New Ascend Collection Marketing Message Puts Focus on Guests
MarketWatch (press release)
Launched in late 2008, the network today has 71 hotels open in the United States, Canada, Costa Rica, Scandinavia and the Caribbean. It boasts a total contribution rate from Choice Hotels of more than 58 percent, the highest among the Choice family of …

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Sea Shepherd leader fears for his life
Sydney Morning Herald
In responses to Fairfax Media's questions relayed to him in a Frankfurt Airport holding cell overnight, Mr Watson expressed fears for his life in Costa Rica if extradition was granted by Germany. But he said that, whatever the outcome of the case, …
Costa Rica confirms Watson extradition demandMaribyrnong Weekly
Costa Rica Confirms They Want WatsonInside Costa Rica
Paul Watson prepares defense in Costa RicaTico Times
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Costa Rica confirms Watson extradition demand
Sydney Morning Herald
The Costa Rican government has officially confirmed its demand for the extradition from Germany of hardline conservation leader Paul Watson. German authorities queried the status of an arrest warrant for Mr Watson, a Canadian, after he was detained at …
Sea Shepherd hopes to halt Watson's extraditionTheChronicleHerald.ca
Bardot offering to take Watson's place in prisonThe Province
Sea Shepherd leader Paul Watson in German jailCTV.ca
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Canadian anti-whaling activist arrested in Germany
CTV.ca
An international anti-whaling group put pressure on German officials Tuesday to halt what it calls a politically motivated push to have its Canadian founder extradited to Costa Rica. The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society said Paul Watson, …
Paul Watson: Sea Shepherd's leader in jail pending extradition hearing to …Canada.com
Sea Shepherd founder in legal netHerald Sun
Anti-whaling group leader arrested in GermanyTimes of India
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Another resignation hits Costa Rica's cabinet
Reuters UK
By Isabella Cota | SAN JOSE (Reuters) – Costa Rica's justice minister, Hernando Paris, stepped down on Tuesday citing personal reasons, the fifth cabinet member of President Laura Chinchilla's cabinet to leave post this year. Paris, who also served in …
Costa Rica sets sights on ChinaFruitnet.com
Costa Rican postal service to process ID renewal for foreignersTico Times
Coaching Costa Rica: A Passion For Runningvelonews.competitor.com
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'Project X' star Oliver Cooper joins Ben Affleck, Justin Timberlake in 'Runner …
Entertainment Weekly
Cooper will play Andrew Cronin, a twentysomething Ivy League computer nerd who gets hired along with Furst to work for Ivan Block (Ben Affleck), an online gambling billionaire who works out of Costa Rica and whose business is even less legitimate than …

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A few casting updates, hot off the press:
Collider.com
Cooper will play “a twentysomething Ivy League computer nerd who gets hired along with [Timberlake] to work for Ivan Block (Affleck), an online gambling billionaire who works out of Costa Rica and whose business is even less legitimate than it first …

Watson in German court, faces extradition to Costa Rica
TheChronicleHerald.ca
Paul Watson of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society must remain in custody while German authorities weigh a request to have him extradited to Costa Rica, his lawyer said after the hearing. It's unclear how long the process will take, Oliver Wallasch said.
Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson faces extraditionBBC News
Sea Shepherd Chief Appears In Court After Arrest In GermanyRTT News
Sea Shepherd leader remains in custodyHerald Sun
The Costa Rica Star -Reuters UK
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The Figueres family led Costa Rica's revolution, and now its green revolution
The Guardian
Say the name Figueres in Costa Rica and it's bound to get a reaction. José "Don Pepe" Figueres led the 1948 revolution, was president three times, nationalised the banks and gave women and black people the vote. His daughter Christiana is the UN's …
It Is Hard To Be True To The Cause!Inside Costa Rica

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Sea Shepherd's Paul Watson arrested in Germany
CTV.ca
AP FRANKFURT — The Canadian founder of an environmental activist group known for its confrontations with whalers and fishermen has been arrested in Germany for extradition to Costa Rica, where he is wanted for allegedly endangering a fishing boat in …
Sea Shepherd leader remains in custodyHerald Sun
Anti-whale-hunt activist held by German courtReuters UK
Environmentalist arrested in Frankfurt remanded in custodyDeutsche Welle
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