn’t look like Stafford Fitzgerald Haney – whom President Barack Obama nominated for the job back in July – will be relocating to San José anytime soon.

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