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| WOKING, England: With prices in neighbouring islands rising steadily and availability of land to develop becoming scarce, investment hunters should look to the Dominican Republic, according to a leading property investment company in Britain. read more.. |
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| WASHINGTON, USA: In a ceremony held at the Organization of American States (OAS), the government of the Dominican Republic on Monday formalised its ratification of the Inter-American Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities. read more.. |
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| MIAMI, USA: Don Ramon Mamajuan has announced the launch of its Mamajuana liqueur drink mix in the US starting February 27. This will be the first time that such a product from the Dominican Republic is available for the US market. read more.. |
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| SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (Reuters): The Dominican Republic's main opposition party has selected a former public works minister as its candidate for the May 2008 presidential election, a party official said. read more.. |
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| WASHINGTON, USA (Reuters): Exploitative migrant labour agreements and years of unregulated migration have created a permanent underclass of people of Haitian descent in the Caribbean, including in the Dominican Republic. read more.. |
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| SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (Reuters): The Dominican Republic government on Sunday said it would not tolerate foreign interference in its affairs after a group of visiting US lawmakers criticised the treatment of Haitians on Dominican sugar plantations. read more.. |
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| NEW YORK, USA (AFP): Jose Uribe, who played 10 seasons in Major League Baseball, died Friday in a road accident in his native Dominican Republic, MLB.com reported. According to the website, 47-year-old Uribe was driving on the Nizao-San Cristobal Highway when he crashed. read more.. |
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ROSEAU, Dominica:  The Government of Dominica wants to see the continued success of a vibrant, viable and sustainable agricultural sector in Dominica, said Minister for Public Works and Public Utilities and trained agriculturalist, Ambrose George, on Monday. read more.. |
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| SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (Reuters): Nine people were killed on Monday in a predawn fire that swept through a nightclub in the Dominican capital Santo Domingo, authorities said. read more.. |
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| GCC BOURDA, Guyana: The Dominican Republic claimed their first victory in the second round Group H of the Digicel Caribbean Cup against a luckless Antigua and Barbuda side. read more.. |
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| GCC BOURDA, Guyana: Former French international and Marseilles superstar Angloma came on as substitute and emerged as the hero for Guadeloupe in the opening Group H game of the Digicel Caribbean Cup in Guyana. read more.. |
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| TOKYO, Japan (AFP): Japan's parliament Tuesday approved payouts of up to two million yen (17,000 dollars) each to Japanese who suffered hardship in the Dominican Republic after emigrating in the 1950s. read more.. |
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| WASHINGTON, USA (AFP): The US Coast Guard is taking pictures and fingerprints of all illegal immigrants it stops between Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico to better identify unwanted people, the Department of Homeland Security said Monday. read more.. |
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WASHINGTON, USA:  Noting the importance of stability on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, the president of the Dominican Republic has called international attention to the problems of Haiti, and has urged US President George W. Bush to "help Haiti in any way you can." read more.. |
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| WASHINGTON, USA: Refugees International (RI) and Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS) are conducting a joint visit to Haiti and the Dominican Republic from November 6 to 17. read more.. |
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| SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (Reuters): Two Taiwanese students were killed and five injured when gunman fired on their home in the Dominican Republic in what was believed to be revenge for a car accident that killed a child, police said. read more.. |
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| ROSEAU, Dominica: As Dominica climaxes its month long celebrations of the 28th Anniversary of its Independence, one young entrepreneur has responded to the call for more of its musicians to benefit financially from their talent. read more.. |
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| NEW YORK, USA (Reuters): Free agent reliever Guillermo Mota, who ended the season with the New York Mets, was suspended for 50 games on Wednesday for violating Major League Baseball's (MLB) drug policy. read more.. |
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| UNITED NATIONS, (Bloomberg): Venezuela has asked a second country, the Dominican Republic, to become a candidate for a Latin American seat on the United Nations Security Council and end the deadlocked race with Guatemala. read more.. |
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WASHINGTON, USA (Bloomberg):  President George W. Bush has assured the Dominican Republic's president that the US is working to begin the Central American Free Trade agreement "as soon as possible." The accord removes duties on 80 percent of the $15 billion in annual US exports to the region. read more.. |
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| LONDON, England (Bloomberg): Chernobyl, the site of the world's worst nuclear accident, and the town of Bajos de Haina in the Dominican Republic share something in common: They both feature on a list of the world's 10 worst polluted places. read more.. |
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| NEW YORK, USA (Bloomberg): The Dominican Republic's debt rating may be raised by credit rating agency, Moody's Investors' Service, which said the government of the Caribbean country is keeping spending under control and helping accelerate growth. read more.. |
