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  1. Haiti begins cash transfer social program
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    It aims to reach 100,000 families in four of the capital's poorest neighborhoods. Mothers with children enrolled in the first through sixth grades can receive up to $20 a month if they keep the youngsters in school. Venezuela's Petrocaribe fund is... Full Article at San Francisco Chronicle

  2. Haiti faces 30-year climb to middle-income status: official
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    It will take Haiti the better part three decades to become a middle income country on par with its Caribbean island neighbour, the Dominican Republic, says the top U.S. official on the file. But Thomas Adams, the State Department's special co-ordinator... Full Article at CTV

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    A boy plays soccer in a backyard in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Wednesday May 23, 2012.

    A boy plays soccer in a backyard in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Wednesday May 23, 2012. View Photo »

  4. I'm very happy to have reached this agreement. I feel like a child, the same as I felt when I signed my first professional contract with the Oakland Athletics out of the Dominican Republic
    SOURCE: Sports Illustrated 3 weeks ago
  5. Haiti Begins Cash Transfer Social Program
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    It aims to reach 100,000 families in four of the capital's poorest neighborhoods. Mothers with children enrolled in the first through sixth grades can receive up to $20 a month if they keep the youngsters in school. Venezuela's Petrocaribe fund is... Full Article at ABC News

  6. Gebrselassie fails to qualify for 10,000 meters
    ESPN logo ESPN 2 hours ago

    Tariku Bekele won Sunday's race. Brother Kenenisa Bekele, the 2004 and '08 Olympic champion, will likely get the Ethiopian wild card for London. In the 400, 18-year-old Santos Luguelin of the Dominican Republic set the second-best time of the season,... Full Article at ESPN

  7. Gebrselassie likely out of London Games
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    Tariku Bekele won Sunday’s race. His brother Kenenisa Bekele, the 2004 and ‘08 Olympic champion, will likely get the Ethiopian wild card for London. In the 400, 18-year-old Santos Luguelin of the Dominican Republic set the second-best time of the... Full Article at Globe and Mail

  8. AP Photo logo AP Photo 5 days ago
    Dominican Republic's former President Hipolito Mejia delivers a speech to supporters in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Tuesday, May 22, 2012. Mejia, the former president who lost his bid to be re-elected in the Dominican Republic issued a scathing...

    Dominican Republic's former President Hipolito Mejia delivers a speech to supporters in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Tuesday, May 22, 2012. Mejia, the former president who lost his bid to be re-elected in the Dominican Republic issued a scathing... View Photo »

  9. A lot of these dances are common in countries like Mexico, Dominican Republic and Panama ... It’s great to see students using dance and music to learn about the culture and also the language.
    SOURCE: The Echo 1 month ago
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    Carnival Corp.is building a $65-million cruise ship center on the Bay of Maimon, Dominican Republic, that's expected to open in 2014. 2. Greece could be an even greater travel bargain if it adopts a new currency. Tour operators hope to renegotiate to... Full Article at Los Angeles Times

  12. On Par: Secrets of Taming the Wedge
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    Why are average golfers so bad at what seems like a relatively straightforward shot? “They might be bad at it precisely because it looks easy,” said Jim McLean, a teacher based in Miami who has golf schools around the United States and in Mexico, Spain... Full Article at International Herald Tribune

  13. Alvarez crosses borders for 'A Wedding in Haiti'
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    Alvarez met the Haitian teen, called "Piti" for his small size, in 2001. He had come to the Dominican Republic to find work, and over the years he became like a son to Alvarez and her husband, who run a coffee farm in the country's mountains. In 2009,... Full Article at Tampa Bay Online

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  1. A boy plays soccer in a backyard in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Wednesday May 23, 2012.
  2. Dominican Republic's former President Hipolito Mejia delivers a speech to supporters in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Tuesday, May 22, 2012. Mejia, the former president who lost his bid to be re-elected in the Dominican Republic issued a scathing denunciation Tuesday of the...
  3. Danilo Medina, presidential candidate of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) speaks to his supporters at the party's headquarters in Santo Domingo on May 21, 2012. Medina, an economist backed by the ruling party, was headed for victory in the Dominican Republic's presidential race,...
  4. Dominican presidential candidate for the Democratic Liberation Party (PLD), Danilo Medina (C), walks in front of a hotel before the results of the vote for president in Santo Domingo on election day in the Dominican Republic late on May 20, 2012. Voters went to the polls to choose a new...
  5. A cameraman stands in front of the TV channel Telesistema in Santo Domingo during election day in the Dominican Republic on May 20, 2012. Voters go to the polls to choose a new president in a race that, while very close, may well avoid a second round. The high cost of living,...
  6. Presidential candidate Danilo Medina, center right, his wife Candida Montilla, right, vice presidential candidate Margarita Cedeno, center left, and current President Leonel Fernandez, of the ruling Dominican Liberation Party, celebrate at the party headquarters in Santo Domingo,...
  7. Danilo Medina, right, and Margarita Cedeno, presidential and vice presidential candidates of the ruling Dominican Liberation Party, celebrate at the party headquarters in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, in the early hours of Monday, May 21, 2012. Medina and Cedeno, the current first...
  8. Danilo Medina, presidential candidate of the ruling Dominican Liberation Party, is applauded by supporters while arriving to give his victory speech at the party headquarters in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, in the early hours of Monday, May 21, 2012. Medina won the election in...
  9. Danilo Medina, presidential candidate of the ruling Dominican Liberation Party, gives his victory speech at his party headquarters in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, in the early hours of Monday, May 21, 2012. Medina won the election in the first round with the 51.26% of the vote.

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The Dominican Republic, (Spanish: República Dominicana, IPA [re'puβlika domini'kana]) is a country located on the eastern two-thirds of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, bordering Haiti. Hispaniola is the second-largest of the Greater Antilles islands, and lies west of Puerto Rico and east of Cuba and Jamaica. A legacy of unsettled, mostly... Full Article At Wikipedia.org

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  1. I'm very happy to have reached this agreement. I feel like a child, the same as I felt when I signed my first professional contract with the Oakland Athletics out of the Dominican Republic
    SOURCE: Sports Illustrated 3 weeks ago
  2. A lot of these dances are common in countries like Mexico, Dominican Republic and Panama ... It’s great to see students using dance and music to learn about the culture and also the language.
    SOURCE: The Echo 1 month ago
  3. In addition to South Korea, the new iPad also will be available beginning on Friday, April 20 in Brunei, Croatia, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Malaysia, Panama, St Maarten, Uruguay and Venezuela.
    SOURCE: Softpedia 1 month ago
  4. Major League Baseball is excited to begin its new prospect league in the Dominican Republic
    SOURCE: MLB.com 2 months ago
  5. Having collected donations for UNICEF's Change for Good program on American Airlines for the last three years, it was truly rewarding to see how UNICEF's work is impacting the lives of children and families in the Dominican Republic ... I am very proud to be part of the program.
    SOURCE: PR Newswire 2 months ago
  6. This is not an effort to merely adopt an American system in the Dominican Republic, but to help establish a foundation for a system that works best in this environment and can ultimately evolve to benefit communities throughout the Dominican Republic.
    SOURCE: PR Newswire 2 months ago
  7. A separate listing for Hispanic is not included because the US Census Bureau considers Hispanic to mean persons of Spanish/Hispanic/Latino origin including those of Mexican, Cuban, Puerto Rican, Dominican Republic, Spanish, and Central or South American origin living in the US who may be of any race or ...
    SOURCE: GMANews.tv 2 months ago

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