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Divisions among the Thai military junta are emerging. Is this a response to the threat of future jail sentences? Is it to prevent an election? Rumour says so.

The American billionaire says his land buying days are most over and also denies some of the rumors and conspiracy theories that have evolved about his true intents.

In Australia a free trade agreement with the United States means bad news for Aboriginal communities, just as it was for First Nations in Mexico, Chile and Canada.

Indian Reorganization Act I covered the background and provisions of the Act. This article covers its enactment and the short and long-term effects.

Economic growth in Cambodia has been notable in recent years, but there are suggestions that thefruits of growth are inequitably distributed. Should we care?

Learn about the possibilities and pitfalls of buying a Spanish property. Practical guidelines and advice about the Valencia land grab law, as well as demolition orders.

Dahlonega, Ga., maintains its quaintness without forgetting the dark side of its golden past: the 1829 Gold Rush that precipitated Indian Removal and the Trail of Tears.

After relocation, the Five Civilized Tribes settled into unfamiliar territory in Oklahoma. Gradually, however, they found their new home partitioned by the Americans.

Pocahontas: Daughter of Powhatan, Saves John Smith after arrival at Jamestown, becomes peacemaker.

Music teachers and students should be aware of how values, music and politics all intersect in Australia's favourite song.

Joseph Stalin who ruled Russia with a brutal and unyielding fist was slow to accept the inevitability of the pending invasion of Germany.

Politicians and civic leaders saw an opportunity to extend the goals of Manifest Destiny by using the American occupation of Mexico as a natural step toward annexation.

Fearing high prices for grain and biofuels, rich countries are leasing farmland in poorer nations. Is this exploitation, or a win-win strategy?

The life of Colonel Thomas Blood, a man who, in dedicating his life to the return of his fortunes, was destined to be remembered as England's most audacious thief.

Images of war-torn Iraq? A’ole! No! It's just business as usual in the so-called “state” of Hawai’i.

William Henry Harrison did not last long as President, but prior to that he was a war hero and one of America's most prolific politicians.