Land Use
Land is any part of the earth's surface that can be owned as property. Land comprises a particular segment of the earth's crust and can be defined in specific terms. The locat...
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Land-Use Control
Land-use control is a relatively new concept. For most of human history, it was assumed that people could do whatever they wished with their own property. However, societies have us...
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In a ruling favorable to an inmate who sued after a Virginia prison denied his request for kosher meals, a federal appeals court on Friday upheld a federal law that protects the religious rights of...
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Melvin B. Lane, former publisher of Sunset magazine and a Stanford University trustee, died Saturday of complications from Parkinson's disease. He was 85.Lane, former co-owner and publisher of Lane...
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Chinese officials said Monday that a crackdown on illegally transferring householders' land to property developers was accelerating, with more than 3,000 officials punished for such actions last ye...
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To the Editor:
Re “Uh-Oh, Are We SC-NYC?” [August 6]:
I don’t know what was in the minds of New York’s policymakers as they looked to Chicago’s Planned Manufacturin...
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Desertification represents one of the "greatest environmental challenge of our times" and could set off mass migrations of people fleeing degraded homelands, a United Nations report warned Thursday...
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HANOI, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Vietnamese Catholics held a
weekend of prayer vigils, part of their efforts for more than a
month to press the Communist government for the return of
church land in Hanoi...
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New York (dpa) - Despite advances made in the past 20 years to
solve problems ranging from the lack of water to the deteriorating
environment, the UN Environment Programme (...
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Rome (dpa) - Farm animal manure produces more greenhouse gas
emissions than cars.
The surprise finding is the result of a report published Wednesday
by the Fo...
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Beijing (dpa) - China launched a new anti-corruption bureau on
Thursday with a vow to improve government transparency and "prevent
corruption at its root."
"T...
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China has raised mortgage interest rates and increased the down payment needed for loans to finance purchases of second homes, the central bank said in a notice seen Friday.The moves were widely ex...
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Land Use
Judges uphold law on inmate religion
