Costa Rica referendum appears to narrowly approve CAFTA; Serbian police arrest 56 neo-Nazis when they attack anti-fascist march...

8 October :: 65% of electorate reported to have participated in Costa Rica free trade referendum; preliminary data suggested likely rejection of proposed CAFTA trade deal with US; with 89% of precincts reporting, a narrow majority of 52% appeared to have passed the trade agreement with the US, Costa Rica's pres. declaring the deal had passed, while Eugenio Trejas, leader of the opposition to the deal said his group would demand a ballot-by-ballot manual recount of all votes cast... Police detain 56 neo-Nazis in Novi Sad, Serbia, when they attacked a protest against fascism; UPI reports "At least four people were injured, including a Belgrade B92 television cameraman and the head of Novi Sad’s Helsinki Human Rights committee, when about 80 neo-Nazis hurled stones and bottles on several hundred citizens protesting against the rise of fascism in Serbia"... New Mexico authorizes construction of world's first commercial spaceport; structure will house 7 spacecraft, be hub to Virgin Galactic, which hopes to launch its first commercial flight in 2009... Vandals broke into Musée d'Orsay, in Paris, tore hole Claude Monet's 1874 painting “The Argenteuil Bridge"; French minister of culture Christine Albanel said the act was "an attack against our memory and our heritage"; the vandalism is the latest in a series of attacks against and thefts of cultural objects in France this year... CNN reports WWII veterans dying at rate of 1,000 per day; Arlington National Cemetery has plans to expand its terrain in order to keep operating until 2060...