India to scrap Bhopal settlement and pursue suits
Prime Minister V. P. Singh announced plans to nullify the $470 million U S settlement with Union Carbide over the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster. He pledged to press criminal charges and pursue the $3 billion claim, while calling the deal unacceptable to victims. The move follows a large rally in Bhopal with survivors and crowds greeting him. The decision awaits review under Indian law.
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Bhopal
India
V. P. Singh
Union Carbide
Singh
Indian Supreme Court
Rajiv Gandhi
Jaiprakash Nagar
Union Carbide Plant
UCC
Union Carbide Corp
Turtle's lifelong voyage prompts Irish united effort
A three year old loggerhead turtle washed ashore on a County Kerry beach is flown to Dublin for care. Ireland and Northern Ireland collaborate with the army to transport the reptile named Corporal Fogg aboard state planes and a military helicopter amid diplomatic clearance and security constraints.
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Dublin
Reuter
Ireland
Caribbean
Atlantic
County Kerry
Portaferry
Northern Ireland
Aer Lingus
Irish Republican Army
Britain
Fogg
Jules Verne
Haiti regime cracks down on opponents amid state of siege
In Port au Prince the military regime arrested beat and exiled political activists after Lt Gen Prosper Avril declared a state of siege. Six leading activists were exiled Sunday and dozens more detained fueling doubt over promised October elections. Hubert de Ronceray in Miami condemned Avril as a dictator.
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Prosper Avril
Avril
Miami
Hubert de Ronceray
Romanian shoppers in Bucharest endure purgatory of shortages
In post Ceausescu Romania a Bucharest peasant market scene and the capital's state department store show chronic scarcity. Long lines snare groceries and meat while a scarce supply of televisions draws hopeful crowds as Romanians watch western programs and political debates.
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Bucharest
Reuter
Romania
Bucuro
Bor
Nicolae Ceausescu
Ceausescu
Seoul campus clashes roil five universities over anti government push
Radical students clashed with police across five Seoul campuses and three other cities amid calls to join a national union to topple President Roh Tae woo. Hundreds of students and workers were arrested as police backed by riot squads fought demonstrators.
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Seoul
Roh Tae-woo
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