61.   There was no comment from Dominican officials on Monday.

62.   They left this week for Ecuador, Dominican officials said.

63.   Thirty-five families were evacuated from low-lying city neighborhoods, Dominican officials said.

64.   U.S. authorities have met with Dominican officials to seek stronger punishment there for migrant smugglers.

65.   Two American scientists lost in a national park for a week were rescued by a Dominican search team and were recuperating on Thursday, Dominican officials said.

66.   Dominican officials will be investigating to see if Bloch had any illegal connections here, General Julio Cesar Venture Bayonet said.

67.   Dominican officials have also promised a full investigation into how Philippe managed to enter the Dominican Republic on Wednesday despite an order to bar him.

68.   Port-au-Prince police chief Joseph Michel Francois, blamed for the deaths of thousands of anti-military activists, arrived in the Dominican Republic, according to US and Dominican officials.