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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: HURRICANE GEORGE MOVES IN
Spanish/Nat
One of the most powerful storms to hit the Caribbean in years, Hurricane Georges, is headed for the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
Last reports (1100 EDT) indicate the storm is centered around 35 miles east-southeast (56...
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: PROTESTS OVER GOVERNMENTS AUSTERITY MEASURES
Spanish/Nat
Government austerity measures have prompted protests in the Dominican Republic.
President Leonel Fernandez' decision to devalue the peso and raise petrol prices has sent the cost of basic goods soaring.
Protestors have...
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Hospital overcrowded with quake victims, many children
1. Wide shot exterior Dario Contreras Hospital in Santo Domingo
2. Close of hospital sign
3. Zoom out from Haitian injured patients being treated in hospital hallway
4. Child being stretchered into paediatrics ward
5. Close up of...
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At least eight dead after hurricane hits GRAPHIC PIX
1. People standing by debris, mud heap by building
2. Zoom in on man crying over coffin of his child
3. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Marino Vasquez, Father of victims:
"I don't have anybody anymore. I lost my entire family. They're all dead...
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FMs meeting and preps for Rio Group summit
1. Wide shot exterior of Foreign Ministry building in Santo Domingo
2. Close of flags of countries participating in Rio Group summit
3. Various of security outside foreign ministry building
4. Official car arriving at Foreign Ministry...
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4:3 Taiwanese diplomat found stabbed to death in apartment, police say
1. Forensic doctors examining the room where the body was found
2. Various of blood stains on the walls of the apartment
3. Police officers leaving the apartment of the victim, journalists at the door
4. Members of the Taiwanese...
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Rain, wind strike Domincan Republic as Hanna passes
Monte Plata
1. Various aerials of flooded fields
2. Various, people with aid parcels, brought in by helicopter
2. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Vox Pop, no name available:
"People are starving to death here. I had to swim over there to buy some...
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4:3 Authorities seize one tonne of cocaine bound for Europe
1. Various of display of packs of seized cocaine inside National Drug Control Centre
2. Mid of seized cocaine
3. Pan of control centre agents packaging seized cocaine
4. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Roberto Lebron, Spokesman, National Drug...
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: JOSE FRANCISCO PENA GOMEZ DIES AGED 61
Spanish/Nat
A former presidential candidate from the Dominican Republic - José Francisco Peña Gómez - has died of cancer aged 61.
Peña, who stood for the Santo Domingo Accord Party in 1996, spent the last few years suffering from...
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: BODIES OF PLANE CRASH VICTIMS REMAIN TRAPPED
Spanish/Eng/Nat
The bodies of many of the victims of last week's plane crash off the Dominican Republic may be trapped on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean in the airliner's wreckage, according to Germany's ambassador.
The chartered...
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Protest against ruling that could strip citizenship from people of Haitian descent living in Dom Rep
Hundreds of protesters gathered in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince on Friday to criticise a recent court decision in the Dominican Republic that could strip the citizenship of generations of people of Haitian descent living in the...
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Human Rights group condemns decision to strip citizenship for children of Haitian migrants
Human rights activists gathered in Santo Domingo on Tuesday to protest against a court ruling that strips Dominican citizenship from the children of Haitian migrants.
Last week the Dominican Republic's Constitutional Court decided to...
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: ACS SUMMIT
Spanish/Nat
Leaders from 21 Caribbean Basin nations, including Mexico, Cuba, Colombia and Venezuela, have agreed to pursue a regional tariff system to prepare for the future Free Trade Area of the Americas (F-T-A-A).
Cuban leader Fidel...
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Voting goes ahead in election
1. Wide of elections campaign propaganda
2. Close up of billboard with candidates
3. Cars driving by elections propaganda
4. Close up elections propaganda
5. People entering room in voting station
6. Mid view of woman voting
7. Mid view...
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: DESIGNER OSCAR DE LA RENTA 1997 SPRING COLLECTION
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The world famous Dominican designer Oscar de la Renta has launched his Spring 1997 collection in his native Dominican Republic.
The event was called "An Oscar for Children" and all proceeds went to the Centre for Children's...
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: TAIWANESE VICE PRESIDENT ARRIVES
Spanish/Nat
Taiwanese Vice President Lian Chan is in the Dominican Republic for the inauguration of the new President Leonel Fernandez.
The Dominican Republic is one of the few countries that have official links with Taiwan.
To...
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Dom Rep president sworn in for 3rd term ADDS Taiwan pres getting keys to city
Pool
1. Wide of entrance to the congress
2. President of the Dominican Republic, Leonel Fernandez, and wife arriving for his swearing-in
3. Pan of guards outside
4. Fernandez and vice-president Rafael Alburquerque listening to national...
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CAN527 PENTAGON AIDE CYRUS VANCE GIVES PRESS CONFERENCE DEFENDING US CONDUCT
Pentagon aide Cyrus Vance defends the United States conduct in the Dominican Republic. US Army General Bruce Palmer is in attendance.
1. ws interior press conference
2. ms Vance and Palmer at microphones
3. cu Vance
4. cu Palmer
5....
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CAN709 COL. CAAMANO DELIVERS A STATEMENT
Col. Francisco Alberto Caamano Deno, Dominican soldier and politician, delivers a statement.
1. ms Caamano sits down
2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) cu caamano speaking to audience, people surrounding him break out into applause
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CAN527 OAS MEETING HELD TO DISCUSS THE PROBLEMS IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
United States Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker attends an Organisation of American States (OAS) meeting held to discuss the problem in the Dominican Republic as a United Nations observer Jose Antonio Mayobre arrives on the island.
1. ws...
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CAN592 DOMINICAN GENERAL HAS CONTROL OF COUNTRY
General Antonio Imbert Barrera, leader of the Coup in Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Repbublic, gives a press interview
1. mcu Imbert
2. cu reporter's hand writing
3. Imbert speaks: SOUNDBITE: (in English) Doesn't like people killing...
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CLEAN : Frenchman convicted of drug trafficking in Dominican confident
CLEAN : Frenchman convicted of drug trafficking in Dominican confident
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Hundreds stuck in DR airport after airline suspended
Hundreds of travellers were stranded in the Dominican Republic's main international airport on Friday after authorities suspended the country's principal airline for not paying debts.
Officials announced January 27 that...
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South Korean PM visits Domican Republic
South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon continued his three-day official visit to the Dominican Republic on Thursday.
Lee toured a health center in Santo Domingo, and addressed the youth, saying that he hoped the center...