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LIVING IN BELIZE DEALS OF THE WEEK

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• Turnkey beachfront resort in southern Belize. US$469,000

• Modern seaview house near Dangriga, partial owner financing. US$159,000

• Mata Grande grocery on North Ambergris, with house, boat & more, financing avail, US$599,000

• El Chiclero Inn in Burrell Boom -- price reduced

• Recently built home in Ladyville, 1,400 sq. ft., US$150,000

• Beautiful home in San Ignacio, US$150,000

• 31 acres in Big Falls,US$45,000

• Nearly new two-bedroom custom-built tropical home in Consejo Shores, Corozal, with tile floors,

lots of mahogany, landscaping, ideal for retirement living US$120,000

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NEWS FLASH!

--SERIES OF HOME INVASIONS IN SAN PEDRO, BELIZE CITY AND CAYO

--U.S. EXPAT BRUTALLY MURDERED IN CAYO

--KIM SIMPLIS BARROW ANNOUNCES SHE HAS BREAST CANCER, IS IN MIAMI FOR TREATMENT

--IMF GIVES MIXED ECONOMIC REPORT ON BELIZE

--BELIZEAN PLACES 7TH IN FINALS OF WORLD SERIES OF POKER IN LAS VEGAS

--FRANCIS FONSECA NEW PUP PARTY LEADER

--HURRICANE RINA MISSES BELIZE

--BELIZE RANKED #6 IN WORLD IN HOMICIDES

--FORMER PM GEORGE PRICE, WHO LED BELIZE TO INDEPENDENCE, PASSES AT AGE 92

--AMERICAN HONEYMOONER LOSES LEG IN SNORKELING ACCIDENT OFF SAN PEDRO

--NEW DOWNTOWN WELCOME CENTER PLANNED FOR SAN IGNACIO

--BORDER TENSIONS WITH GUATEMALA RISE

--TROPICAL STORM HARVEY PASSES OVER BELIZE, BRINGS LITTLE DAMAGE

--ALGAE BLOOMS REPORTED OFF SOUTHERN BELIZE

--S&P DOWNGRADES BELIZE CREDIT RATING

--CIVIL LIBERTIES PROPONENTS FIGHT PM'S ATTEMPT TO GRANT LEGISLATURE ABSOLUTE RIGHT TO AMEND CONSTITUTION

--GOVERNMENT NATIONALIZES POWER COMPANY

--AUTO BUSINESS CONSOLIDATES

--SEASONAL RAINS BEGIN

--HURRICANE SEASON STARTS

--NEW AUTO/PEDESTRIAN FERRY SERVICE BETWEEN TAMPA AND MEXICO PLANNED

--U.S. EMBASSY WARNS ON TIKAL TRAVEL AFTER 27 DIE IN MASSACRE IN THE PETEN

--BELMOPAN BAR OWNER'S HOME RAIDED BY GANG SUPPRESSION UNIT

--DR RACHEL GRAHAM RECEIVES WHITLEY AWARD FOR WORK IN BELIZE SHARK CONSERVATION

--DRY SEASON FIRES BLANKET PARTS OF CAYO WITH SMOKE AND HAZE

--BROTHER OF GEORGE PRICE MURDERED

-- FODOR'S BELIZE UPDATE BY LAN SLUDER SET

--TOURISM BOARD SITES DOWN -- ARE INTERNET RANKINGS AND TOURISM DOLLARS AT RISK?

--CHINESE SHOPS DARK FOR TWO DAYS TO PROTEST MURDERS IN BELIZE CITY

--PM BARROW FLOATS PREVENTIVE DETENTION, NO JURY TRIALS IN MURDER AND UPGRADED POLICE

--CENSUS SHOWS BELIZE POPULATION OF 313,000

--TOURIST DIES IN BARTON CREEK CAVES CANOEING ACCIDENT

--CHALLENGE FILED TO BELIZE ANTI-GAY LAW

-- U.S. EMBASSY WARNS ON BUS TRAVEL BEWTWEEN BELIZE BORDER AND FLORES/TIKAL

--INN AT ROBERT'S GROVE CHANGES HANDS

--CRUISE PASSENGER DIES AS RESULT OF SNORKELING ACCIDENT

--CARNIVAL CANCELS BELIZE PORT CALLS IN TENDER DISPUTE

--U.S. VISITOR DETAINED IN BELIZE AFTER TRAFFIC ACCIDENT, GETS INTERNATIONAL PUBLICITY

--CRUISE TOURIST DIES IN FALL FROM SHIP

--BELIZE SETS RECORD FOR HOMICIDES

--NEW YEAR'S HONOURS ANNOUNCED

--STATE OF SEIGE DECLARED IN PART OF GUATEMALA

--NATIONAL TRANSPORT'S LICENSE PULLED

--THE END OF BATSUB AND THE BRITISH ARMY IN BELIZE?

--HURRICANE SEASON ENDS

SIR BARRY BOWEN DIES IN AIRPLANE CRASH

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Lan "The-Belize-Answer-Man" Sluder is editor of Belize First Magazine and the author of several books on Belize, including San Pedro Cool, Belize First Guide to Mainland Belize, Adapter Kit: Belize and Living Abroad in Belize. His new 2010 guidebook, Fodor's Belize, is now in bookstores worldwide. If he can't answer your question, he'll find someone who can.
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