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In Britain, Lord John Browne, the chief executive who transformed BP from a second-tier European oil company into a global giant, resigned after admitting he had lied in court about the circumstances in which he had met a gay companion (apparently, he met him through a male escort agency).

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1980: The longest-running court case in US history, the Sioux Nation versus the United States, was ruled upon by the US Supreme Court.

The court determined that when the Sioux were resettled onto reservations and seven million acres of their land were opened up to prospectors and homesteaders, the terms of the second Fort Laramie Treaty had been violated.

The court stated that the Black Hills were illegally taken, and that the initial offering price, plus interest, should be paid to the Sioux Nation.

As payment for the Black Hills, the court awarded only 106 million dollars to the Sioux Nation.

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