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By Manuel Jimenez SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (Reuters) - The Dominican Republic on Wednesday rejected accusations of racial discrimination that led a Latin American human rights body to order the Caribbean nation to give birth certificates to Haitians born in its territory. The Dominican Republic, which shares the island of Hispaniola with impoverished and chronically unstable Haiti, has long denied citizenship to Dominican-born Haitians unless their parents have legal...

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) -- Authorities said Saturday that more discussions are needed before a Spanish research team can examine a tomb purportedly holding Christopher Columbus' remains, setting back efforts to determine if claims that he is buried in Spain are true. The government initially had agreed to reopen the tomb on Feb. 15, but authorities later backtracked after the event was heavily publicized. Dominican authorities were upset with reports that researchers would do...

MADRID, Spain (AP) -- Spanish researchers said Monday they've won permission to open a tomb in the Dominican Republic purported to hold remains of Christopher Columbus, edging closer to solving a century-old mystery over whether those bones or a rival set in Spain are the real thing. A team of two high school teachers from Seville and a leading Spanish forensic geneticist has been testing 500-year-old bone slivers for more than two years to try to pinpoint the final resting place of the...