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		<title>Queen Elizabeth II marks 60 years on throne</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sixty years after she ascended to the throne in an austere Britain still facing post-war rationing, Queen Elizabeth marked the milestone on Monday with a new website that showed just how much the world has changed during her reign. The 25-year-old princess was on tour in Kenya when she became queen on Feb 6, 1952, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>59 cars stolen in Heredia last month</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Authorities are asking car owners in Heredia to be more diligent following an increase in car theft. A total of 59 vehicles were stolen in the area during the month of January. crr]]></description>
		<link>http://www.top10costarica.com/2012/02/06/59-cars-stolen-in-heredia-last-month/</link>
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		<title>About 960,000 students return to classrooms</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to Statistics from the Ministry of Public Education (MEP) on Wednesday a total of about 960,000 students will return to classrooms among 4,520 educational centers. crr]]></description>
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		<title>Sex Education will not make it to class</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Although 95 percent of Costa Ricans beleive sex education should be a topic for public education it is a topic that will not be addressed in class this year. Debate between church and government authorities in Costa Rica about who should receive sex education remains an obstacle for teaching sex education. Annually in Costa Rica, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Residents concerned about new bailey bridge for Sixaola crossing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Residents of the Costa Rican border community of Sixaola are worried about the installation of a new bridge for the Panama border crossing. While the current bridge is obviously in need of repair, and many pedestrians have fallen into the river because of holes in the surface the new bridge will relocate the crossing. Officials [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Man convicted of child sex abuse free due to court mistake</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A 35 year old man who was convicted for sexually abusing a child walked out of jail last week because judicial officials lost the digital record of his original trial. The man became a fugitive from justice after the 2008 conviction, however authorities managed to capture him late last year in San Carlos. An attorney [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.top10costarica.com/2012/02/06/man-convicted-of-child-sex-abuse-free-due-to-court-mistake/</link>
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		<title>Tax authorities to review big ticket purchases</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tax officials are examining records of the national registry, insurance firms and private schools for the years 2009 through 2011 for potential tax evaders. In particular anyone who imported luxury items, sent their children to an expensive private school, participated in a real estate transfer, insured high value vehicles or pieces of art will get [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.top10costarica.com/2012/02/06/tax-authorities-to-review-big-ticket-purchases/</link>
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		<title>Indigenous protesters block Pan-American Highway in Panama</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A group of indigenous protesters has blockaded the Pan-American Highway in Panama for days to protest the recent approval of mines and reservoirs in their region. Some 5,000 members of the country&#8217;s largest indigenous Ngobe-Bugle group have blocked the only highway into neighboring Costa Rica since late January after the Panamanian government approved the projects [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.top10costarica.com/2012/02/06/indigenous-protesters-block-pan-american-highway-in-panama/</link>
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		<title>Costa Rica: Girl Raped by Father, Gives Birth to Brother</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the small town of Cuajiniquil de la Cruz, Guanacaste, on Costa Rica&#8217;s Pacific coast, a 12 year old girl’s life has been changed forever after being a victim of incest. The young girl, “Gisel” was raped by her father, Javier Luna Lopez. After the rape, she soon found out she was pregnant. She gave [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.top10costarica.com/2012/02/06/costa-rica-girl-raped-by-father-gives-birth-to-brother/</link>
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		<title>ICT invests ¢ 148 million for international promotion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT) is scheduled to award two projects to promote tourism between February and March. One project seeks a tour operator to host international journalists who will visit Costa Rica at a cost of ¢140 million ($277,700) for the agency. Another project will invest ¢8 million ($15,873) for advertising via Internet [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.top10costarica.com/2012/02/03/ict-invests-%c2%a2-148-million-for-international-promotion/</link>
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