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In his speech, he said Syria was "reclaiming its rightful place among the nations of the world" and expressed solidarity with the people of Gaza.

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Tchiroma Bakary maintains he was the rightful winner of the poll and has accused the authorities of fraud, which they have denied.

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The agency said it had "detected fraudulent diversion of public money by various Reliance Anil Ambani group companies" and that it was "committed to restituting" the proceeds of these crimes to "their rightful claimants".

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In an interesting turn of events, Lahijani then filed a lawsuit against the California Lottery claiming he was actually the rightful owner of both tickets but had lost the second one.

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“This ruling, if not overturned, means that judges and plaintiffs’ lawyers run Delaware companies rather than their rightful owners — the shareholders,” Tesla said in a December 2024 statement.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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