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PRWeb via Yahoo! News - Sun May 27, 11:01 am ET
Once standing as the bachelor party capital, Las Vegas stands by as Costa Rica threatens to bypass the desert city. Sales figures from the reservations expert Bachelor Party Bay show that bachelor party sales in Costa Rica have tripled since last year's 1st quarter close.New York City, NY (PRWEB) May 27, 2012 According to travel reservations expert Bachelor Party Bay, the tropical, Pacific ...
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed May 23, 12:48 pm ET
Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla said Wednesday that anti-whaling activist Paul Watson would have a fair trial if extradited to the Central American country following his arrest in Germany.
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Chicago Tribune - Sat May 26, 5:40 am ET
From Pavones, one of the longest left-hand waves in the world, to Witches Rock, a 12-foot-high, 300-yard-long wave featured in "Endless Summer," Costa Rica has some of the best surfing known to humanity.
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Los Angeles Times - Fri May 25, 6:02 pm ET
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society founder Paul Watson, who was arrested in Frankfurt, Germany, on May 13, has been freed on bail and awaits possible extradition to Costa Rica. He and Sea Shepherd's director of investigations, Scott West, met with Costa Rican Foreign Minister Enrique Castillo on Thursday in an effort to work out a solution to the impasse, which stems from a 2002 confrontation ...
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Scientific American - Wed May 23, 4:56 pm ET
By Elisa Oddone BERLIN (Reuters) - The president of Costa Rica promised on Wednesday a fair trial in her country for a Canadian conservationist facing possible extradition over a campaign against shark finning, and tried to calm his fears of revenge attacks by Costa Rican shark fishers. Paul Watson, founder of the Sea Shepherd marine conservation group, was arrested 10 days ago in Germany ...
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Toronto Star - Wed May 23, 4:50 pm ET
The president of Costa Rica promised a fair trial in her country for a Canadian conservationist facing possible extradition over a campaign against shark finning.
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CTV.ca - Fri May 25, 11:11 am ET
Canadian environmentalist Paul Watson is confident he can win a court case in Costa Rica if he's deported from Germany to face charges of endangering a fishing crew a decade ago.
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ZDNet Asia - Wed May 23, 7:45 pm ET
Radio Costa Rica allows you to listen to a great variety of radio stations from Costa Rica on a simple and intuitive way...
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The Florida Times-Union - Sat May 26, 5:53 pm ET
In addition to helping out the less fortunate in Jacksonville, Elizabeth Surratt has been on mission trips to Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic and plans to go to Haiti. She also is involved in raising food for Second Harvest Food Bank through her school.
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The Sierra Vista Herald - Fri May 25, 1:33 am ET
Mark Levy•Herald/Review Tombstone High forward William Braswell battles for a rebound during a game last season against Bisbee. In late July, Braswell, a three-sport athlete for the Yellowjackets, will be participating in an international tournament in Costa Rica. By Matt Hickman Herald/Review TOMBSTONE — A consummate three-sport athlete, Tombstone High sophomore William Braswell will be ...
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San Antonio Express-News - Sat May 26, 11:48 am ET
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The saga of lunar rock traveling from the first moon landing in 1969 to the Las Vegas Strip in 1987 and back to NASA in 2012 recalls other moon rock stories. If they are authentic, four tiny chips of moon rock given by then-President Richard Nixon to former Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza Debayle would have been pilfered by a Costa Rican mercenary soldier-turned Contra ...
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The Hindu - Wed May 23, 11:37 pm ET
Emergency officials in Costa Rica say they have moved some residents away from a volcano outside the capital after it spewed toxic gas and ash, signs of a potentially imminent eruption. The...
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Al Jazeera - Thu May 24, 1:20 am ET
Residents are relocated as Turrialba volcano spews toxic gas and ash, with capital warned of possible evacuation.
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Cruise Addicts - Sat May 26, 7:46 am ET
This is a discussion on Sibling Serenity Canal Day 6 within the Current Cruise Travel News forums, part of the category; The Avid Cruiser Has Just Posted the Following: We are anchored in the bay at Caldera, Costa Rica. It’s the ...
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Tulsa World - Sat May 26, 3:31 am ET
A 38-year-old man charged in 2009 with taking part in a stock-fraud conspiracy that prosecutors claim generated more than $40 million appeared in Tulsa federal court on Friday after being found in Costa Rica.