Costa Rica team resumes search for missing US hiker after police spot body in crater lagoon

September 30th, 2009 2 Alaska girls die after falling into lagoonANCHORAGE, Alaska — Two 4-year-old girls have died after falling through thin ice into a lagoon in the small city of Barrow in northern Alaska. North Slope Borough Police Lt.

August 25th, 2009 Nicaragua to dredge border river with Costa RicaMANAGUA, Nicaragua — Nicaragua will reroute a river on the border with Costa Rica that has been at the center of a lengthy dispute between the two Central American countries, the Nicaraguan government announced Tuesday. Eden Pastora, president of the committee for development of the San Juan River, said the dredging project will begin at the end of September and cost $1 million.

July 26th, 2009 Body of missing hiker believed found in CanyonGRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. — Authorities say they have found a body in Grand Canyon National Park and believe it's that of a Northern Arizona University student missing on a hiking trip.

June 28th, 2009 Honduran president in Costa Rica after arrestSAN JOSE, Costa Rica — A high-ranking official says that Honduran President Manuel Zelaya is in Costa Rica following his detention by soldiers in his homeland. The official at the Costa Rican president's office was not authorized to be quoted by name.

June 28th, 2009 Honduran president calls arrest a 'kidnapping'SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Honduran President Manuel Zelaya says soldiers rousted him out of bed, beat his body guards and arrested him in his pajamas in what he criticized as "a coup" and "a kidnapping." Zelaya told a local television station Sunday that he is at the airport in San Jose, capital of Costa Rica. He said he would not recognize any attempt to name a replacement for him following his detention earlier Sunday.

June 10th, 2009 Rescuers pick up signal from missing NM helicopterSANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico authorities say they are getting an emergency transponder signal from one of their own helicopters that went missing north of Santa Fe.

June 10th, 2009 Crews search for missing helicopter in New MexicoSANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico authorities are searching for one of their own helicopters that went missing shortly after its crew rescued a lost hiker.

June 10th, 2009 Rescuers near signal from missing NM helicopterSANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico authorities say rescue teams are within a half-mile of the snow-covered mountain area where they expect to find a State Police helicopter that went missing near Santa Fe.

June 8th, 2009 Body of second US climber found in ChinaBEIJING — Rescuers struggling through high winds and blizzards recovered the body of a second American climber Monday after an avalanche buried a team of three U.S. mountaineers in southwestern China last week, an official said.

May 10th, 2009 SAN JOSE - Costa Rica has confirmed its first death from the influenza A(H1N1) virus, also called swine flu. The 53-year-old man died early Saturday after contracting the virus.

May 9th, 2009 Costa Rica confirms its 1st swine flu deathSAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Costa Rica's health minister confirmed the death of a 53-year-old patient with swine flu on Saturday, the first death from the pandemic outside of a North American nation. The man, who also had diabetes and chronic lung disease, was one of eight swine flu cases in the Central American country that have been confirmed by the U.S.

January 27th, 2009 LUCKNOW - A police constable was found shot dead on a road in Uttar Pradesh's Mirzapur district Wednesday, police said. His AK-47 rifle and mobile phone were missing.

January 10th, 2009 SAN JOSE - The toll in Thursday’s devastating earthquake in Costa Rica has risen to 20, while thousands of people lost their homes in the aftermath, EFE reported. The rescue work has been intensified after more bodies were found in the quake-affected areas of the Andean nation, the report said Saturday.

January 9th, 2009 SAN JOSE - The toll in Costa Rica's 6.2 magnitude quake has risen to 10, EFE reported. Officials said the most affected regions are near the epicentre of the quake near a mountainous region in the central part of Costa Rica.

January 8th, 2009 SAN JOSE - At least five people were killed after an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 on the Richter Scale shook Costa Rica, media reported Friday. More than 300 people were injured and scores remained missing after the quake, which took place Thursday at 1.21 p.m.