11.   The Dominican president Tuesday removed the national police chief, who was a target of human rights groups that accused him of tolerating systematic police brutality.

12.   The Dominican president and his centrist party have been frustrated by an unyielding legislature in their attempts to reform the government and privatize public enterprises in this Caribbean country.

13.   The Dominican president said that a former French housing official accused of diverting public funds is in the Caribbean country and under surveillance by security forces.

14.   Pena Gomez seeks to become the first black Dominican president this century and Balaguer is white.