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August 12, 2009

Costa Rican President Contracts Mild Case of Swine Flu
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Meanwhile, the international mediator in the Honduran crisis, Costa
Rican President Oscar Arias, has contracted the swine flu virus. The
Costa Rican government says Arias is suffering from a mild case and will
return to his full duties next week. Arias is the first head of state
known to have caught the swine flu.



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