21.   But the Dominican government has yet to rule on a U.S. request that he be extradited to face trial on murder and drug charges.

22.   Cuba and the Dominican Republic will negotiate a migration treaty to regulate the flow of Cuban immigrants, the Dominican government said Friday.

23.   Dominican government says flooding in farm town was inevitable.

24.   Eager for evidence that its civil aviation department was not responsible for the crash, the Dominican government invited the safety board to analyze the recorders.

25.   Dominican government spokesman Luis Gonzalez Fabra said Philippe was being held by the armed forces, though he would not say where, why or when they detained him.

26.   Former Spanish Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez had asked the Dominican government to grant the ETA members political asylum.

27.   Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide increased pressure on the Dominican government to address the issue before handing power to Preval in February.

28.   Fujimori discussed possible asylum for the rebels with Dominican President Leonel Fernandez during a stopover Tuesday in Santo Domingo, according to Dominican government aides.

29.   Hundreds of Dominicans are wanted in the United States to face drug charges, but the Dominican government granted its first extraditions last year.

30.   However, a spokesman for the Dominican government has said the discussions were about technical cooperation and the exchange of information.