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07/19/2008 07:32 AM
The storm rages on: After almost two decades, late rancher's fight with government over property rights still largely ... (Elko Daily Free Press)
It took 17 years for the late rancher Wayne Hage to win a groundbreaking lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service in a long-running dispute over property rights, water rights and grazing on federal land.

07/19/2008 08:34 PM
Huntington ballpark pitches naming rights to smaller projects (The Columbus Dispatch)
Forget the peanuts and Cracker Jack. Fans going out to the ballgame in the new Huntington Park can buy something bigger: How about a kids' play land, a fan information booth or a bar where patrons can sip a beer as they cheer?

07/19/2008 04:58 PM
President Abbas: We are Determined to Get our Legitimate Rights (Palestine News Agency)
RAMALLAH, July 19, 2008, (WAFA)-President Mahmoud Abbas said that the Israeli practices against the Palestinian people would not make us frustrated and we determine to get our legitimate rights.

07/17/2008 09:11 PM
‘Phenomenal' rights sale sets stage for exploration push in B.C. (The Globe and Mail)
CALGARY — British Columbia has raked in a record-breaking $610-million in an oil and gas rights sale, the latest in a series of windfalls driven by a rush of natural gas producers looking to lock up land in the northeastern part of the province.

07/18/2008 03:39 PM
Raul Castro to Redistribute Cuban Land to Private Farmers (Bloomberg.com)
July 18 (Bloomberg) -- Cuban President Raul Castro will redistribute government land that is not in use to private farmers to stimulate the country's agricultural industry.

07/17/2008 11:23 AM
Government of British Columbia: Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources; Unprecedented Land Rights Sale ... (CCNMatthews via Yahoo! Finance)
VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- - The July sale of oil and gas rights resulted in a record-breaking total of over $610 million in bonus bids. Yesterday's sale brings the fiscal year-to-date total to a new record of over $1.3 billion, Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources Minister Richard Neufeld announced today.

07/18/2008 12:23 PM
Cuba reforms turn to state land (BBC News)
Cuba puts more state-owned farm land into private hands, in a move designed to increase lacklustre food production.

07/18/2008 06:34 PM
Lawyers ready to defend protesters who land in jail (Rocky Mountain News)
Free speech rights are personal to Denver criminal defense lawyer Sean McAllister.

07/19/2008 04:43 PM
Chechen strongman calls on Russian army to give up premises (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Chechnya's pro-Moscow president Ramzan Kadyrov on Saturday called on Russia's military to give up land and buildings it has occupied "without legal basis" in the war-torn republic, Interfax reported.

07/18/2008 11:24 PM
How they voted (The Kansas City Star)
1. ‘Use It or Lose It' (HR 6515): Voting 244-173, the House failed to reach a two-thirds majority needed to force oil companies to either drill on federally leased land or surrender drilling rights. A yes vote supported the bill.

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