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| BASSETERRE, St Kitts: The Bureau of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM has agreed to recommend the re-examination of the admittance of the Dominican Republic as a full member of the regional integration movement. read more.. |
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| SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AFP): US hotelier Sol Kerzner on Friday recovered the remains of his son, said airport personnel, after he was killed in a helicopter crash. read more.. |
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| SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (Reuters): Howard "Butch" Kerzner, chief executive of hotel and casino operator Kerzner International Holdings Ltd., was killed on Wednesday in a helicopter crash in the Dominican Republic. read more.. |
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| ROSEAU, Dominica: A campaign to limit wanton sex practices, most common during festive seasons, will take place during the World Creole Music Festival in Dominica; to protect both locals and visitors from transmission of the HIV/AIDS virus. read more.. |
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| WASHINGTON, USA: The 2006 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award will be presented to Sonia Pierre, Director of the Movement for Dominican Women of Haitian Descent (MUDHA), next month. read more.. |
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| ST THOMAS, USVI: Four goals from Jonathan Fana carried the Dominican Republic to a huge 6-1 win over the US Virgin Islands in the final Group C match of the 2006 Digicel Caribbean Cup, played in St Thomas on Sunday evening. read more.. |
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| SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AFP): Forty-eight illegal immigrants trying to reach the US territory of Puerto Rico were rescued by Dominican and US authorities when their boat capsized, a report said Sunday. read more.. |
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| SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (Reuters): The government of the Dominican Republic on Tuesday accused a former education minister of stealing $20 million that was supposed to have paid for school meals for poor students. read more.. |
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| UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters): China and its allies on Tuesday blocked Taiwan's bid for United Nations membership for the 14th consecutive year, notwithstanding support from Belize, St Kitts and Nevis, St Vincent and the Grenadines, and Dominican Republic. read more.. |
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| UNITED NATIONS, : Dominican Republic women who migrated abroad to earn more money were empowered by their new roles as household breadwinners and decision-makers but were still expected to conform to traditional gender roles, according to a study released Wednesday. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: About 38 service-orientated companies in Trinidad and Tobago are expected to be part of a high powered regional trade mission to the Dominican Republic from October 16 to 20. read more.. |
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| OKAYAMA, Japan (AFP): Defending champions Brazil defeated the Dominican Republic in three sets Saturday to maintain their unbeaten record in the World Grand Prix women's volleyball tournament. read more.. |
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| NEW YORK, USA: Commemorating 1,000 Jews rescued from Nazi Germany by the Dominican Republic, the Dominican Republic Ambassador will open an exhibit in New York on Sunday, September 10, 2006, to honour the Dominican Republic community for its heroic role during the Holocaust. read more.. |
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| SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (Reuters): At least 6,000 soldiers joined police on patrol in the Dominican Republic on Wednesday and nightclub restrictions were set to go into effect as the government began a crackdown on crime. read more.. |
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| TOKYO, Japan (AFP): Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi offered a formal apology Friday to Japanese nationals who migrated to the Dominican Republic under false promises of a Caribbean paradise. read more.. |
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| SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (Reuters): Four Dominican Republic migrants died and two were seriously ill after suffocating in a container on a ship that they hoped would smuggle them into the United States, police said on Tuesday. read more.. |
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| MADRID, Spain (AFP): Explorer Christopher Columbus was a cruel and greedy tyrant who ruled the first land he annexed in the New World with a brutal disregard for humanity, according to documents published here Friday. read more.. |
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| TOKYO, Japan (AFP): The Tokyo government will compensate Japanese who were encouraged to emigrate to the Dominican Republic after World War II under false promises of a Caribbean paradise, supporters said Thursday read more.. |
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| TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP): Taiwan will pledge 50 million US dollars in aid to its diplomatic ally Dominican Republic to help build a science park in the Caribbean state, the foreign ministry said Friday. read more.. |
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| SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters): The Dominican Republic has turned to baseball legend Sammy Sosa in a bid to lift its economic and marketing image in Asia. read more.. |
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| MIAMI, USA (UPI): Crew members of a ship docked at Miami found two dead stowaways sealed inside a cargo container, the U.S. Coast Guard said. read more.. |
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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP):  Taiwan on Monday rolled out the red carpet to welcome President Leonel Fernandez of the Dominican Republic, one of the 25 countries still maintaining diplomatic ties with the island. The Dominican Republic leader was welcomed with a 21-gun salute and a military honour guard. read more.. |
