Five years on Bhopal victims seek more compensation
Survivors of the Bhopal disaster year five after the gas leak still await full compensation. Many faced deaths and chronic illnesses while living with damaged lungs and eyes. Government and Union Carbide disputes slow disbursement of about 470 million dollars awarded as full and final relief. Local residents press for ongoing relief, employment opportunities, and prosecutions of company officials.
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Bhopal
India
Mamta
Union Carbide
Supreme Court
S.R. Satyam
Madhya Pradesh
Shankarlal Shrivastava
Alok Pratap Singh
Narmada Bai Rajoria
East German leaders cite Gorbachev role in protests
East German Communist Party officials say Mikhail Gorbachev was in daily contact with Soviet troops in East Germany during October street demonstrations that toppled Honecker. They claim troops stayed in barracks and that Egon Krenz countermanded orders to use force, while insisting no written order existed. Krenz later met Honecker to present a decree banning force, signaling his struggle ahead of a Dec 15-17 party congress.
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Berlin
Communist Party
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
East Germany
Erich Honecker
Leipzig
East Berlin
Gorbachev
Krenz
Honecker
Cambodian rebels back peace plan toward UN trusteeship
Cambodian rebel leader Prince Norodom Sihanouk endorsed an Australian proposal to dismantle the Vietnamese backed government in Cambodia and place the country under UN trusteeship. He said he would quit his seat if the plan moves forward and unite with Son Sann against Phnom Penh. Vietnam claims troops left in late September, though Sihanouk skeptically questions full withdrawal amid ongoing clashes.
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Beijing
Norodom Sihanouk
Cambodia
United Nations
Sihanouk
Son Sann
Phnom Penh
Australia
Gareth Evans
Vietnam
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Sunil Vishwakarma
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Satinath Sarangi
Razia Bee
Kurt Mazur
N.Y. Times News Service
Journal-World
For Personal
Iras
Frank Alexander
CLA
Mesa Way
Mississippi
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Richard Orchard
Lynn O’neal
Pixy
Penney
Pitt
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