News: Dominican Republic

We have started to collect the most important news related to Dominican Republic in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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• February 23rd 2011 – August 18th 2008
• May 17th 2008 – November 16th 2005

Dominican Republic: news

Pinewood to open in Latin America

Wednesday, February 23rd 2011, 19:55
related countries: Dominica

Pinewood Shepperton is to open film studios in the Dominican Republic to serve Latin America, it is announced.
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Cholera alert reaches Venezuela

Wednesday, January 26th 2011, 23:05
related countries: Dominica, Haiti, Venezuela

Twenty Venezuelans are diagnosed with cholera after returning from Dominican Republic, which is battling a spreading epidemic from neighbouring Haiti.
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Dominican Republic cholera death

Sunday, January 23rd 2011, 18:58
related countries: Dominica, Haiti

The Dominican Republic confirms a Haitian man is the first to die of cholera in the country since an epidemic broke out in neighbouring Haiti.
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Dominican Republic ousts Haitians

Friday, January 7th 2011, 0:41
related countries: Dominica, Haiti

The Dominican Republic launches its first major operation against illegal Haitian immigrants since it stopped deporting them after last year's earthquake.
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Baseball star on shooting charge

Monday, January 3rd 2011, 21:12
related countries: Dominica

Dominican Republic baseball star Alfredo Simon surrenders to police to face charges he shot a man dead during New Year's Eve celebrations.
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Haiti cholera spreads over border

Wednesday, November 17th 2010, 1:03
related countries: Dominica, Haiti

The Dominican Republic detects its first case of cholera following the outbreak of the disease in neighbouring Haiti, where more than 1,000 people have died.
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Teenagers jailed for taxi murders

Friday, September 24th 2010, 16:25
related countries: Dominica

Five teenagers in the Dominican Republic have been sentenced to three to five years in prison for murdering seven taxi drivers and seriously injuring two others
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Ousted Zelaya can leave Honduras

Wednesday, January 20th 2010, 23:29
related countries: Dominica, Honduras

Ousted Honduran leader Manuel Zelaya is offered safe passage to the Dominican Republic, officials say.
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Ex-Honduras head 'to meet winner'

Saturday, December 12th 2009, 1:41
related countries: Dominica

Ousted Honduras President Zelaya is due to meet his elected successor in the Dominican Republic, its president says.
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Fifty die as Haiti bus swept away

Monday, August 18th 2008, 9:30
related countries: Cuba, Dominica, United States

Dozens die in Haiti after a bus plunges into a river swollen by floodwaters as Tropical Storm Fay moves across the Caribbean.
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