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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: JAPANESE DEPUTY FORIEGN MINISTER KOMURA VISIT
Spanish/Nat
Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura arrived in the Dominican Republic late Thursday with a formal request to grant asylum to Peruvian rebels still holding 72 hostages in Lima.
The Dominican Republic has...
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Central American trade ministers meet
1. Wide shot of protestors outside Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
2. Protesters holding banners and posters against Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA)
3. More of protesters
4. Wide shot of press conference
5. SOUNDBITE:...
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Former president Carter seeks to boost Caribbean malaria fight
Ouanaminthe, Haiti
1. Various of Massacre River that divides Haiti and the Dominican Republic
2. Exterior of house
3. Child coughing
4. Exterior of health centre which specialises in care for malaria patients
5. Doctor and patient...
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+4:3 Haiti and DomRep preps for arrival of Tropical Storm Emily
Rain-packed Tropical Storm Emily brushed past Puerto Rico and headed toward the Dominican Republic and Haiti on Wednesday, where more than 630,000 people are still in tents and flimsy shanties after last year''s earthquake.
Forecasters...
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An intense search was underway on Monday after 329 prisoners escaped from an overcrowded prison on the outskirts of the Haitian capital, according to authorities.
An intense search was underway on Monday after 329 prisoners escaped from an overcrowded prison on the outskirts of the Haitian capital, according to authorities.
Their escape happened the previous day in an attack apparently aimed at...
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: CUBAN LEADER FIDEL CASTRO VISIT
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Dismissing plots and threats against his life, Fidel Castro bade farewell to the Dominican Republic on Monday, insisting that his revolution would endure long after he'd gone.
Castro's comments came during a five-hour speech...
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The premier of the Turks and Caicos islands says a lot of people have lost their homes to Hurricane Ike. Several deaths are reported in the Dominican Republic and in Haiti, where the storm is also preventing aid from reaching desperate survivors of Hurricane Hanna
HEADLINE: Raw video: Ike's harsh impact on Turks and Caicos
CAPTION: The premier of the Turks and Caicos islands says a lot of people have lost their homes to Hurricane Ike. Several deaths are reported in the Dominican Republic and in...
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Rebels take two more towns and fortify stronghold
Port-au-Prince
1. Wide shot street, pan to Presidential Palace
2. Presidential Palace
3. People walking in streets of Port-au-Prince
4. Man pulling cart, traffic
5. Man sitting under pro-Aristide graffiti reading "Aristide 5 more...
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Chavez, Correa, Uribe arrive for regional summit, soundbites
1. Various of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arriving in Santo Domingo for the Rio Summit
2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela:
"We must chose between two paths: war or peace. We are fighting very hard for...
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Iberoamerican Summit, arrivals and security
1. Flags of participating countries
2. Security along beach
3. Security boat in the beach
4. Wide shot tourists at the beach
5. Army car driving by
6. Police car near banner
7. Close up of banner reading "Venezuela greets President...
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: POP ARTIST JUAN LUIS GUERRA IN CONCERT
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Juan Luis Guerra, the man who helped put popular merengue on the map of world music, has returned to the spotlight with the release of his latest album.
The Dominican artist has become a national icon and a television mogul...
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state funeral of former President Joaquin Balaguer
July 17, 2002
1. Various of body of former Dominican Republic President Joaquin Balaguer inside his home
2. Close-up woman wiping tear from her eye
3. Various of funeral procession leaving Balaguer's home
4. Pull out from mid to wide...
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: CARIBBEAN NATIONS SUMMIT CLOSING CEREMONY
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Caribbean nations have ended their five day summit in the Dominican Republic by signing a trade pact which will double their trade markets.
The summit also marked the recognition of Cuban President Fidel Castro as an elder...
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PERU: OAS PRESSES FUJIMORI FOR MOVES ON ECONOMY
Spanish/Nat
President Alberto Fujimori met the point man from the Organisation of American States (OAS) sent to make
ensure the autocratic leader takes steps to repair Peru's damaged democracy.
Dominican Republic Foreign Minister Eduardo...
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: BOEING 757 AIRCRAFT CRASH SITUATION UPDATE
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The search for survivors of Tuesday's plane crash off the coast of the Dominican Republic had to be suspended after night fall.
The plane carrying 189 people, mostly German tourists, had crashed shortly after takeoff from...
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Dominican prosecutor approves Vatican's handling of sex abuse case
The Dominican Republic's top prosecutor has praised the Vatican's handling of the ongoing sexual abuse case against Josef Wesolowski, its former ambassador to the Dominican Republic.
Francisco Dominguez Brito met on Tuesday with the...
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US Sec of State comments on Castro overture, visits school
1. Wide of town hall meeting held by US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Hillary Rodham Clinton, US Secretary of State
" So we have seen Raul Castro's comments and we welcome this overture. We are taking...
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Warrrant issued for frmr legal advisor to 10 US missionaries held in Haiti
San Salvador, El Salvador - February 16, 2010
1. Wide exterior of the central headquarters of National Police of El Salvador
2. Interior courtyard of headquarters
3. Set-up of Police Commissioner and Deputy Director of Investigations...
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Latest on cholera outbreak; Minustah troops clash with locals
Saint Marc, Haiti
1. UN peacekeeping forces protecting themselves from stone throwing students and locals
2. Haitians behind a wall protesting against the instalment of a Doctors Without Borders (DWB) centre near a school
3. UN forces...
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Shakira calls on Latam presidents to help poor children in region
1. Exterior tilt down Roone Arledge Auditorium at Columbia University
2. Medium shot people in line and sign, reads: "The Children of Latin America: A Future Without Poverty"
3. Pull out from stage as Shakira, centre, with economist Jeff...
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Haiti and Dominican Republic weigh measures to tighten border controls between countries
Border between Jimani, Dominican Republic and Malpasse, Haiti
1. Haitian merchants squeezing through Haitian customs gate to access Dominican Republic side of border
2. Wide of Haitian merchants walking towards Dominican side of border...
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he Associated Press has determined that there is not one orphan among the 33 children that a U.S. Baptist group tried to take from Haiti in a do-it-yourself rescue mission following January''s devastating earthquake.
HEADLINE: All Haitian ''orphans'' with Baptists had parents
CAPTION: The Associated Press has determined that there is not one orphan among the 33 children that a U.S. Baptist group tried to take from Haiti in a do-it-yourself rescue...
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4:3 Visiting Haitian President Preval comments on Duvalier
1. Wide of Haitian President Rene Preval and officials walking towards, and getting in helicopter
2. SOUNDBITE: (French) Rene Preval, Haitian President:
"The constitution also says that he who has been called to provide answers before a...
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Dominican Republic - Hurricane Georges
After tearing across the northern Caribbean, Hurricane Georges struck the Dominican Republic on Tuesday (22/09) leaving 20 people dead and flooding the Western hemisphere's oldest city. The wooden houses that line riverbeds and...