WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- Banking giant HSBC has agreed to pay 249 million U.S. dollars to borrowers in a settlement with U.S. federal regulators for its foreclosure abuse practices, U.S. Federal Reserve announced on Friday. The sums paid by HS...
See June 26th 2008 for background to this news. On Saturday, eight Maori iwi celebrated the Treelord settlement in Turangi near Lake Taupo. It is called Treelord because the fishing settlement with another iwi was called Sealord. The celebrations at...
Tens of thousands of African American farmers and Native Americans will soon receive compensation for discrimination and mismanagement they allegedly suffered at the hands of the federal government. President Barack Obama is expected to sign a $4.5 b...
A bulldozer digs at the Revava Jewish settlement Monday in the northern West Bank. It is a scene that stokes anger among Palestinians and raises questions about whether the talks that started less than a month ago will continue. Palestinian President...
Key Sentences（重点句子） 370．As they are in such a damaged condition, we doubt we will be able to take delivery. 由于它们残损如此严重，恐怕我们无法提货。 371．Do you know the percentage of the damaged portion? 你们知道...
Robert Berger | Jerusalem 20 December 2009 A Palestinian worker builds at a construction site in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Beit Arieh, 20 Dec 2009 Israel's defense minister has ordered the army to use massive force to impose a freeze on cons...
Residents of West Bank Jewish settlements are ready to resume building Luis Ramirez | West Bank settlement of Tekoa 08 December 2009 In a message of defiance, concrete continues to pour to prepare a foundation for construction Israeli settlers in the...
By Jim Teeple Washington 05 March 2008 During his recent visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories in January, President Bush called on Israel to honor its commitment to remove unauthorized settlements and outposts from the West Bank. But with...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 06 November 2007 The U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) says a team of aid workers that traveled during the weekend to Afgooye, a small town west of Mogadishu, found thousands of newly displaced Somalis living in extremely harsh condi...
By David Gollust State Department 27 December 2006 The United States said Wednesday Israel's plan to build a new settlement in the West Bank would violate Israeli obligations under the international Middle East peace road map. The State Department s...
