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<title>Deadly MIC still lingers on</title>
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<description>Bangalore, Dec 2: The deadly methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas released by the Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal this day 25 years ago affected even the unborn, researchers say.The toxic gas altered the immune system of those who were still in their</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:02:28 IST</pubDate>
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<title>Lapierre calls for Empowered Commission</title>
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<description>Bhopal, Dec 1: Internationally acclaimed writer Dominique Lapierre, who co-authored the book "Five Past Midnight in Bhopal" about the deadly gas tragedy, Tuesday expressed hope that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will soon set up the Empowered</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:05:44 IST</pubDate>
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<title>Rallies, meets to mark 25 years of Bhopal gas leak</title>
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<description>Bhopal, Dec 1: Meetings, rallies, demonstrations and conferences will mark the 25th anniversary of the Bhopal gas disaster which killed over 3,500 people instantly and maimed several thousands for life on the night of Dec 2-3, 1984. A torch rally</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:07:15 IST</pubDate>
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<title>Gas leak survivors still being poisoned: Study</title>
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<description>Bhopal, Dec 1: The waste left behind at the Union Carbide factory that was closed 25 years ago after a fatal gas leak is continuing to poison people around the plant, says the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)."Latest tests show that</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:12:35 IST</pubDate>
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<title>Don&apos;t work for Dow: Bhopal tragedy survivors</title>
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<description>New Delhi, Dec 1: Going beyond film screenings and photo exhibitions, survivors of the Bhopal gas leak started a campaign here, appealing to the youth not to work for Dow Chemicals, the company that has bought Union Carbide, which was responsible</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:10:28 IST</pubDate>
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<title>Bhopal&apos;s most wanted: Warren Anderson </title>
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<description>&#60;a href="http://english.manoramaonline.com//cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/contentView.do?contentId=6391793">&#60;img src=http://static.manoramaonline.com/ranked/portal/MM/English/Focus/Toxic_Memory/3437190717_bhopalandersen330x180.jpg align="left" width="80" height="80" border="0"/>&#60;/a>New Delhi, Dec 1: A quarter century after the world's worst industrial disaster killed thousands in Bhopal, India is yet to extradite the main accused, American Warren Anderson.In a case that seems to be going nowhere, India issued a fresh arrest</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:16:49 IST</pubDate>
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<title>Gas-hit Bhopal colony remains a living tomb</title>
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<description>Bhopal, Nov 29: A quarter century after a packed shantytown turned into a hell hole following the Bhopal gas disaster, JP Nagar's perennially poor residents are still paying the price for a multinational's folly.The road in front of the now</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:22:28 IST</pubDate>
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<title>&apos;Right the wrongs, pay homage to victims&apos;</title>
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<description>Bhopal, Nov 30: Bhopal gas disaster victims Monday wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar and Vice President Hamid Ansari, the Rajya Sabha chairman, saying parliament should pay homage to the hundreds of thousands affected by the tragedy 25 years</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:25:23 IST</pubDate>
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<title>Bravehearts in the fight for holocaust victims</title>
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<description>Bhopal, Nov 30: For 25 years, they have fought tirelessly and are not giving up yet. Staging demonstrations, lobbying with the government and filing court cases, they are the band of men and women who have waged the war for justice to the victims of</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:19:41 IST</pubDate>
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<title>The dying is not done, yet</title>
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<description>&#60;a href="http://english.manoramaonline.com//cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/contentView.do?contentId=6391797">&#60;img src=http://static.manoramaonline.com/ranked/portal/MM/English/Focus/Toxic_Memory/3437193739_bhopalweek330x180.jpg align="left" width="80" height="80" border="0"/>&#60;/a>By Mathew T. George Amma and I were in Bangalore when death swept through Bhopal on the night of December 2, 1984. The next morning brought tears for her and confusion for me. Three-year-olds do not really understand death.  It was afternoon on</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:50:17 IST</pubDate>
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<title> Damage control? PM asks Bhopal GoM to meet immediately </title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:48:58 IST</pubDate>
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<title>Day after verdict, defeat and anger hang heavy over Bhopal&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; </title>
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<description>Bhopal: The gloom is unrelenting in the colonies near the Union Carbide plant. This should have been a day of retribution but is one of resignation, residents said Tuesday, a day after seven accused in the world's worst industrial disaster got away</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:44:35 IST</pubDate>
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<title>Eight in Bhopal gas tragedy held guilty&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;</title>
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<description>Bhopal: Over 25 years after a gas leak from a Union Carbide plant killed thousands here, a court Monday held eight accused guilty of criminal negligence in the world's worst industrial disaster. The eight include Keshub Mahindra, who then headed the</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:42:30 IST</pubDate>
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<title>US rules out new probe in Bhopal gas leak tragedy&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:46:07 IST</pubDate>
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<title>Bhopal GoM to seek curative petition, Anderson&apos;s extradition </title>
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<description>&#60;a href="http://english.manoramaonline.com//cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/contentView.do?contentId=7418295">&#60;img src=http://static.manoramaonline.com/ranked/portal/MM/English/Focus/Toxic_Memory/3454484808_chidambaram_2.jpg align="left" width="80" height="80" border="0"/>&#60;/a>New Delhi: The GoM on Bhopal gas tragedy is understood to have today decided to recommend filing of a curative petition in the Supreme Court to fix criminal liability, seek extradition of former UCC CEO Warren Anderson and cleaning up the complex by</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:34:06 IST</pubDate>
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