The strikers rejected the settlement, believing that accepting anything less than the "Five Demands" would be a betrayal of the sacrifice made by Bobby Sands and the other men who had died.
Miriam O'Reilly Today's verdict was a vindication for O'Reilly, who decided to pursue legal action against the BBC rather than take the offer of a settlement – believed to be between £75,000 and £100,000 – not to take her case to an industrial tribunal.
On July 12 , 1996 the terms were announced: a settlement believed to be around pounds 15m ( the Princess had been reported to be asking for nearer pounds 50m), equal responsibility for the upbringing of their children, and the demotion in title to Diana, Princess of Wales.
William Gerrish, a health department spokesman, said the agency was satisfied with the settlement and believed it continued to "protect the public".
Will Israel?" In some respects, those such as Shavit, who began in the left Zionist movement Peace Now, have moved closer to Sharon's late political vision when he ordered the evacuation of the Gaza settlements, believing that, without a peace deal imminent at any time in the near future, Israel must act unilaterally to end the occupation of the West Bank as a moral necessity.
The fraud claims were ultimately thrown out, but Dr. Smith won settlements believed to total several hundred thousand dollars over retaliation he said he endured for complaining.
Although Lovelace expects some members to criticize the settlement, he believes that it was the right decision.
Hard-line Israelis in the government and the settlement community believe that Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, spurned an Israeli olive branch in 2008.
But the settlers are less monophonic than I imagined, and the settlements, I believe, are less cussed and obdurate.
Critics of life settlements believe "this defeats the idea of what life insurance is supposed to be," said Steven Weisbart, senior vice president and chief economist for the Insurance Information Institute, a trade group.
He said that this was a factor in the size of the settlement, which is believed to be the largest in German legal history.
