Les dominicains minimisent l’appel au boycott du Collectif du 4 décembre
L’appel au boycott des produits dominicains lancé par le Collectif du 4 décembre en Haïti ne pourra pas affecter les relations d’affaires à long terme entre les deux pays, a déclaré vendredi Kai Schœnhals, président de l’Association des exportateurs dominicains(ADOEXPO). Haïti est le deuxième partenaire commercial de la Rép.dominicaine après les États-Unis, selon un rapport publié par le Centre dominicain d’exportation et d’investissement (CEI-RD), mais ne représente que 14.2% des exportations de la Rép.dominicaine. Ce chiffre révèle cependant, en partie, l’importance commerciale d’Haïti pour la République Dominicaine, d’où le caractère “temporaire” de l’impact d’un boycott de produits dominicains en Haïti….
Obamacare Website Enrollment Tops 1 Million
By JOSH LEDERMAN 12/29/13 HONOLULU (AP) — A December surge propelled health care sign-ups through the government’s rehabilitated website past the 1 million mark, the Obama administration said Sunday, reflecting new signs of life for the problem-plagued federal insurance exchange. Of the more than 1.1 million people now enrolled, nearly 1 million signed up in December, with the majority coming in the week before a pre-Christmas deadline for coverage to start in January. Compare that to a paltry 27,000 in October —the website’s first, error-prone month — or 137,000 in November. The figures tell only part of the story. The administration…
Saudi Arabia ‘to give Lebanon army $3bn grant’
Crowds of mourners have been gathering at a mosque in Beirut Saudi Arabia is to give Lebanon’s army a grant of $3bn (£1.8bn, 2.8bn euros). Lebanese President Michel Sleiman made the announcement in a televised address after the funeral of a senior Lebanese politician killed in a car bomb attack. He said it would help fight terrorism. Mohamad Chatah, a Sunni Muslim, was a staunch critic of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Lebanon’s Shia Hezbollah movement that backs him. Saudi Arabia and Hezbollah have taken opposite sides in the Syrian conflict. Coming to the boil “The king of the brotherly…
Sporting vs FC Porto;Green Bay vs Chicago; 76ers vs Lakers
QuestCinq.com/Sport* 12:00 PM ET Fenerbahce vs Kayserispor 18:00 CET 12:55 PM ET NFL RedZone 18:55 CET 1:00 PM ET Baltimore vs Cincinnati 19:00 CET 1:00 PM ET Carolina vs Atlanta 19:00 CET 1:00 PM ET Cleveland vs Pittsburgh 19:00 CET 1:00 PM ET Detroit vs Minnesota 19:00 CET 1:00 PM ET Houston vs Tennessee 19:00 CET 1:00 PM ET Jacksonville vs Indianapolis 19:00 CET 1:00 PM ET NY Jets vs Miami 19:00 CET 1:00 PM ET Washington vs NY Giants 19:00 CET 1:00 PM ET Estoril vs Braga 19:00 CET 1:20 PM ET Beitar Jerusalem vs Maccabi Petah Tikva 19:20…
Woman suicide bomber kills at least 14 at Russian station
1 OF 13. Interior Ministry members stand guard in front of the train station where a bomber detonated explosives in Volgograd December 29, 2013. CREDIT: REUTERS/SERGEI KARPOV (Reuters) – A female suicide bomber blew herself up in the entrance hall of a Russian train station on Sunday, killing at least 14 people in the second deadly attack within three days as the country prepares to host the Winter Olympics. The bomber detonated her explosives in front of a metal detector just inside the main entrance of Volgograd station. Footage shown on TV showed a massive orange fireball filling the stately colonnaded…
Antarctic ship: New bid to free vessel trapped in ice
The BBC’s Andrew Luck-Baker: “We’re wondering if this is our lucky break.” An Australian vessel is en route to East Antarctica in a renewed bid to free a scientific mission ship trapped in dense pack ice since Tuesday. Earlier rescue attempts by Chinese and French icebreakers were foiled by the thick ice. However, a BBC correspondent on the Russian research vessel says big cracks have appeared, raising hopes that it may even be able to move on its own. Seventy-four scientists, tourists and crew are on the Academician Shokalskiy. The vessel is being used by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition to…
Dominican gold rush hits a bureaucratic slowdown
1 OF 5. An overview of Barrick Gold Corporation’s Pueblo Viejo gold mine, one of the world’s largest, is seen in Cotui December 11, 2013. CREDIT: REUTERS/RICARDO ROJAS (Reuters) – Little more than a decade ago, one of the world’s largest known gold deposits sat abandoned in the foothills of the Dominican Republic’s Central Cordillera mountain range. Car-sized boulders leached heavy metals into what locals called the “blood river,” its waters ran so red from contaminants. Today the mine, which reopened as Pueblo Viejo this year, hums with activity. Trucks withtires twice the size of an SUV roll through its massive open pits on…
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