AP - The Dominican Republic is looking to Washington for help recovering at least $80 million in damages from a U.S. utility it accuses of dumping thousands of tons of coal ash on the country's beaches, sickening residents and harming the tourism industry.

AP - Haitian President-elect Rene Preval said Friday he will visit three South American countries this month to raise aid money for his impoverished country.

AP - Haiti's newly elected president met with his counterpart in the Dominican Republic amid rising tensions between their countries over immigration and security.

AP - As many as 1 million Haitians have fled across the border with the Dominican Republic, braving harassment, deportation threats and attacks by their uneasy neighbors. Many now hope Haitian President-elect Rene Preval can work miracles and bring them home.

AP - The bodies of 24 Haitian migrants who apparently suffocated crossing the border in a sealed truck have been found in the Dominican Republic, police said Wednesday.

AP - Diplomats from Mexico and Central America on Monday demanded guest worker programs and the legalization of undocumented migrants in the United States, while criticizing a U.S. proposal for tougher border enforcement.

AP - Six Latin American governments had hoped to start 2006 with a free trade zone that would open the U.S. market to their fledgling industries. Instead, they bogged down in making legal and regulatory reforms, delaying the trade union that was supposed to take effect Sunday.

AP - Six Latin American governments had hoped to start 2006 with a free trade zone that would open the U.S. market to their fledgling industries.

AP - A woman in the Dominican Republic gave birth to the first sextuplets ever recorded in this Caribbean country, a hospital official said Tuesday.

AP - A woman in the Dominican Republic gave birth to the first sextuplets ever recorded in this Caribbean country, a hospital official said Tuesday.