Starbucks , TransFair USA and the Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International (FLO) announced October 28 a groundbreaking initiative that builds upon the organizations’ shared history of support for small-scale coffee farmers. Starbucks, one of the largest buyers of Fair Trade Certified...
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Lisa Marie Schluttenhofer of the Western Boone FFA Chapter was named a national winner and earned a $1,000 prize during the National FFA Convention last week in Indianapolis. Schluttenhofer, of Thorntown, was one of only four people chosen to compete...
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Saturday, November 29, 2008 Cheating plagues online gambling sites The Washington Post Whenever Todd Witteles signed on to an Internet poker site, the first thing he did was look around for inexperienced players. One day in August 2007, the Las...
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They overcame the final hurdle Tuesday by approving laws dealing with intellectual property. Costa Rica's president has applauded the move.
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Although Costa Rica has no military, "it is not a naive nation," stressed Arias, a 1987 Novel Peace Prize laureate. "We have not come here for the abolition of all armies. We have not even come to urge the drastic...
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7 tonnes of cocaine caught by the US coast guards in Costa Rica. the costa rican authoroties confirmed 4 columbian smugglers were caught who are not amatures in the drug game. there were 37 bales of coke caught and the...
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Early in the the first set of the 23rd PNC Tennis Classic last night, the sport's megastar, Serena Williams , had a ball bounce off her head from a ricochet off the baseline wall. The world's No.1 player flashed a...
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