Sunday 20th May, 2012

• Medina leading in Dominican Republic vote

  West Australian

  AFP ©

  Soldiers stand guard outside the televsion channel Telesistema in Santo Domingo during election day in the Dominican Republic on May 20, 2012. Danilo Medina, an economist backed ...

• Medina Takes Early Lead In Dominican Election

  General Sources

  SANTO DOMINGO, May 21 (BERNAMA-NNN-AGENCIES) -- Early results in presidential elections in the Dominican Republic show ruling party candidate Danilo Medina holding an edge over former President ...

• More than half the votes in: Dominican Republic’s ruling party leads

  Dominican Today

  SANTO DOMINGO.- The Central Electoral Board (JCE) issued its fourth bulletin, with 60.26 percent of the votes counted: PLD 51.40 percent of the votes PRD 45.78 percent of the votes FILE. The ...

• Dominicans Vote In Close Presidential Election

  General Sources

  SANTO DOMINGO, May 21 (BERNAMA-NNN-XINHUA) -- Voters in the Dominican Republic cast their ballots on Sunday in what was expected to be a close vote for the island nation's next President. ...

• Ex-President Seeks Comeback in Dominican Republic

  General Sources

  Dominicans formed orderly lines at voting stations across the country Sunday to choose a new president from a field that includes a brash former president whose last term ended with an economic ...

• Dominicans weigh comeback for brash ex-president

  General Sources

  By BEN FOX and EZEQUIEL ABIU LOPEZAssociated Press SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) - A long-time official of the governing party took an early lead in Sunday's presidential race as he ...

• Front-runners in tight Dominican Republic election

  General Sources

  View Photo The presidential candidate for the Dominican Revolutionary Party, Hipolito Mejia, gets ready to cast his vote at a polling station in Santo ...

• Legendary Bee Gees Robin Gibbs passes away

  Dominican Today

  England.- Robin Gibb part of the legendary trio The Bee Gees has passed away moments ago. The Bee Gees gained world wide fame in the mid 70s with their soundtrack for Saturday Night Fever. Singles ...

• Dominican Republic holds orderly vote for president amid charges of vote-buying on both sides

  General Sources

  SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – Dominicans formed orderly lines at voting stations across the country Sunday to choose a new president from a field that includes a brash former president ...

• Obama's Gay Marriage Endorsement Makes Waves in the Caribbean

  IPS

  PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, May 15, 2012 (IPS) - It is a widely recognised ...

• Dominican Republic votes in presidential election

  General Sources

  SANTO DOMINGO (AFP) - Dominican Republic voters went to the polls Sunday to elect their next leader in a closely-fought race between ruling party-backed economist Danilo Medina and former president ...

• Rivals disagree on polls tally spread

  Dominican Today

  Santo Domingo.- While Dominican Republic's opposition PRD party eyes a tight outcome between their candidate Hipolito Mejia and ruling PLD party rival Danilo Medina, most major polls did ...

• Dominicans voting for president

  General Sources

  People in the Dominican Republic have been voting to chose a new president, in a tight race between two old political rivals. No major incidents have been reported, despite passions runing high ...

• Dominican Republic goes to polls to elect new president

  General Sources

  Two rival politicians are battling to win the presidency of the Dominican Republic in elections on Sunday, following a campaign dominated by concerns over growing food and fuel costs and crime and ...

• Hotly Contested Dominican Republic Elections

  General Sources

  SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) - A former president whose single term ended with the deepest economic crisis in the modern history of the Dominican Republic is seeking redemption Sunday as ...

• Dominican Republic Elections: Ex-President Hipolito Mejia Challenges Danilo Medina

  Huffington Post

  Supporters of former president and candidate for the opposition Dominican Revolutionary Party, Hipolito Mejia, ride atop a vehicle during his closing campaign rally in Santo Domingo, Dominican ...

• Dominicans head to polls early, eagerly

  Dominican Today

  Santo Domingo.- More than 6.0 million Dominicans are eligible to vote for a President and Overseas deputies to a term of four years today Sunday, concluding the most peaceful electoral campaign in ...

• Fear versus frustration in Dominican Republic vote

  General Sources

  By BEN FOX and EZEQUIEL ABIU LOPEZAssociated Press SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) - A former president whose single term ended with the deepest economic crisis in the modern history of the ...

• Ruling party in Dominican election seeks four more years

  General Sources

  Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD). But it remains far from certain that Medina, 60, will be able to secure the 50 percent necessary for an outright first-round victory, with four other minor ...

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