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  • May 2008

    • Weekend With Mel Gibson Part of Brit's Rehab

      Entertainment Tonight  |  May 16, 08 3:44 PM CDT

      Weekend With Mel Gibson Part of Brit's Rehab

      (Newser) - Mel Gibson and wife Robyn are building on attempts to help with ex-neighbor Britney Spears' personal rehabilitation with a getaway to their Costa Rica pad, People reports. The group, also including Brit's dad, jetted there yesterday "for a few days to relax." Gibson and Spears have met up previously for meals; a source tells TMZ.com the Gibsons are on a mission "to help stabilize her insane life." More »

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      celebrity  • Britney Spears  • airplane  • vacation  • Jamie Spears  • Mel Gibson  • Costa Rica

  • April 2008

    • Frolic Guilt-Free in Costa Rica

      Treehugger  |  Apr 15, 08 6:38 PM CDT

      Frolic Guilt-Free in Costa Rica

      (Newser) - If carbon-footprint guilt is keeping you from taking a vacation, one company has your sun-soaked answer, TreeHugger reports. From the domestic flight to the hotel stay—and even airport transfers in biodiesel vans—NatureVacations' eco-friendly package to Costa Rica promises to offset every ounce of carbon you produce on your island adventure. More »

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      travel  • eco tourism  • Costa Rica  • green travel  • eco friendliness  • carbon offsets

  • January 2008

    • Safari With That Liposuction?

      CNN  |  Jan 3, 08 4:57 PM CST

      Safari With That Liposuction?

      (Newser) - Americans looking to get cosmetic surgery are eschewing expensive procedures at home and opting for "medical tourism," traveling abroad for cheaper procedures—that sometime come with exotic vacation perks. Countries including South Africa, Argentina, Thailand, Brazil and Singapore are marketing their health services to Americans with the promise of lower prices—and, CNN reports, a vacation getaway. More »

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      health care  • Brazil  • Thailand  • plastic surgery  • cosmetic surgery  • Costa Rica  • malpractice

  • November 2007

    • Costa Rica Tries to Go Postal

      Los Angeles Times  |  Nov 5, 07 3:01 PM CST

      Costa Rica Tries to Go Postal

      (Newser) - In Costa Rica, numbered houses and named streets are the exception rather than rule, forcing mail carriers to seek out addresses like "125 meters west of the Pizza Hut." The government is rolling out a plan to standardize addresses, but, for now, one out of five pieces of mail is simply undeliverable, authorities tell the LA Times. More »

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      Costa Rica

  • October 2007

    • Costa Rica Backs US Trade Deal by Slim Margin

      Associated Press  |  Oct 8, 07 6:37 AM CDT

      Costa Rica Backs US Trade Deal by Slim Margin

      (Newser) - Costa Rican voters narrowly approved a free-trade pact with the US last night, despite polls predicting they would quash it, the AP reports. With nearly 89%  of precincts counted, 52% favored the Central American Free Trade Agreement, and Costa Rican President Oscar Arias declared victory. Costa Rica is the last of the six signers to have ratified the treaty. More »

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      Costa Rica

    • Costa Rica May Swing Left

      Christian Science Monitor  |  Oct 7, 07 12:09 PM CDT

      Costa Rica May Swing Left

      (Newser) - Costa Rica votes today on a free-trade deal, and the outcome will either give the nation stronger ties to the US or put it in Latin America's growing anti-US camp, the Christian Science Monitor reports. Polls show a race too close to call, though anti-pact voters had a slight edge. "It's more about ideology than free trade," one expert said. More »

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      Hugo Chavez  • free trade  • Costa Rica

  • June 2007

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