Word: dominican
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...Federal Aviation Administration has forbidden airline companies from nine countries to fly into or out of the U.S., because the FAA says they do not maintain internationally recognized aviation safety standards. The neglectful nine: Belize, the Dominican Republic, Gambia, Ghana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Uruguay and Zaire. In addition, airlines from Bolivia, El Salvador, Guatemala and Netherlands Antilles are on the FAA's watch list. The crackdown on foreign air carriers is a result of the 1990 crash in New York of a Columbian Avianca airliner that had run out of fuel...
...team of 18 U.S. soldiers flew to a remote outpost in the Dominican Republic, under orders to monitor its border with Haiti for potential violations of a U.N. trade embargo against that country. The G.I.s are to join teams of 14 Canadians and 15 Argentines, the leading edge of a multinational force that senior U.S. officials are brandishing at Haiti's intransigent military junta. The move is the first serious attempt to enforce the embargo, which military sources say is violated daily. The most common contraband: gasoline -- 40,000 to 50,000 gallons of which flow across the 186-mile...
...unlikely twist that confirmed a frantic month of tabloid blare, Jackson's MJJ Productions issued a statement saying that Jackson, 35, and Presley, 26, were married 11 weeks ago in a private ceremony "outside the United States." The site of the blessed event, according to the tabs: the Dominican Republic. Said Presley: "My married name is Mrs. Lisa Marie Presley-Jackson. . . . I am very much in love with Michael, I dedicate my life to being his wife. I understand and support him, we both look forward to raising a family and living a happy, healthy life together." Fat chance. Rumors...
...Dominican daily scoops the world on Jackson-Presley item...
...means is to tighten further the embargo against Haiti. The Administration noted with pleasure that all commercial air service into and out of Haiti will end by August, when Air France will suspend its flights. Clinton signed an order for U.S. helicopters to patrol Haiti's border with the Dominican Republic, watching for gasoline shipments, which have been regularly smuggled across...