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

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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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AS IT IS 2014-08-08 Americans Debate Over Payments to Terrorrists The militant group known as the Islamic State has claimed responsibility for killing American journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff. Americans are now debating whether the United

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Key Sentences(重点句子) 370.As they are in such a damaged condition, we doubt we will be able to take delivery. 由于它们残损如此严重,恐怕我们无法提货。 371.Do you know the percentage of the damaged portion? 你们知道

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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

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Spain's prime minister has denied media claims that he and members of his governing Popular Party accepted or made any secret payments. Speaking at a special executive committee meeting, Mariano Rajoy says it's false that he received or distributed u

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