By Parke Brewer For an athlete who had hoped to be a baseball player, Felix Sanchez is doing quite well. He had to turn to athletics after breaking his hand in an off-season wrestling match. The injur

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SANTO DOMINGO, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- The Dominican Republic and Haiti Wednesday launched a joint plan aimed at eliminating cholera, which has claimed more than 7,000 lives in both countries since October 2010. The efforts were backed by the World Healt

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By Brian Wagner Miami 13 December 2007 Emergency officials in the Dominican Republic say at least 22 people have been killed in flooding caused by Tropical Storm Olga. In Miami, VOA's Brian Wagner reports many of the victims were killed by waters rel

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SANTO DOMINGO, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- The United States has donated(捐赠) 634,000 U.S. dollars in a new bid to help the Dominican Republic fight HIV/AIDS, the government said Friday. The funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development (

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SANTO DOMINGO, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- The number of deaths caused by cholera in the Dominican Republic have increased to 109, and there are 15,876 suspect cases, according to government figures released on Friday. Public Health Ministry said in a statem

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SANTO DOMINGO, March 30 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has appointed Dominican swimmer Marcos Diaz as Goodwill Ambassador for the Millennium Development Goals, the UNDP said on Wednesday. We constantly need more hands to he

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