The Housing Executive said it intended to use its land assembly powers to work with private developers to target investment towards urban areas.

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And second, it steals some thunder from the Scottish National Party, which is threatening to prevent Labour winning power in the Edinburgh assembly, and for which land reform has long been a cherished goal.

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"Sixty-five years ago on this day, the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution 181, which partitioned the land of historic Palestine into two states and became the birth certificate for Israel, " Mr Abbas said shortly before the vote in New York.

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And the unelected interim assembly that currently acts as Congress is now considering a land-reform bill that would allow the compulsory purchase of unused land from big landowners for redistribution.

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Welsh Assembly Economic Development and Transport Minister Andrew Davies, said on Monday the land deal marked "a huge leap forward" in the drive to develop an aerospace centre of excellence at the St Athan site.

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They expect the constituent assembly to prise open institutions, possibly with quotas, and redistribute wealth, largely through land reform.

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