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03/20/2010 11:57 PM
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New NCR land devt concept can be reviewed (The Borneo Post)
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SELANGAU: The implementation of the new concept for the development of the Native Customary Rights (NCR) land will be reviewed from time to time to upgrade the socio-economic status of the people involved.
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03/21/2010 02:11 AM
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Human Rights Day in the 'so-called new South Africa' (Mail and Guardian)
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Racism, discrimination and the cultural divide were causes for concern in South Africa, political parties and organisations said on Human Rights Day. Western Cape acting premier Leonard Ramatlakane said a number of projects would be implemented to combat racial discrimination in the province.
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03/21/2010 03:21 AM
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Churches' legal protection questioned (Denver Post)
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The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act was signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 2000 and has been used primarily to defend religious institutions in land-use disputes. It also is used to guarantee the religious rights of the incarcerated.
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03/20/2010 06:11 AM
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Tardy fee-payers clog land-use agency (Vietnam Net)
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VietNamNet Bridge – About 90 per cent, or 890,000, land-use and residence-ownership papers lodged with the Ha Noi Natural Resources and Environment Department have been approved.
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03/20/2010 01:48 AM
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Villar reiterates vow to protect rights of OFWs (Manila Bulletin)
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Citing the vital role of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in our economy, Nacionalista Party (NP) standard-bearer Senator Manny Villar reiterated his advocacy to help and protect rights of migrant workers once he wins in the May 10, 2010 elections. Villar made his pledge on the 15th death anniversary of Flor Contemplacion, a domestic worker who was executed in Singapore in 1995 for the murder of ...
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03/20/2010 11:46 PM
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Helping Works: Boise State honors Cesar Chavez (The Idaho Statesman)
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The Boise State University campus is home to Cesar Chavez Lane. That's one clue that the farm worker/civil rights activist's birthday, celebrated as a holiday in some U.S. states on March 31, is also notable in the land of the Broncos.
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03/20/2010 01:25 AM
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Digging in over land reform (Mail and Guardian)
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The land reform department's controversial call for land to be declared a national asset must be seen as a "cry for help" and is unlikely to find support from Parliament and critical ANC structures, senior ANC insiders said this week.
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03/20/2010 10:13 PM
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WHAT POWERS THE WESTAn area once hot in mineral speculation goes cold — for now (Telluride Daily Planet)
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What booms busts. What appeared to be the next energy boom across the county has flatlined; for the third straight quarter, no San Miguel County acres will be auctioned off in the Bureau of Land Management’s four-times-a-year mineral rights lease sale, and the company that set up shop in the West End is now trying to get out.
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03/18/2010 12:22 PM
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States Rights' Advocates Look to Cripple Health Care Reform (Black Voices)
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Filed under: News , Politics , President Obama , Race and Civil Rights , Health Care Debate It isn't even the law of the land yet. Health care reform, President Obama's most ambitious policy initiative since taking office, won't become law unless Congressional Democrats put aside their differences and support the legislation in a crucial vote later this week. But that fact isn't stopping some ...
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03/20/2010 05:33 PM
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Housebuilders Barratt and Redrow look to raise £876m (contractjournal.com)
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Both Barratt Developments and Redrow have announced they will raise cash through substantial rights issues. Barratt said it was to raise £720m to reduce its debt and make money available for developing existing sites and acquiring new land.
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