Government claims custody of Picasso oil at center of legal fight
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LOS ANGELES The federal government has claimed custody of a Pablo Picasso painting stolen by Nazis during World War Two. The move allows a federal court in Los Angeles to claim jurisdiction in a legal struggle
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For years their work could not be exhibited in China, but now the countryâs leading contemporary artists are being courted by major art collectors abroad and a local government in Sichuan Province is taking notice.
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The Supreme Court ruled against the oil and gas industry Monday in a dispute over how many years into the past the government can reach to collect money for leases on federal land.
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US oil giant Exxon Mobil says courts have frozen $36bn of Venezuela's assets in its dispute with the government.
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Russia's state arms exporter has filed a  lawsuit against a businessman who said it was seeking to grab  private assets, the latest salvo in what analysts have said is  a turf war raging behind the scenes between Kremlin clans.
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Anglo-Dutch energy giant Shell has allegedly accused the Russian government of concocting an environmental issue concern as an excuse to capture control of its multi-billion dollar Sakhalin gas project.
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Venezuela's state-run oil firm denies that Exxon Mobil has won a court order to freeze up to $12bn of its assets.
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A law that could shape Iraq's future by clearing the way for investment in its oil fields is deadlocked by a battle for control of the reserves and no end to the impasse is in sight, lawmakers and officials say.
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Russia's state environmental agency has said it had launched a legal challenge to work at Sakhalin-2, a massive oil and gas project led by British group Shell, as efforts continued by state-owned Gazprom to obtain a stake in the project.
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California files a lawsuit against the US government, in a dispute over greenhouse gas regulations.
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It appears that yet another muscular government is having its way with Western oil companies.
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The oil giant won court orders freezing as much as $12 billion in petroleum assets controlled by Venezuelaâs government.
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Every property owner in the state should be alarmed that the New Jersey  Supreme Court decided today that government has the right to take  ownership of your land under the guise of preserving open space, whether  you want to sell it or not, according to the Builders League of South  Jersey.
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"Spain has decided to go to (the) courts to claim its right in case the discovery is Spanish"  The Spanish government said Thursday it has filed a lawsuit in a U.S. federal court against an American firm over a shipwreck the company has found laden with a colonial-era treasure.If the vessel was Spanish or was removed from Spanish waters, any treasure would belong to Spain, Spain says.'Odyssey Marine Exploration has been requested in a letter to provide information concerning the identity of the ship and the material recovered, and has not responded with the details we were asking for,' said Susana Tello, Culture Ministry spokeswoman. Read more
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Both the oil industry and environmental groups were united, at least in disagreement, on Friday by the province of Albertaâs decision to raise oil and gas royalty charges.
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MADRID, Sep 3 (IPS) - While in other parts of the world, like the Middle   East, the struggle over water sources fuels armed conflicts, a  political war  is being waged in Spain over the same question.
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The Spanish government has filed claims in U.S. federal court over a shipwreck that a Florida firm found laden with colonial-era treasure, an attorney said Thursday.