24749: Hermantin(News)Religious leaders seek aid to rebuild

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Caribbean news briefs
-- Wire Reports
April 12, 2005
Dominican Republic
Religious leaders seek aid to rebuild

SANTO DOMINGO · Haitian intellectuals and religious leaders called on the 
government Monday to strengthen its role in Haiti's reconstruction, pointing 
to geographic proximity and a shared interest in stability.

The two countries share the island of Hispaniola, the Dominican Republic is 
on the eastern side and Haiti occupies the western -- with a porous 225-mile 
border.

"The Dominican government has not been engaged enough in Haiti," said the 
Rev. Octamoliere Liberius, vice president of the Haitian-Dominican Dialogue 
Commission, a group of dozens of Christian leaders from both countries