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World Business Briefing | Americas: Costa Rica: Trade Agreement With China Advances

Jun. 16, 2009
China and Costa Rica have discussed the exchange of goods and services in a third round of talks for a free-trade treaty they hope to complete this year, officials said. Costa Rica is the third Latin American country, after Chile and Peru, to negotiate a free trade deal with China.
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler