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07/24/2008 09:40 AM
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Namibia: Land Rights Application Deadline to Be Extended (AllAfrica.com)
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Only about a third of existing customary land rights have been applied for to date, seven months before the February deadline.
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07/23/2008 04:24 AM
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Uganda: Land Bill Politicised - Rights Group (AllAfrica.com)
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The Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) has recommended more meaningful consultations to resolve the land issues.
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07/24/2008 06:14 AM
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Arguments churn at 'vested rights' land-use hearing (Salem Statesman Journal)
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A proposed development of 217 acres in the hills south of Salem brought the property owners and neighbors back to the county's public-hearing room Wednesday, where they spent hours testifying about the years-long controversy.
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07/23/2008 10:22 AM
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South Africa: Five More Years to Settle All Outstanding Land Claims (AllAfrica.com)
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It will take a further five years before the 5 000 outstanding land claims are settled, says the Commission on Restitution of Land Rights.
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07/24/2008 01:20 PM
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Ta'an Kwach'an lose bidding war for Whitehorse waterfront land (CBC North)
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The Ta'an Kwach'an Council has lost its bid for some prime property in Whitehorse, after another Yukon First Nation won the territorial government's land sale in court Wednesday.
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07/24/2008 11:50 AM
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Bossier City expected to get millions from leasing its mineral rights (KTBS Shreveport)
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The Bossier City Council will meet Friday to put mineral rights for all of the city's 3,300 acres of public property up for bid. Council members will vote on whether to let the state Mineral Board auction the city's mineral rights. Bids are expected to bring in millions of dollars
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07/24/2008 10:56 AM
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Farmland rights to be bought Ann Arbor, Pittsfield agree on PDR purchase (The Ann Arbor News)
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The City of Ann Arbor and Pittsfield Township have agreed to purchase the development rights on 82 acres of farmland at Morgan and Platt roads, for about $1.5 million.
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07/24/2008 10:46 AM
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Upholding rights-based development (The Manila Times)
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When asked what single legislation can be drafted to redirect all dimensions of Philippine affairs and give relief to our people, London School of Economics-trained researcher Jose Enrique Africa replied, a law that will make bureaucrats criminally liable for any action neglectful of and threatening to the people’s civil, political, economic and social development rights.
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07/23/2008 12:26 AM
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Check out civil rights exhibit while you can (The Facts)
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You have just a few more days to visit the promised land — Sunday will be the final day of the Martin Luther King Jr. and Civil Rights Movement exhibit at the Heritage Society, 1100 Bagby in Houston.
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07/24/2008 03:59 AM
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Human Rights Watch Letter To Cyclone Nargis Donors (Scoop.co.nz)
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Human Rights Watch remains deeply concerned about the dire plight of Burmese severely affected by Cyclone Nargis, which struck Burma’s Irrawaddy Delta on May 2-3, 2008. The United Nations estimates that the cyclone left at least 140,000 persons dead or missing and that approximately 2.4 million more were severely affected, many of whom are still in need of urgent and sustained humanitarian ...
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