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Today the Crown which means the government signed a treaty settlement with the Tuhoe people for $1.7m. This is the third biggest treaty settlement. The Tuhoe land is in the Urewera area which includes the National Park, Lake Waikaremoana. The area is

Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes reach quick settlement for divorce

BEIJING, July 10 (Xinhuanet) -- Hollywood stars Tom Cruise, 50, and Katie Holmes, 33, reached a settlement on Monday, legally dealing with their divorce. This happened only less than two weeks after Holmes unexpectedly filed for divorce, lawyers for

Palestinians' despair grows as Obama not to ask Israel to halt settlement

RAMALLAH, March 17 (Xinhua) -- One Palestinian official said Sunday that they are more despaired after U.S. President Barack Obama said that he would not present a new Mideast peace initiative or request Israel to halt settlement activities in the Pa

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Israel is considering a compromise with the United States on the thorny issue of Jewish settlements. Israel's Cabinet discussed the possibility of a partial freeze on construction in Jewish settlements at its weekly meeting. Israel has been seeking

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Robert Berger | Jerusalem 20 December 2009 A Palestinian worker builds at a construction site in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Beit Arieh, 20 Dec 2009 Israel's defense minister has ordered the army to use massive force to impose a freeze on cons

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Palestinian workers arrive at dawn at the Nilin Israeli checkpoint, between the West Bank and the Jewish settlement of Modiin Illit. (File) Palestinian leaders recently announced a ban prohibiting Palestinian laborers from working on Jewish settlemen

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Premature and low birth weight babies are surviving as never before, thanks to treatments available in neonatal intensive care units. That's mainly true in rich countries. But a new study suggests that these high-tech, high-intensity hospital service

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Tens of thousands of African American farmers and Native Americans will soon receive compensation for discrimination and mismanagement they allegedly suffered at the hands of the federal government. President Barack Obama is expected to sign a $4.5 b

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Israeli Settlement Expansion Raises West Bank Tensions After the United Nations' cultural organization UNESCO voted to grant membership to the Palestinians, Israel announced it would accelerate construction of Jewish settlements on the outskirts of J

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A bulldozer digs at the Revava Jewish settlement Monday in the northern West Bank. It is a scene that stokes anger among Palestinians and raises questions about whether the talks that started less than a month ago will continue. Palestinian President

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By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 17 July 2007 A judge has approved a $660 million settlement between more than 500 alleged victims of clergy abuse and the Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles. VOA's Mike O'Sullivan reports, the landmark agreement follow

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- Banking giant HSBC has agreed to pay 249 million U.S. dollars to borrowers in a settlement with U.S. federal regulators for its foreclosure abuse practices, U.S. Federal Reserve announced on Friday. The sums paid by HS

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Israel says it won't change its settlement policy despite new demands by the President of the United States. The settlers have announced their own response to U.S. pressure. Jewish settlers wash cement off their feet after laying foundation of new b

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Under pressure from the United States, Israel is sending mixed signals on the controversial issue of West Bank settlements. General view of the West Bank Jewish settlement of Beitar Ilit, 04 Sep 2009 Israel plans to approve the construction of hundr

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More than 1,200 intensive care units in 75 countries examined Carol Pearson | Washington, DC 08 December 2009 Researchers found that more than half of the 14,000 patients in the study on that one day, developed infections in intensive care units Stay

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See June 26th 2008 for background to this news. On Saturday, eight Maori iwi celebrated the Treelord settlement in Turangi near Lake Taupo. It is called Treelord because the fishing settlement with another iwi was called Sealord. The celebrations at