Jose Figueroa Agosto, Mystery Drug Baron, Faces ... - Huffingtonpost.com
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — The Dominican Republic's most wanted man is an American who for 10 years has fed his mystique by pulling off narrow escapes and taunting police. Now the search for alleged drug trafficker Jose Figueroa Agosto is ...
Silsby Facing New Charge - KIVI-TV
Judge Bernard Saint-Vil says Laura Silsby has been charged for a newly discovered, alleged attempt to bus child earthquake survivors to the Dominican Republic on Jan ... that was signed by then-dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier. The judge said Friday he ...
Christians in the Dominican Republic Prepared for 'My ... - ChristianNewsWire
CHARLOTTE, N.C., March 16 / Christian Newswire / -- Some 45,000 Christians across the Dominican Republic are trained and ready this week to share their faith as part of the largest evangelistic outreach in the Caribbean nation's history. On Thursday ...
Family All-Inclusive Resorts in the Dominican Republic - Associated Content
If you are looking for a family vacation, the Dominican Republic has an assortment of all-inclusive resorts throughout this beautiful island, which is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean on one side and the Caribbean Sea on the other. Puerto Plata, La ...
Dominican Republic-bound flight turns around at Miami ... - Washington Examiner
MIAMI — Authorities say a flight from Miami to the Dominican Republic had to return to an airport gate because of an unruly passenger. Miami International Airport spokesman Greg Chin says American Airlines flight 683, bound for Santiago, made ...
Haitian judge weighs new charge for Silsby - BP News
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (BP)--Laura Silsby, the last of 10 Baptist missions ... the 10-member team was prevented from crossing the border into the Dominican Republic with 33 children. Haitian Judge Bernard Saint-Vil announced the additional charge of ...
UN assessor says Haiti needs $11.5 billion to rebuild ... - Daily Press
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — The U.N. regional assessor for natural disasters says Haiti needs $11.5 billion ... including the United Nations , the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank. He says two-thirds of the $11.5 ...
RCN Adds Latin American, Central American & Dominican Republic Channels; Company Is First US Cable Operator to Offer Pasiones & Centroamerica TV - Stockhouse
RCN Corporation (NASDAQ: RCNI) announced that it continues to expand its Hispanic viewing choices with today's launch of Media World channels Pasiones, Centroamerica TV & Television Dominicana. The channels are included in all three of RCN's Hispanic packages: MiVision Plus, MiVision Lite and El
Dominican Republic (DR) Ministry of Tourism Presents ... - Newsblaze.com
"The prestigious Cap Cana Championship provides breathtaking views of the Caribbean Sea and lush green vistas of the Punta Espada Golf Club," said Dominican Republic Minister of Tourism Francisco Javier Garcia . "The Dominican Republic is heaven on ...
Vestas wins orders in France, Dominican Republic - Reuters UK
COPENHAGEN, March 16 (Reuters) - Denmark's Vestas ( VWS.CO ), the world's biggest maker of wind turbines, has won orders in France and the Dominican Republic for turbines with combined capacity of 67 megawatts, the company said on Tuesday. The French ...
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Chicago terror suspect pleads guilty
 A Chicago man admits in court that he scouted out the Indian city of Mumbai before a 2008 terror attack that left 166 dead and helped plan an attack a Danish newspaper that never took place.
Marines try to buy good will in Marjah
 Since U.S., Afghan and NATO forces wrested Marjah from the Taliban, they've been going to extraordinary lengths to cultivate townspeople who had lived under insurgent control for years.
Ships use new strategy against Somali pirates
An international fleet of warships is attacking and destroying Somali pirate vessels closer to the shores of East Africa and the new strategy has dealt the brigands a setback, officials say.
Netanyahu, Clinton talk after settlement crisis
 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu proposed "confidence-building steps" with Palestinians in a telephone call with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, after a dispute over settlements.
U.N. calls for Afghans to take charge of future
The U.N. peacekeeping chief says it's time for the international community to take "concrete steps" to allow Afghans to take charge of their future.
Woman convicted of killing 6 newborns
 A court in Normandy on Thursday convicts a 38-year-old woman of killing six of her newborn babies — a deed she acknowledged — and sentenced her to 15 years in prison.
Anger over freeing man convicted in bishop murder
Guatemalan human rights groups expressed outrage Thursday over a judge's decision to release a former army colonel convicted of killing a prominent Roman Catholic bishop more than a decade ago.
Clinton, Russia spar over Iran nuclear plant
 On a visit to Moscow, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton criticizes Russia's plans to start up a nuclear power station in Iran, prompting a defense from a Russian official.
India seeks to question US terror convict
Indian authorities will ask the United States to let them question a Chicago man who pleaded guilty to scouting targets for the 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai, the government said Friday.
Chaos marks Iraq election vote tally
 Iraq's postelection count has fueled allegations of fraud. Questions about the vote's validity could undermine U.S. ambitions to set a standard for democracy in the Middle East.
Holocaust survivor stands by memory of Anne Frank
A Holocaust survivor who says she met Anne Frank in a Nazi concentration camp is standing by her story in the face of skepticism from historians, filmmakers and a childhood friend of the diarist.
Retired general links gays in army to genocide
A retired U.S. general says Dutch troops failed to defend against the 1995 genocide in the Bosnian war because the army was weakened by openly gay soldiers.
World powers demand Israeli settlement freeze
 The so-called Quartet of Middle East mediators called on Israel to freeze all settlement activities and denounced Israel's aim to build new housing in East Jerusalem.
Pakistan arrests halt UN contacts with Taliban
The arrests of top Taliban figures in Pakistan abruptly halted secret U.N. contacts with the insurgency at a time when the efforts were gathering momentum, the U.N.'s former envoy to Afghanistan said Friday.
U.N. nixes ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna
 U.S.-backed proposal to ban the export of Atlantic bluefin tuna prized in sushi was rejected by a U.N. wildlife meeting, as nations feared doing so would devastate fishing economies.
Iran jails former vice president, reform activist
A former Iranian vice president and prominent reform activist convicted of spreading propaganda against the ruling clerical establishment has begun a one-year prison sentence, a close relative said Friday.
Israel strikes targets in Gaza
 Israeli aircraft strikes two targets in the Gaza Strip on Friday a day after a rocket fired from the Palestinian enclave killed a Thai worker in Israel, Hamas security officials and witnesses say.
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