Haiti: U.S. to return documents

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US troops serving in Haiti in 1994 seized papers that related to human rights abuses that occurred while the military was in charge of the government. The papers were returned after Haiti requested them. The US held the papers in fears of retaliation by supporters of Pres Aristide.

Human rights, Constant, Emmanuel

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High court upholds Aborigine land act

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Australia's High Court ruled in favor of aboriginal land rights set up in the Native Title Act after a challenge to the law by Western Australia's Liberal Party. Western Australia contains many mining companies and deposits, and state leaders will fight the court ruling.

Australia, Laws, regulations and rules, Australian aborigines, Aboriginal Australians, Native people's land claims, Indigenous people's land claims

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U.S. upholds refugee returns

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The Supreme Court held that the Coast Guard would be allowed to return Haitian refugees back to Haiti. The Court will consider whether the repatriation policy violates US refugee law.

Emigration and immigration, Emigration and immigration law, Immigration law, Refugees, Haitian, Haitian refugees

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