Unocal to pay villagers, fund improvements to settle rights case
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LOS ANGELES - Unocal Corp. will settle a human rights case filed over a pipeline in Southeast Asia by paying villagers and funding improvements to living conditions along the project route, lawyers on both sides said Monday.
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By Julia Oliver, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Mar. 4--Union County has asked a court to uphold its growth-control ordinance in response to a developer's suit challenging its legality.
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Text of report by Samuel Otieno entitled "Kenya gets two billion shillings aid to conserve nature" published by Kenyan newspaper The Standard website on 12 February  The government is formulating a national policy on environment to revitalize and regulate the sector.
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Local courts could offer resolution, but critics say they may not go far enough.
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A recent deal to protect the habitat of endangered coral may offer US environmentalists new leverage.
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By Larissa Van Beurden-Doust, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif.  Dec. 11--Some Nipomo residents who like the town's rural atmosphere are worried that open space left near some housing projects may actually lead to more development.
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Lawyers to get bigger share of any settlement in Linux suits in exchange for billing less up front.
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Representatives for Australian Aborigines confirmed plans Friday to launch the first compensation lawsuits since a landmark government apology earlier this week for past abuses
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By Carol Demare, Albany Times Union, N.Y. Jun. 18--ALBANY -- A new county law was just what Teri Conroy needed to protect her small llama farm in Altamont.
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By Julia Oliver, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Mar. 5--Union County has asked a court to uphold its growth-control ordinance in response to a developer's suit challenging its legality.
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Â· Children among captives forced to work for no payÂ· Local officials accused of colluding with traffickers
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A Supreme Court decision in favor of one protesting village has inspired others.
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By Matt Krasnowski  and Dan Laidman COPLEY NEWS SERVICE  The Los Angeles City Council is expected today to consider a tentative settlement in an American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit that has prevented police from arresting homeless people who camp on the sidewalks of Skid Row.
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By Kerri Ginis, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  Sep. 18--Faced with the prospect of dark streets -- and criticism from local leaders -- residents in an upscale Fresno County neighborhood say they want another chance to vote on a fee increase to maintain their streetlights.
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By Erica Meltzer, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Sep. 20--Pima County will continue to pay for water stations in the desert to aid illegal border crossers.
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By Debbie Garlicki, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.  Feb. 15--Midway through trial, a monetary settlement was reached Wednesday between a North Whitehall Township woman who was hit in the head by a hunter's stray bullet and the landowner who allowed the hunter on his property.
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By Therese Poletti and Nicole C. Wo, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Sep.