Costa Rica takes Nicaragua dispute to world court

Costa Rica takes Nicaragua dispute to world court
SAN Jose, Costa Rica - Costa Rica is taking its border dispute with Nicaragua to the International Court of Justice. Costa Rican Foreign Minister Rene Castro says Costa Rica filed the case with the Netherlands-based court after Nicaragua decided to disregard an Organization of American States resolution that it withdraw Troops from disputed territory along the San Juan border river. Nicaragua sent Troops to the area last month, angering Costa Rica. Castro told reporters Thursday he is conf...

Costa Rica files international court complaint against Nicaragua over border dispute
San Jose, Costa Rica — Costa Rica is taking its border dispute with Nicaragua to the International Court of Justice. Costa Rican Foreign Minister Rene Castro says Costa Rica filed the case with the Netherlands-based court after Nicaragua decided to disregard an Organization of American States resolution that it withdraw Troops from disputed territory along the San Juan border river. Nicaragua sent Troops to the area last month, angering Costa Rica. Castro told reporters Thursday he is c...

Nicaragua Invades Costa Rica, Blames Google Maps, Ctd
The Lede complicates the story: The idea that Nicaragua had relied on Google Maps for a Military Deployment, and stumbled across a frontier because of a mistake by the search giant, set off peals of laughter worldwide, sent Google scrambling to explain and fix the error, and led Journalists to discover another mistaken Google Map that could provoke an international incident. What few people outside Central America seemed to notice was that there was a problem with the punchline: in the weeks s...

Ortega Picks On Costa Rica to Rally Support At Home
For the past couple of years, Nicaragua’s president Daniel Ortega has been desperately seeking to subvert his country’s constitution and feeble democratic institutions in order to stand for re-election next year. Since the Nicaraguan constitution bars him from running for a third term (he was president in 1985-1990), Ortega tried unsuccessfully to have the constitution amended by the National Assembly, where his Sandinista party lacks a majority to do so. However, through judicial sh...

Costa Rica files case against Nicaragua in international court
(CNN) -- Costa Rica has taken its border dispute with Nicaragua to international court, repeating claims that its territory has been invaded. In a statement Thursday, Costa Rica's Foreign Ministry said the country had filed a Lawsuit at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, to end a situation that "threatens imminent and irreparable harm" to Costa Rica. The suit asks the court to stop "the construction of a canal on Costa Rican soil," according to the ...

The Google Maps War That Wasn't
Esteban Felix/Associated Press Nicaraguan Troops Remain in Costa Rica, but Why? Nicaraguan Troops are still hunkered down on an island across the country’s border with Costa Rica. Heard the one about Nicaragua accidentally invading Costa Rica because of a Google Maps error? Two weeks ago, the story was hard to miss, as the tale of the accidental invasion was repeated on thousands of Web sites. The frenzy began after a Costa Rican newspaper asked Edén Pastora, a former Sandinista comm...

Costa Rica Files ICJ Case Against Nicaragua
(CNN) — Costa Rica has taken its border dispute with Nicaragua to international court, repeating claims that its territory has been invaded. In a statement Thursday, Costa Rica’s Foreign Ministry said the country had filed a Lawsuit at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, to end a situation that “threatens imminent and irreparable harm” to Costa Rica. The suit asks the court to stop “the construction of a canal on Costa Rican soil,” ac...

Costa Rica's Border War with Nicaragua: A Boost for Ortega?
Costa Rica famously does not have a Military. But in a border tiff that has escalated into a Public Relations War, it seems to be getting the better of its neighbor Nicaragua. The point of contention is their mutual border. Earlier this month, Costa Rica accused Nicaragua of invading its territory and destroying protected forests as part of the Sandinista government's Military-supported river-dredging operations near the frontier. Nicaragua claims it has not crossed the border, and argues Cost...

NICARAGUA: Ortega Picks On Costa Rica to Rally Support At Home.
NICARAGUA: Ortega Picks On Costa Rica to Rally Support At Home. ...

