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			<Headline><![CDATA[Chevron to open claims center after refinery fire]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[Chevron will announce plans to open a claims center for people who want the oil company to pay for injuries and damage caused by Monday&apos;s refinery fire]]></Description>
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			<Date>2012-08-09 00:00:00</Date>
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			<importance>4.0</importance>
			<Location>Richmond</Location>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Chevron appeals $8.6 billion ruling]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[Chevron filed an appeal with Ecuador&apos;s National Court to review a ruling that it must pay billions of dollars in damages for oil pollution in the Amazon rain forest]]></Description>
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			<Date>2012-01-21 00:00:00</Date>
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			<Topic><![CDATA[Business Lawsuit]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/21/world/americas/ecuador-chevron-lawsuit/index.html?hpt=wo_c2]]></URL>
			<importance>4.0</importance>
			<Location>Chevron</Location>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Ecuador upholds ruling against Chevron]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[An appeals court in Ecuador upheld an $18 billion ruling against Chevron for oil pollution in the Amazon rain forest more than two decades ago]]></Description>
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			<Date>2012-01-03 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Evening</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Business Lawsuit]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2012/01/03/financial/f183828S53.DTL&type=business]]></URL>
			<importance>3.0</importance>
			<Location>Chevron</Location>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Chevron, California settle on gas tanks]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[A $24.5 million settlement over allegations that the oil giant violated state laws by failing to properly inspect and maintain underground gas tanks]]></Description>
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			<Date>2011-09-07 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Evening</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Lawsuit Settled]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/09/07/state/n223821D68.DTL&type=newsbayarea]]></URL>
			<importance>4.0</importance>
			<Location>Chevron</Location>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Chevron appeals over Amazon fine]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[US oil giant Chevron has launched a legal appeal against a $9.5bn fine by an Ecuador court for polluting much of the country&apos;s Amazon region]]></Description>
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			<Date>2011-03-13 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Morning</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Business Lawsuit]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12725490]]></URL>
			<importance>3.0</importance>
			<Location>Chevron</Location>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Chevron disputes $8B Amazon fine]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[Chevron calls the lawsuit a shakedown and a sham, and the company pledged to keep fighting]]></Description>
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			<Date>2011-02-15 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Morning</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Business Lawsuit]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/02/15/MN751HMUOM.DTL]]></URL>
			<importance>4.0</importance>
			<Location>Chevron</Location>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Huge fine in Amazon pollution case]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[A court in Ecuador has fined US oil giant Chevron a reported $8bn for polluting a large part of the country&apos;s Amazon region]]></Description>
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			<Date>2011-02-14 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Afternoon</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Business Lawsuit]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12460333]]></URL>
			<importance>1.0</importance>
			<Location>Chevron</Location>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Verdict clearing Chevron is upheld]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[A appeals court upheld a jury&apos;s verdict clearing Chevron of wrongdoing for the shootings of Nigerian villagers who occupied an offshore barge]]></Description>
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			<Date>2010-09-10 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Morning</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Business Lawsuit]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/09/10/BU741FC1GB.DTL&type=business]]></URL>
			<importance>4.0</importance>
			<Location>Chevron</Location>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Chevron To Pay For Bay Restoration]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[Chevron has agreed to pay $2.85 million for the restoration of 200-plus acres of wetlands as part of a settlement over contamination from its refinery]]></Description>
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			<Date>2010-09-03 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Morning</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Spill]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://cbs5.com/wireapnewsca/Chevron.agrees.to.2.1895970.html]]></URL>
			<importance>5.0</importance>
			<Location>Richmond</Location>
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