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CAN527 JUNTA GOVERNMENT AND SEABEES
President Antonio Imbert Barrera of the Dominican Republic and his Government of National Reconstruction holds Press conference following the successful overthrow of the previous government. He is endorsed by the American Inspectors...
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CLEAN : Colorful procession closes 10 days of Managuas patron festivity
CLEAN : Colorful procession closes 10 days of Managuas patron festivity
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Hurricane Maria brushes north of the Dominican Republic
The U.S. National Hurricane Centre says Maria has regained its major hurricane status, rising to a Category 3 storm early Thursday.
An update from the Miami-based centre says maximum sustained winds have increased to near...
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Dominican AG: Ortiz shooting result of mistaken identity
The Dominican Republic's lead prosecutor said Wednesday that former Red Sox slugger David Ortiz was not the target of a shooting in a nightclub in his hometown.
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 18 PEOPLE DROWN AS BOAT CAPSIZES
Spanish/Nat
Officials in the Dominican Republic say at least 18 people drowned when their boat capsized off the country's southeast coast.
The boat was carrying Dominicans trying to illegally immigrate to Puerto Rico.
Another 18 people...
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Baby born with two heads to undergo life saving operation
1. CURE International hospital in Santo Domingo
2. Nurses inside hospital
3. Sign reading 'Nurses Centre'
4. Rebeca Martinez's mother, Maria Gisela Hiciano, and Rebeca Martinez
5. Mother caressing Rebeca
6. Arrival of lead surgeon and...
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Dominican AG: Ortiz shooting result of mistaken identity
The Dominican Republic's lead prosecutor said Wednesday that former Red Sox slugger David Ortiz was not the target of a shooting in a nightclub in his hometown.
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: AIR CRASH VICTIMS TRANSPORTED TO SANTO DOMINGO
Eng/Ger/Nat
The bodies of the victims of this week's plane crash in the Dominican Republic have been transported to the island nation's capital, Santo Domingo.
A team of German forensic experts has arrived there to help with autopsies,...
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4:3 Abbas meets Fernandez, attends Congress; comments
1. Various of Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas (right) and Dominican Republic president Leonel Fernandez inspecting guard of honour
2. Both leaders waving to media
3. Wide of room with delegates from both countries meeting
4. Medium...
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Surgeons perform rare surgery on baby with second head
1. Parents Franklin Martinez and Maria Gisela Hiciano with baby Rebeca Martinez and surgical team getting out of elevator with nurses
2. Various of Rebeca in bed being moved into surgery theatre; parents praying
3. Doctors entering...
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Theatre group visits schools to encourage black children to be proud of their heritage
A cultural movement is growing in the Dominican Republic to combat the country's obsession with skin complexion and hair texture.
The theatre group "Wonderful Tree" is visiting schools across the capital Santo Domingo and in other areas...
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: PRESIDENT THREATEN BY MOURNERS AT FUNERAL
Spanish/Nat
Angry crowds threatened to attack Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernandez as he arrived at the national stadium on Monday to pay his respects to his political rival Jose Francisco Pena Gomez, who died on...
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: COUNTRY HIT HARD BY HURRICANE GEORGE
Spanish/Nat
As Hurricane Georges threatens the Florida Keys, there's only devastation left behind in the Dominican Republic.
A mudslide has devastated a school near the capital Santo Domingo, killing at least 40 people.
That's in...
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WRAP Taiwan president arrives for inauguration ADDS s'bite
1. Pan of arrival of President Ma Ying-jeou at the Las Americas Airport in Santo Domingo
2. Various of Taiwanese community in hall of Hotel Embajador waiting for Ma
3. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin) Vox pop, member of Taiwanese community:...
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VOICED : Urgente: Venezuela a nueva etapa de dialogo con EEUU
VOICED : Urgente: Venezuela a nueva etapa de dialogo con EEUU
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DomRep police on arrest of Ortiz attack suspects
Police say a suspected drug trafficker offered to pay 30,000 US dollars for the shooting that wounded baseball slugger David Ortiz, who was sitting near the intended victim.
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: HILLARY CLINTON VISIT
English/Nat
U-S First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton is in the Dominican Republic as part of her whistle stop tour of the region.
On Friday, she met President Fernandez at the National Palace before greeting Dominica's own baseball star,...
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Reactions to two-headed baby girl who died after op
February 7 2004
1. Wide shot of hospital
2. Various of baby's parents arriving at press conference
3. Various of friends and CURE representatives waiting
4. Wide of press conference
5. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Franklin Martinez, Father of...
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Police clashed with demonstrators over protests that household electricity was deliberately cut-off
1. Wide shot of police and military personnel clashing with local residents, police firing tear gas at protesters
2. Medium shot of local resident being arrested by police
3. Soldiers taking cover behind a truck
4. Local resident being...
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WRAP Airport, mass in damaged cathedral ADDS US people leaving
1. Wide of evacuees lined up on runway
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Kevan Hanson, US Coast Guard Lieutenant:
"The medical treatment will be better there. The living conditions are going to be better. Just to get them out of here."
3. Two boys...
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: ALLEGED DRUG TRAFFICKER TO BE DEPORTED
Spanish/Nat
Authorities from the Dominican Republic say they'll deport an alleged Puerto Rican drug trafficker accused of money laundering.
This is one of the first cases of deportation of an American citizen from the Dominican ...
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER ROBERTO ROBAINA VISIT
Spanish/Nat
Cuba's foreign minister arrived in the Dominican Republic, on Tuesday, for a rapid-fire meeting with President Leonel Fernandez, over the U-S trade embargo.
Cuba is seeking support from Latin and Central American countries...
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Results of elections plus funeral of victim
Santo Domingo - 17 May
1. Wide shot of street celebration, car drives past waving Dominican Liberation Party flag
2. Tracking shot of crowds in streets
3. Various of women dancing in the streets
4. Revellers waving PLD flags (Dominican...