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Exxon Mobil settles Indonesian human rights abuse lawsuit

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Exxon and Indonesian villagers settle 22-year-old case right before trial in US court is set to begin.

On Monday, Exxon Mobil Corp settled a long-running human rights lawsuit with Indonesian villagers who claimed soldiers Exxon hired to guard a natural gas facility in and around the Aceh territory committed murder and torture.

The villagers had sued the oil giant in US court over 20 years ago,

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