Costa Rica's New IVF Law Unacceptable
11.17.10 - Costa Rica's proposed bill on in vitro fertilization (IVF) violates international Human Rights standards, according to a brief the Center submitted to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on November 18. Even though IVF has helped countless couples around the world have Children they desperately want, Costa Rica has outlawed it since 2000. The Center filed an friend-of-the-court brief supporting a Lawsuit against the absolute ban before the IACHR in 2004. In August ...

No. 10 Alabama's thoughts turn to Auburn and star quarterback Cam Newton
Alabama coach Nick Saban leads players Mark Ingram (22), Julio Jones (8), Preston Dial (85) and DeAndrew White (2) onto the field prior to an NCAA College Football game against Georgia State, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010, at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (AP Photo/Dave Martin) (AP) TUSCALOOSA, ALA. — Alabama safety Mark Barron doesn't hesitate when asked if he'd rather face No. 2 Auburn with or without its star Quarterback. "With Cam Newton," Barron said. "I want to play them when...

Ethics complaint, e-mail snafu in justice race
Twelve days before their Supreme Court Runoff election, challenger Tamela "Tammy" Adkins has been hit with an Ethics complaint, and her opponent, Justice David Nahmias, continued to have e-mail problems. Ga. Politics news, helpful links PolitiFact Georgia » Republican state senators: Said they reached a "power-sharing agreement" with Republican Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle Susan Voyles of Sandy Springs filed the complaint against Adkins on Thursday, charging that Adkins had not filed a...

No. 10 Alabama Destroys Georgia State 63-7
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Greg Mcelroy completed 12 of 13 passes for 159 yards and two touchdowns and No. 10 Alabama routed fledgling Georgia State 63-7 on Thursday night. It was the most points for the Crimson Tide (9-2) since a 66-3 win over Vanderbilt in 1979. The game against a Football Championship Subdivision team competing in its first year of College Football was predictably little more than a warmup for next week's showdown with No. 2 Auburn. The Panthers (6-5) are led by former Tide c...

Amigoe: Joran Van der Sloot possibly released after six years for Murder of Stephany Flores (Natalee Holloway)
From Amigoe  comes the following wishful thinking on the part of Joran Van der Sloot’s attorney Máximo Altívez … Joran Van der Sloot possibly released after 6 years if convicted for the Murder of Stephany Flores in Peru? Hardly. Van der Sloot faces up to 20 years and does anyone think that this punk will remain on good behavior in Prison? What is going to happen when the news comes back as to the ID of the jaw bone found in Aruba . His past is starting to catch up with him and t

In The News Now (ITN2): Islamic World Newswire; Islamic World in the News Now: Mixed reviews of Obama's speech in Indonesia
JAKARTA, Indonesia — In a much-anticipated Speech focusing on development, Democracy and religion, President Obama sought on Wednesday to strengthen America’s ties with Indonesia, a rising Asian power with the World’s largest Muslim population. But his intended audience was also elsewhere in the Muslim world, especially in the Middle East, where he began talking last year of a fresh start between the West and the Islamic World. Muslim leaders here praised Mr. Obama’s know...

A growing number of climate negotiators call for a stop to the bickering so that we can find solutions to climate change
The newest and perhaps best hope to push for strong international action to fight Climate Changes took place recently in Costa Rica. The countries in the so-called Cartagena Dialogue met again to discuss how this group of countries could help push for aggressive action at the international Climate treaty negotiations that will take place in December in Cancún, México. I just happened to be in Costa Rica before this meeting, working with our partners to help Costa Rica become more c...

Ortegas Land Grab
Get alerts when there is a new article that might interest you. With the world distracted by currency fights, European Debt problems, and other economic challenges, Nicaragua has quietly invaded and occupied the sovereign territory of Costa Rica. It is an act of naked aggression that deserves to be condemned and resisted by governments everywhere, yet most Americans have probably read little or nothing about it. Here’s a brief synopsis of what happened. At the direction of their government...

