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The Listin Diario newspaper carries a front page story on the electronic cheat sheets now in use in universities. Reportedly, students are using their electronic agendas, calculators, beepers and hands free mobile phones to improve their grades on tests.

President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela arrived today at 1:28 am for a three-day visit. His jet landed at the San Isidro Air Base where Minister of Foreign Relations Hugo Tolentino Dipp and Venezuelan Ambassador Julio Portillo received him. He is traveling with First Lady Maria Isabel Rodriguez and an 18-person committee that include Minister of …

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President Hipólito Mejia decorated Vice President Milagros Ortiz Bosch and 20 other outstanding Dominican women yesterday to commemorate International Women’s Day. Vice President Ortiz is also Minister of Education. She is the first Dominican woman to have reached the highest position in government. President Mejia condecorated her with the highest rank, the Duarte, Sanchez and …

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The President of the Senate Ramon Alburquerque promised that the Senate would pass the framework treaty of the Central American Free Trade Agree but would sit on two protocols of five. He said the Senate would pass the protocols signed with Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador. He said that those signed with Costa Rica and …

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The Dominican Electricity Corporation (CDE) released to the press the names of the national and international companies that are interested in participating in a future tender to install optic fiber transmission lines. These companies are: ABB Power Automation LTD Acero Py M Alcoa Fujikura American Latina Guarantec Asincro Atenas Electrical & Instrumentacion Corp Broadband Service …

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The Police returned a missing newborn baby to its mother at the Maternidad Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia yesterday. The baby was found at the home of Ana de Jesus Peguero (21 years) in Villa Mella. Peguero said she had naturally aborted her own baby at the same hospital the day before. News reports say …

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Coral 39 is the new UHF and cable TV channel with programming fully dedicated to women. Locally-produced programs are produced and marketed from the studios of Telesistema, Channel 11.

The Listin Diario reports that Dominican actress Zoe Saldaña will have a starring role in rock singer Britney Spear’s first Hollywood film. The film targets to attract the millions of youngsters that idolize the singer of "Baby One More Time", and "Stronger" around the world. The film tells the story of a young girl who …

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