Dominican leader urges Wall Street-style ‘bail-out’ to reach UN poverty g...

" 24 September 2008 – President Leonel Fernández of the Dominican Republic today called on the world’s richest countries to provide the same emergency funding to achieve the United Nations Millennium...

Haiti Death Toll Near 70, Mud Slides

" Hurricane Gustav made landfall on the Dominican Republic and Haiti. In Haiti, it has killed at least two people, but weakened to a tropical storm. Gustav''s winds fell to 95km/h (60mph), although experts...

Dominican leader wins third term

President Leonel Fernandez has been re-elected in the Dominican Republic as his main opponent concedes defeat."Miguel Vargas Maldonado conceded after early results confirmed exit poll predictions giving the...

Is Calderon calling kettle black?

Where you find illegal immigrants, there will always be resentment from the local citizens. Puerto Rico and Dominicans, France and Moroccans, The US and Mexicans. As Calderon offers soundbites to warm a Mexican...

Five years later, victims of New York jet crash get memorial

"A memorial to the 265 people who died in the second deadliest aviation accident in U-S history will be officially dedicated today. It was five years ago today that American Airlines Flight 587 plunged into a quiet neighborhood in the New York borough of Queens. The plane had...

Hotel titan Kerzner dies in Dominican copter crash

Dominican Republic (AP) — Hotel tycoon Howard "Butch" Kerzner was among four people killed Wednesday when a helicopter they were traveling in crashed into a building on the Dominican Republic's north coast,...

Illegals on notice

The Hazleton Law targets the people who aid and abet illegals, by hiring and housing them.

Hazelton mayor says enough, already!

Law that would make English the city’s official language and punish people who employ or rent property to illegal immigrants.

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