Meg Whitman pays ex-maid $5,500 settlement
Meg Whitman, who spent $145.1 million of her own money in an unsuccessful bid for California Governor, agreed Wednesday to write one more check - this time for $5,500 to Nicandra Diaz Santillan, her undocumented former housekeeper whose charges of financial abuse became a turning point in the Billionaire's race against Jerry Brown. "We're very, very happy about the settlement," said celebrity attorney Gloria Allred, who accompanied Diaz, an East Bay mother of three, to an informal hearing befo...

Oakland Wants A's to Stay Even if They Don't Want to
The A's may want to move to San Jose but with Baseball dragging its feet in approving a move into Giants' territory, the team may have to explore more options if it wants to play in a new stadium anytime soon. Oakland is moving ahead, with the full support of its new mayor-elect Jean Quan, to explore the possibility of building a new 39,000-seat stadium near Jack London Square and the 880. The Oakland Planning Commission will consider the proposal at a meeting on Dec. 1. The commission is curren...

Bay Area prosecutors warn TSA agents not to be sexual with pat downs
A passenger is patted down at Terminal A checkpoint. Passenger have a choice to skip this and instead go through the new full-body Scanner. (Karen T. Borchers/Mercury News) As nearly 2 million holiday travelers pack Bay Area airports starting Friday, local prosecutors have a warning for overzealous security agents performing the new federal pat-down: touch passengers the wrong way, and we'll throw you in jail. Unsuspecting families and rookie travelers using San Francisco, San Jose and Oakland i...

Gloria Allred says Meg Whitman needs to "do the right thing" for former housekeeper Nicky Diaz
San Jose -- Attorney Gloria Allred, representing Meg Whitman's former housekeeper Nicky Santillan Diaz at a labor conference today, advised the former GOP Gubernatorial Candidate that "it is never late to do the right thing,'' and urged her to pay the Mexican domestic worker wages she insists are still due. As cameras clicked away, Allred -- who arrived clutching Diaz's arm -- spoke to reporters and later went up and introduced herself to Whitman's husband, Stanford neurosurgeon Dr. Griffith ...

San Jose man says federal agents roughed him up in mistaken identity case
Source: San Jose Mercury News San Jose -- His arms yanked behind his back, face smashed against a car hood, David Cole shouted with pain, wondering why in the world he was getting busted by plain-clothed Law Enforcement agents in the handicapped parking space just outside of a Target. The 51-year-old Disabled man had no gun, no drugs, no warrants. Cole had heart pills, two bags of dog food, a bottle of bleach, and things for his wife, Zenobia, who was now screaming at the agents: "Why are you do...

Allred claims 'irrefutable evidence' in housekeeper case
From Susan Ferriss in San Jose: Attorney Gloria Allred said today that she has "Irrefutable" evidence that former Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Meg Whitman owes her former Mexican housekeeper between $8,000 and $10,000 in wages and mileage. The amount - which includes what the housekeeper spent on driving - is more than the approximately $6,000 wage claim that was originally filed against Whitman on Sept. 29. Whitman's husband, Griffith Harsh, an attorney for the couple and Whitman spok...

Meg Whitman's former maid gets $5,500 in back wages
Meg Whitman's former maid today was awarded $5,500 in back wages she claimed was owed to her from the former Candidate for Governor. Nicky Diaz Santillan and her celebrity attorney, Gloria Allred, met this morning at the California Division of Labor Standards and Enforcement in San Jose, seeking more than $10,000. She said she was owed the money for work she did beyond the 15 hours a week for which she was paid during the nine years she worked for Whitman. Santillan said she was asked to perfor...

Oakland moves ahead with waterfront ballpark plan : SFGate: Oakland Athletics : The Drumbeat
0 With Jean Quan as mayor-elect, Oakland is moving forward with its ballpark plan, presenting the Victory Court site on the estuary near Jack London Square as its preferred option to Major League Baseball, according to East Bay Express. Oakland's renewed interest comes after Victory Court supporter Quan narrowly defeated Don Perata, who did not support a new ballpark and had $25,000 in backing from A's owners Lew Wolff and John Fisher. Oakland will pay for an environmental impact report on th...