1.   American and Canadian observers say they are ready to go, but Argentine troops are still waiting for approval from the Dominican government.

2.   Dominican government officials said the ring had agents in all those locations who were given winning numbers in advance.

3.   During November and December, the Dominican government pays bands to play traditional Dominican music like bachata and perico ripiao at the airport as a welcoming.

4.   Even as the Dominican government declared three days of official mourning, mental health workers and Red Cross volunteers streamed into the airport, some carrying boxes of food.

5.   Even Dominican government officials shared that view.

6.   He could be the age he says he is, and the Dominican government might back him as early as today.

7.   If the Dominican government is not willing to extradite them, New York police officials say, at least they could be imprisoned in the Dominican Republic.

8.   Safir has a long and successful history working with past Dominican governments.

9.   The action already appears to have had some effect on the Dominican government, which has responded with promises of a search and has convicted the suspect in absentia.

10.   The Dominican government refuses to extradite Dominicans, and only in unusual cases will it prosecute people who have committed crimes in the United States.