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Although Germany and German corporations have paid reparations in the past in connection with the Nazis' murder of Jews and others, the coverage states that the latest sum is their first significant settlement on behalf of laborers.
Machico can claim to be Madeira’s first settlement, the spot where João Gonçalves Zarco first came ashore on the island in 1419.
The plan would culminate at the end of the year in a Barak-Clinton-Arafat summit to declare an "agreed framework for the permanent settlement" or, failing that, a declaration of principles outlining the steps toward a settlement.
But since the Gwich'in opted out of the 1971 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, they stand to make no profit from new drilling.
By the way, the NYT states the Republicans plan to pay for their health insurance initiative with revenue raised from higher cigarette taxes, with or without the passage of a comprehensive tobacco settlement.