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Deputy Minister of the Armed Forces, Major General Radhamés Ramírez Ferreira attributed to negligence on behalf of the military delays in removing obsolete war munitions from the San Cristóbal deposit. He said that the military knew the deposit was in danger of exploding, which it did yesterday. San Cristóbal is a city of more than …

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While when the Fortaleza General Antonio Duvergé was built it was at the outskirts of San Cristóbal, with time the city has engulfed it and today it is centrally located. El Caribe points out that the situation could occur in six other Dominican cities where there are weapons deposits. These bases are located in: National …

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President Hipólito Mejía announced that his government has received the green light for the following ambassadors: Peru: Iván Tomás Báez Brugal Chile: Amable A. Padilla Guerrero Vatican: Victor Hidalgo Justo Venezuela: Ricardo Arturo de Moya Despradel Haiti: Alberto Emilio Despradel Cabral Uruguay: Josefina Guzmán Sánchez Mexico: Rafael Calventi Great Britain: Rafael Ludovino Fernández Spain: José …

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Several Dominican players are on the rosters of Major League Baseball team playoffs. These are: American League: Alex Rodríguez, Stanley Javier, José Mesa, José Paniagua (Seattle Mariners) and Lorenzo Barceló (Chicago White Sox). National League: Miguel Tejeda (Oakland Athletics), Luis Polonia, José Vizcaino, Alfonso Soriano (New York Yankees), Rafael Furcal, Quilvio Veras, Fernando Tatis, Plácido …

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El Siglo newspaper (Sunday, 1 October) reported that the DR received from 1993-99 donations for US$311.2 million. Donor countries are as follows: Japan US$138.2 million (44.4%) Spain US$62.8 million (20.1%) Germany US$49.6 million (15.9%) France, Taiwan, Korea and the US also made significant contributions. The US was the sixth largest donor with US$9 million.