As the elected District Attorney for the Delta County where Till was killed, Chiles faces questions from her fellow prosecutors at their state meeting, where she's the only black woman in a sea of white faces.

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Now, Mali has no no access to the sea, is heavily dependent on foreign aid and faces a future of uncertainty.

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The company faces a tidal wave of litigation and an epidemic of stories about oil-drenched sea birds and devastated wetlands.

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