Margallo stressed that the opening of the Center is a great achievement which began in 2008 at the International Conference on Dialogue held in Madrid under the auspices of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, (...)
Maria Martinez Sanchez won the Hansol Korea Open on Sunday, defeating Galina Voskoboeva in the final in straight sets, 7-6 (0), 7-6 (2).
The Spaniard, who was sixth-seeded for the tournament on Seoul's Olympic Park hard courts, showed her (...)
in-the-eye assault on Barcelona's assistant trainer was “an act of arrogance and impotence” and Real Madrid must rein in its controversial coach, Dutch great Johan Cruyff said.
Mourinho is being investigated by the Spanish soccer federation (RFEF) (...)
the-park drive for his first major league home run, a leadoff shot that sent the Houston Astros over the San Francisco Giants 7-5 Saturday night.
Altuve had three hits and J.D. Martinez homered, doubled and drove in four runs as the Astros matched (...)
the-park drive for his first major league home run, a leadoff shot that sent the Houston Astros over the San Francisco Giants 7-5 Saturday night.
Altuve had three hits and J.D. Martinez homered, doubled and drove in four runs as the Astros (...)
EBay Inc. is buying mobile payments provider Zong for about $240 million in cash so it can extend the reach of its PayPal online payments service, AP reported.
The online auctioneer said Thursday that Zong will help strengthen PayPal's position in (...)
Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz assured stock market analysts that the Internet company is trying to repair the damage caused by a recent change in a key investment in China, according to AP.
Bartz made her remarks Wednesday at the start of a six-hour (...)
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 hit Costa Rica on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of injuries.
The quake was centered about 16 miles (25 km) west of the capital city of San Jose at a depth of 43 (...)
Fifty people survived a shipwreck in the Nicoya Gulf off Costa Rica's Pacific Coast, Costa Rican media reported Monday.
A group of tourists was travelling to Isla Tortuga, in western
Costa Rica, when the vessel capsized Sunday, dpa quoted the (...)
A 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck Friday night 41 km (26 miles) north-northwest of San Jose, Costa Rica, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
Journalist Djenane Villanueva in San Jose told CNN she felt the earthquake, that it was long, but that she (...)
Chile's mining minister announced that a shaft wide enough to provide an escape for 33 trapped miners should reach the men by Saturday _ and that their rescue could begin anywhere from two to 10 days after that.
Once the drill breaks through to the (...)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is promoting democratic and social reforms in Latin America, where many nations have troubled political histories and uneven democratic performance, according to AP.
At a meeting Thursday of top (...)
Costa Ricans have elected their first woman president as the ruling party candidate won in a landslide after campaigning to continue free market policies in Central America's most stable nation.
With most of the votes from Sunday's election (...)
"I am the best alternative," Costa
Rica's first female president Laura Chinchilla said during the
election when asked why voters should choose her over her male
competitors in Sunday's balloting, dpa reported.
The differences between the (...)
The Costa Rican Health Ministry announced here on Friday that A/H1N1 flu death toll in the country had reached 47, while the number of the flu infected patients rose to about 1,500, Xinhua reported.
Costa Rican Health Minister Luisa Avila, in an (...)
Costa Rican President Oscar Arias was suffering from the A-H1N1 virus, or swine flu, the government announced Tuesday.
Arias, 68, had a cold in the morning and a subsequent examination
revealed that he had been infected with the swine flu (...)
Mediation talks
to solve the political deadlock in Honduras following a
military coup dragged into a second day on Sunday as deposed
President Manuel Zelaya's team said time was running out for a
diplomatic solution, according to Reuters.
Costa (...)
Costa Rican President Oscar Arias on
Saturday warned against the use of violence in settling the political
dispute in Honduras in the wake of last month's coup, according to dpa.
Arias is holding a second round of negotiations to settle (...)
Meetings aimed at ending the political crisis in
Honduras began Thursday at the home of Costa Rican President Oscar
Arias, but hours later there was sign of any headway, according to dpa.
Arias, who has taken on the role of mediator, hosted (...)
Claude Juncker plan a joint media appearance on Sunday night to try to reassure Europeans that the bloc will continue to function whatever the outcome.
The 2000 Nice Treaty, the last attempt to reform the EU's institutions, will remain in force (...)