<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Dominican Republic</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/world/americas/caribbean/dominicanrepublic?nav=rss_world/americas/caribbean/dominicanrepublic</link><description>Dominican Republic</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[WORLD IN BRIEF]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48200-2005Apr12.html?nav=rss_world/americas/caribbean/dominicanrepublic</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48200-2005Apr12.html?nav=rss_world/americas/caribbean/dominicanrepublic</guid><pubDate>Tue, 3 May 2005 21:04:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Dominican Ex-President Is Focus of Drug Probe <br>   SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic  --   The government said Tuesday it was investigating possible links between former president Hipolito Mejia and a businessman facing cocaine trafficking charges in the United States.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Immigrants Enlisted for Trade Pact]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32802-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_world/americas/caribbean/dominicanrepublic</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32802-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_world/americas/caribbean/dominicanrepublic</guid><pubDate>Tue, 3 May 2005 21:04:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ U.S. officials are reaching out to immigrant business owners in their effort to win congressional approval of a free-trade agreement with five Central American countries and the Dominican Republic.]]></description><author> Krissah Williams</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[WORLD IN BRIEF]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15602-2005Mar7.html?nav=rss_world/americas/caribbean/dominicanrepublic</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15602-2005Mar7.html?nav=rss_world/americas/caribbean/dominicanrepublic</guid><pubDate>Tue, 3 May 2005 21:04:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   Dominican Prison Fire Kills at Least 134 <br>   HIGUEY, Dominican Republic  --   Rival gangs battling over the drug trade in an overcrowded, vermin-infested prison set their bedding ablaze Monday and blocked the entrance to their cellblock, killing at least 134 inmates in one of Latin America's worst jailhouse blazes.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prison Fire in Dominican Republic Kills at Least 134]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15322-2005Mar7.html?nav=rss_world/americas/caribbean/dominicanrepublic</link><guid 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Dominican Republic,    Hugo Guiliani Cury, says one of his great challenges in representing a small country at peace has been attracting the attention of officials and policymakers in Washington.]]></description><author> Nora Boustany</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tropical Storm Heads for Bahamas]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32048-2004Sep18.html?nav=rss_world/americas/caribbean/dominicanrepublic</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32048-2004Sep18.html?nav=rss_world/americas/caribbean/dominicanrepublic</guid><pubDate>Tue, 3 May 2005 21:04:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, Sept. 18 -- Tropical Storm Jeanne headed for the Bahamas on Saturday after an assault on the Dominican Republic that killed 10 people, destroyed hundreds of houses and forced thousands from their homes.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dominicans' Swift Step Into Crisis]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37321-2004Aug26.html?nav=rss_world/americas/caribbean/dominicanrepublic</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37321-2004Aug26.html?nav=rss_world/americas/caribbean/dominicanrepublic</guid><pubDate>Tue, 3 May 2005 21:04:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- When Sandro Batista smashed his banana truck into a tree in April, leaving him with two hideously shattered legs and a broken arm, his orthopedic surgeon sent his sister shopping.]]></description><author> Kevin Sullivan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Returning to Office, Dominican Focuses On Economic Woes]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6382-2004Aug16.html?nav=rss_world/americas/caribbean/dominicanrepublic</link><guid 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breast enlargement surgery or other cosmetic procedures in the Dominican Republic, the government said yesterday.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[CORRECTIONS]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14278-2004Jun3.html?nav=rss_world/americas/caribbean/dominicanrepublic</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14278-2004Jun3.html?nav=rss_world/americas/caribbean/dominicanrepublic</guid><pubDate>Tue, 3 May 2005 21:04:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  A photo caption with a June 3 Business article on Enron Corp. incorrectly said that the Prisma Energy International power plant pictured is in Poland. It is in the Dominican Republic.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Workers Struggle to Aid Flood Survivors]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64451-2004May28.html?nav=rss_world/americas/caribbean/dominicanrepublic</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64451-2004May28.html?nav=rss_world/americas/caribbean/dominicanrepublic</guid><pubDate>Tue, 3 May 2005 21:04:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Flash floods have brought a rising and still undetermined death toll in remote villages of Haiti and the Dominican Republic.]]></description><author> Kevin Sullivan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death Toll Climbs in Caribbean Flood]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60301-2004May27.html?nav=rss_world/americas/caribbean/dominicanrepublic</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60301-2004May27.html?nav=rss_world/americas/caribbean/dominicanrepublic</guid><pubDate>Tue, 3 May 2005 21:04:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[U.S. and Canadian troops on Thursday rushed to a town left completely submerged by flooding, and health officials feared as many as 1,000 people could be dead in that town alone, a figure that would bring to toll from storms that hit Haiti and the Dominican Republic as high as 2,000.]]></description><author> Amy Bracken</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flooding Toll Rises to More Than 860]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58731-2004May26.html?nav=rss_world/americas/caribbean/dominicanrepublic</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58731-2004May26.html?nav=rss_world/americas/caribbean/dominicanrepublic</guid><pubDate>Tue, 3 May 2005 21:04:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Dominican soldiers used dogs and shovels to search for flood victims Wednesday while U.S. and Canadian troops hurried to neighboring Haitian towns, trying to assess the full scope of a disaster that has killed more than 660 people and left hundreds missing.]]></description><author> Peter Prengaman</author></item></channel></rss>