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The pride of the Dominican Republic, Joan Guzman, former 2002 WBO Super Bantamweight Champion until 2005 and former WBO Super Featherweight Champion will be fighting on September 13, 2008 against Nate Campbell?s for the latter's unified WBA, WBO and IBF world titles in Beau Rivage Resort & Casino, Biloxi, Mississippi, Mississippi.

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A local group led by Palmerston resident Mark Robinson is busy preparing for another set of mission trips to the Dominican Republic this winter.

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The world's largest gold miner Barrick Gold (TSX, NYSE: ABX) has set its sights on bringing the Pueblo Viejo gold project in the Dominican Republic into production in the second half of 2011, company executive VP exploration and corporate development Alexander Davidson said.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., says he will repay several thousand dollars in federal taxes owed on a Dominican Republic beach house.

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SCRANTON (AP) _ Federal marshals say a drug defendant who used to live in northeastern Pennsylvania has been captured in the Dominican Republic. This comes nearly eight years after Manuel Leonardo Toribio disappeared while awaiting sentencing.

U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., said Wednesday that "cultural and language barriers" had hindered him from understanding the finances of his Dominican Republic beach house, and he vowed to repay several thousand dollars in federal taxes he owes after failing to report $75,000 in rental income from the villa.

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Federal marshals say a drug defendant who used to live in northeastern Pennsylvania has been captured in the Dominican Republic. This comes nearly eight years after Manuel Leonardo Toribio disappeared while awaiting sentencing.

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Charles Rangel?s explanation about why he did not pay federal taxes on rental income from his villa in the Dominican Republic surprised many voters.

Federal marshals say a drug defendant who used to live in northeastern Pennsylvania has been captured in the Dominican Republic. This comes nearly eight years after Manuel Leonardo Toribio disappeared while awaiting sentencing.

The powerful head of the tax policy committee in the House of Representatives said on Wednesday he will pay several thousand dollars in back taxes on investment income from a villa he owns in the Dominican Republic.

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Representative Charles B. Rangel said ?cultural and language barriers? kept him from understanding the finances of his house in the Dominican Republic.

Rep. Charles B. Rangel said ?cultural and language barriers? prevented him from understanding the finances of his Dominican Republic beachhouse.

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The story of how Frank Matos Lopez, a 10-month-old from the Dominican Republic, made his way to the United States for life-saving surgery today is one of connections.

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Advent International said Tuesday that it bought six airports in the Dominican Republic and is looking at similar purchases in Mexico and other Latin American countries.

Advent International said Tuesday that it bought six airports in the Dominican Republic and is looking at similar purchases in Mexico and other Latin American countries.

The 2008 hurricane season has not been kind to Caribbean nations. Haiti is in sodden tatters. Cuba has taken the brunt of what Ike delivered, and that after Hurricane Gustav slammed the island. The Dominican Republic may be better off than its neighbor, Haiti, but only because it was better off economically and ecologically before this year's storms began pouncing. Jamaica, Turks and Caicos and ...

The story of how Frank Matos Lopez, a 10-month-old from the Dominican Republic, made his way to the United States for life-saving surgery today is one of connections.

Harlem Rep. Charles Rangel will submit amended federal, state and city tax returns following the disclosure that he didn't report $75,000 in rental income on a villa he owns in the Dominican Republic, the Wall Street Journal reported. Rangel, the...

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Representative Charles B. Rangel, chairman of the Congressional committee that writes the nation?s tax code, failed to pay an unspecified amount in federal taxes during the past five years on rental income from a villa he owns in the Dominican Republic, his lawyer said on Tuesday.

As House GOP leaders called for his removal from the powerful chairmanship of the House Ways and Means Committee, Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.) announced yesterday that he will repay an unspecified amount in back federal, state and local taxes on unreported income from a Dominican Republic...

Advent International says it has bought six airports in the Dominican Republic and is eyeing similar purchases in Mexico and other Latin American countries.

By Ryan Kost, Globe Correspondent The story of how Frank Matos Lopez, a 10-month-old child from the Dominican Republic, made his way to the United States for a life-saving surgery Wednesday is one of connections. It began with a...

Associated Press - September 9, 2008 3:53 PM ET SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) - Advent International says it has bought six airports in the Dominican Republic and is eyeing similar...

Associated Press - September 9, 2008 3:53 PM ET SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) - Advent International says it has bought six airports in the Dominican Republic and is eyeing similar...