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| Aug.27 |
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Gustav blamed for 22 deaths Tropical storm left 22 dead in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The storm is expected to pass between Cuba and Jamaica
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| Aug.25 |
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Gustav takes aim at Haiti, Domin. Republic Tropical storm continued on its path toward Haiti and the central Caribbean and threatened to reach hurricane strength before landfall
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| May.16 |
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President wins election Leonel Fernandez was leading the presidential election with more than 53%. In second place was Dominican Revolutionary Party leader Maldonado
| Miguel Vargas Maldonado, with 41.2%, was followed by Amable Aristy Castro of the Social Christian Reformist Party, 4.6%
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| Mar.7 |
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Leaders say Colombia crisis over  | The presidents of Ecuador, Venezuela and Colombia have shaken hands at a summit, marking the end of a crisis triggered by a cross-border raid | |
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| Oct.29 |
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11 dead from Tropical Storm Noel| Cuba issued a tropical storm warning for the Camaguey, Las Tunas and Ciego de Avila provinces as the storm approached the island | |
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| Aug.18 |
Haiti |
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Hurricane churns up the Caribbean Dean is sweeping past Haiti and the Dominican Republic, as people in those countries face a battering by heavy rains and flooding
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| Apr.25 |
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At least 15 missing after boat sinks A U.S. Coast Guard cutter and helicopter plucked more than a dozen fishermen from the Atlantic after The 52-foot Abra Cadabra capsized
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| Jan.17 |
Dominican Republic |
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4 convicted in smuggling deaths 4 Dominicans have been convicted of allowing 25 Haitian immigrants to suffocate to death last year in a truck
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| Mar.7 |
Dominican Republic |
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Prison fire 'kills 140' Clashes between rival gangs in the prison in the eastern town of Higuey led to a fire
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| May.29 |
Haiti |
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Weather holding up Caribbean aid The bad weather is hampering efforts to deliver supplies to the survivors of severe flooding
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Heavy rains threaten Caribbean Rescue workers rushed to collect bodies and reach villagers cut off days ago
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| May.28 |
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Flooding survivors tell of ordeal People in the Haitian village of Mapou spoke of clinging to trees for hours, then finding they had lost everything
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Caribbean teams race against floods Rescue teams are scrambling to get food and clean water to survivors in flood-ravaged regions
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| May.26 |
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Carribean floods toll hits 900 300 bodies have been recovered in a southern Haitian town of Mopou devastated by floods
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500 dead in Caribbean floods Many more are missing in floods and mudslides in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. 13,000 have been made homeless
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| May.25 |
Dominican Republic |
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Caribbean floods death toll soars At least 363 people have been killed in the Dominican Republic and Haiti. 100 had been dumped in the mass grave
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270 die in floods About 110 bodies were found in the Jimani area, and 200 people were believed to be missing
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| May.24 |
Dominican Republic |
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Storms 'leave 130 dead' Some 450 homes were flooded due to torrential rains, which cut off some roads and led to power cuts
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| May.16 |
Dominican Republic |
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Mejia concedes poll President has conceded defeat in an election marked by an outpouring of public anger over the worst economic crisis
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Violence mars presidential election| The election was marred by the death of 3 people in a polling station shooting | |
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| Feb.7 |
Dominican Republic |
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Two-headed baby dies after op A young baby has died hours after landmark surgery to remove a live second head
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| Nov.12 |
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Jet crashes, killing 260| An American Airlines plane crashed in a residential neighborhood after taking off, killing all 255 people on board | |
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