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| TOKYO, Japan (UPI): Japan will give money to citizens who immigrated to the Dominican Republic in the 1950s based on false information from the government. read more.. |
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| TOKYO, Japan (Reuters): A Tokyo court rejected on Wednesday a suit by Japanese who emigrated to the Dominican Republic under a government scheme a half century ago, only to find a "hellish nightmare" instead of the expected "paradise". read more.. |
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| SANTIAGO, Chile (AFP): President Michelle Bachelet leaves Wednesday for a tour of Haiti, Jamaica and the Dominican Republic and a visit to the United States, where she will meet with President George W. Bush, Chile's foreign ministry said. read more.. |
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| PARIS, France (Bloomberg): Alstom SA, the world's second-biggest train maker, won an order worth 92.5 million euros ($118.6 million) to supply 19 train sets for the first subway line in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. read more.. |
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| TOKYO, Japan (Reuters): Fifty years ago, Toru Takegama joined hundreds of Japanese farmers on a one-way voyage to the Dominican Republic in search of fortune on a promised "paradise in the Caribbean Sea". read more.. |
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| WASHINGTON, USA (AFP): US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has cancelled plans to attend the upcoming general assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) and will instead be sending her deputy, her office announced Thursday. read more.. |
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| SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AFP): Christopher Columbus' legacy in the "New World" is so controversial that many people in the Dominican Republic, which claims to be his final resting place, believe it is bad luck to mention his name. read more.. |
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| WASHINGTON, USA: The hemisphere’s highest-level judicial authorities will meet from April 24 to 26 in the Dominican Republic, to further their cooperation in areas such as fighting organized transnational crime and strengthening justice systems in the region. read more.. |
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| CALGARY, Canada (Bloomberg): Bank of Nova Scotia, Canada's third-largest bank by assets, has agreed to buy Citigroup Inc.'s consumer-banking business in the Dominican Republic as it acquires international assets to boost revenue. read more.. |
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| OTTAWA, Canada (AFP): Canada deported three Caribbean-born men late Wednesday with links to a Pakistan terror group and considered "a security risk" who had earlier been convicted of trying to bomb a Hindu temple, officials told AFP Thursday. read more.. |
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| PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti: Haiti and the Dominican Republic are preparing for the second edition of the ecological, tourist and production exhibition christened "Let us protect our frontier rivers." read more.. |
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| MADRID, Spain (Bloomberg): Union Fenosa SA, Spain's No. 3 power company, received $296 million from the Dominican Republic for its stakes in Edenorte and Edesur, electricity distributors in that country. read more.. |
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| SAN DIEGO, California (AFP): Having waited decades to prove themselves against Major League Baseball stars, Cuban amateurs downed an elite Dominican Republic team 3-1 Saturday to reach the World Baseball Classic final. read more.. |
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| WASHINGTON, USA: The Organization of American States (OAS) will hold the thirty-sixth regular session of its annual General Assembly in La Romana, Dominican Republic, from June 4 to 6, under the central theme of “Good Governance and Democratic Development in the Knowledge-Based Society.” read more.. |
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| SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AFP): Alberto Castillo scored the winning run on a passed ball here Tuesday to give Dominican Republic a 2-1 victory over Venezuela and a berth in the World Baseball Classic semi-finals. read more.. |
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| SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AFP): David Ortiz smacked a home run and Odalis Perez pitched 4 2/3 scoreless innings to lead the Dominican Republic past Cuba 7-3 here Monday in a second-round game at the World Baseball Classic. read more.. |
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| SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AFP): Jose Cruz knocked in three runs and Puerto Rico remained unbeaten in the World Baseball Classic by defeating Dominican Republic 7-1 in a second-round match here Sunday. read more.. |
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| ORLANDO, USA (AFP): Albert Pujols, Alberto Castillo and Alfonso Soriano each knocked in two runs to lead unbeaten Dominican Republic past Australia 6-4 here Friday at the World Baseball Classic. read more.. |
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| ORLANDO, USA (AFP): Moises Alou, Albert Pujols and Adrian Beltre smacked home runs to power Dominican Republic past Italy 8-3 and into the second round of the World Baseball Classic here Thursday. read more.. |
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| MIAMI, USA (UPI): A Miami resident narrowly escaped becoming the first U.S. citizen extradited to the Dominican Republic, the Miami Herald reported. read more.. |
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| ORLANDO, USA (AFP): David Ortiz and Adrian Beltre each smashed a pair of home runs, powering the Dominican Republic past Venezuela 11-5 here Tuesday in a first-round opener at the World Baseball Classic. read more.. |
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| TOKYO, Japan (AFP): Late-breaking bad news, in the form of Manny Ramirez' decision not to play, shouldn't stop the Dominican Republic from contending with Venezuela for top honors in Group D of the World Baseball Classic. read more.. |
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| MADRID, Spain (AFP): A Spanish-led crackdown on users of internet paedophilia sites has led to arrests in 17 countries, including the Dominican Republic, a European body said Thursday. read more.. |
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