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SanJoseSun.com Tuesday 9th February 2010 Volume 3/06
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"It is unfair you enjoy a safe life while our brothers in Gaza suffer greatly. Our attacks will continue as long as you support Israel. "
Osama bin Laden
The al-Qaeda leader was addressing U.S. President Barack Obama in a recently-released videotape.

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Clowe lifts Sharks past Maple Leafs 3-2
Areva acquires Ausra, a Silicon Valley solar power plant start-up

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Use of computer games, mobiles, TV not linked to headaches in teens
World's most precise clock keeps time to 1 second in 3.7 billion years (Re- Issue)
Brain area responsible for fear of losing money discovered
Russia lends $300 mn to Sri Lanka for arms

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Bangladesh to make cell phones, laptops
NEWS: Intel introduces Itanium 9300 supercomputer chip
Jennings district votes to sell, give away computers

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Iran to stop enrichment if given nuclear fuel
(AP Photo/Mehr News Agency, Ruzbeh Jadidoleslam)Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, wears eye protection goggles as he visits an exhibition of Iran's laser science, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Feb....

Pa. Dem Murtha remembered as military advocate
(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)FILE - In this Sept. 13, 2006, file photo, Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Murtha, an influential critic of the...
Astronauts inspect shuttle on way to space station
(AP Photo/Terry Renna)Space Shuttle Endeavour lifts-off from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla. Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Endeavour's six member crew will deliver a large room with a cupola...
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Haitian man dragged alive from rubbleHaitian man dragged alive from rubble
A Haitian man has amazingly been pulled from rubble in the destroyed city of Port au...

US warned to beware terror incidents overseasUS warned to beware terror incidents overseas
Al-Qaeda has made another threat toward the...
Mogadishu residents flee impending fightMogadishu residents flee impending fight
There have been more terror attacks linked to rebel and government forces in Mogadishu,...
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Toyota receives summons from Japanese government over problemsToyota receives summons from Japanese government over problems
Toyota's president is due to brief the Japanese government on the Prius...

More nuclear power for ArgentinaMore nuclear power for Argentina
Argentina has decided to build a third nuclear plant by end of the...
Greece to boost government revenues with taxGreece to boost government revenues with tax
Greece will institute tax reforms to urgently boost government...
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bullet China miffed over plan to name stadium after Dalai Lama corner

Beijing, Jan 22 (IANS/EFE) The Chinese government has said a Costa Rican presidential candidate's pledge to name a stadium in San Jose after Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama 'is not in line with the common desires of the two countries'.

In a statement to EFE, the Chinese foreign ministry said the stadium 'represents the Chinese people's friendship with Costa Ricans'. China has contributed $83 million to build it.

The ministry was responding to statements by Otton Solis, leader of the centre-left Citizen Action Party, that he would name the stadium after the exiled leader to highlight Costa Rica's lack of economic dependence.

The Dalai Lama has been living in exile in Dharamsala in India since a failed Tibetan uprising against the Chinese government in 1959. He acknowledges that Tibet is part of China, but Beijing still considers him a revolutionary.

The 35,000-capacity stadium will have offices for 32 sports federations, giant video screens, a sports museum, a track-and-field course and rooms for table tennis, fencing and chess.

Costa Rican authorities are planning to inaugurate the stadium in February or March of 2011 with sporting activities, a concert by a famous artist and a soccer game between Costa Rican and China.

The stadium is one of the flagship projects stemming from the resumption of diplomatic relations between Costa Rica and China June 1, 2007, which required the severing of ties between the Central American country and Taiwan, regarded by Beijing as a renegade province.


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