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A 13-year-old lawsuit over royalties owed to Native Americans for use of tribal lands has finally drawn to a tentative close. The U.S. announced it would pay $3.4 billion to settle claims that it underpaid beneficiaries and mismanaged revenue from land it holds in trust for more than...
Though Iran's presidential election was settled almost six months ago, demonstrations against its controversial outcome continue. On Dec. 7, Iran's National Student Day, thousands of university students, who dominate the antigovernment movement, flooded Tehran to rally against the disputed re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The two days...
On-duty police in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo have killed more than 11,000 people since 2003, according to a Human Rights Watch report. The deadliest year in Rio--the 2016 Olympic host city--was 2007, when police were tasked with securing the city when it hosted...
Re the reference to Hurricane Katrina as "the largest natural disaster in our nation's history": Experts agree that the destruction following the hurricane was caused by the collapse of the federally built and controlled levee system, which failed when confronted with the precise circumstance it was supposed to protect...
Following the disputed June 12 election, Montazeri publicly questioned the victory of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and warned Iran's security forces that they would have to answer to God for their actions against protestors. In a soul-searching letter to Iran's clerics and seminaries, Montazeri recently stated: "The goal...