Small oil leak stops production at North Sea StatoilHydro platformSeptember 25th, 2009 Oil leak shuts down StatoilHydro platformOSLO — State-controlled Norwegian oil company StatoilHydro ASA was forced to shut down its Statfjord C offshore oil platform Friday after it leaked water contaminated by oil into the North Sea. Statfjord C off Norway's southwestern coast will remain offline until the cause of the leak is found, StatoilHydro spokesman Oeistein Johannessen said.
Victims of Bhopal gas tragedy still deprived of clean waterSeptember 23rd, 2009 BHOPAL - Bhopal Group for Information and Action (BGIA), a voluntary group representing the victims of 1984 gas tragedy at the Union Carbide, has demanded for clean and potable water for the affected families. On the night of December 2, 1984, tonnes of a toxic gas leaked from the pesticide plant owned by Union Carbide, killing 3,800 people almost immediately.
At least 2 dozen injured by ammonia leak at meat plant in South San FranciscoAugust 28th, 2009 Dozens hurt by ammonia leak at Calif. meat plantSOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.
Chhattisgarh legislator caught with cartridges in BhopalAugust 19th, 2009 BHOPAL - Congress legislator from Ambikapur assembly constituency in Chhattisgarh T.S. Singhdeo was arrested at Bhopal airport Wednesday for carrying 10 live cartridges, airport authorities said.
Tunnel discovered in Bhopal during civil engineering workAugust 19th, 2009 BHOPAL - A tunnel was discovered in the Pari Bazar area of Bhopal on Wednesday. According to sources the tunnel dates back to the Mughal era.
Union Carbide says Bhopal leak couldn't be foreseen, executive sought for arrest not to blameAugust 2nd, 2009 Union Carbide says exec not to blame for BhopalUnion Carbide is defending its former chief executive now wanted for arrest in India, saying managers couldn't have foreseen a gas leak at the chemical company's Bhopal plant that killed 10,000 people 25 years ago. An Indian court issued a warrant Friday for Warren Anderson and ordered India's government to press Washington for his extradition.
Wife: American wanted in Bhopal gas leak 'haunted for many years,' living in NY's HamptonsAugust 1st, 2009 Wife: NY man wanted in Bhopal gas leak 'haunted'BRIDGEHAMPTON, N.Y. — The former head of the chemical company responsible for the gas leak that killed 10,000 people in India 25 years ago has been "haunted" for years by the world's worst industrial disaster, his wife said Saturday.
India court orders arrest of accused American in Bhopal gas leak that killed 10,000July 31st, 2009 India orders arrest of American in Bhopal gas leak
NEW DELHI — An Indian court issued a warrant Friday for the arrest of the former head of the American chemical company responsible for a gas leak that killed at least 10,000 people in Bhopal 25 years ago. Warren Anderson was the head of Union Carbide Corp.
Hindu activists protest conversion of a woman to Christianity in BhopalJuly 26th, 2009 BHOPAL - Activists of Hindu radical groups on Sunday protested outside a church against the conversion of a Hindu woman to Christianity in Bhopal city. Protestors demanded a case should be filed into the incident, as it was described to be an attack on the Hindu culture and fraternity.
Bhopal zookeepers to study effect of solar eclipse on animal behaviourJuly 17th, 2009 BHOPAL - The Van Vihar National Park in Bhopal has commissioned a unique study to know the changes in behaviour of animals caused by solar eclipse. The first total solar eclipse of 21st century will be visible in India on July 22.
Utility officials in Illinois say no public threat in tritium leak at nuclear power plantJune 8th, 2009 No public threat in tritium leak at Ill. plantMORRIS, Ill.
Threat to blow up Bhopal railway station proves to be hoaxMarch 11th, 2009 BHOPAL - Security was stepped up at the Bhopal railway station following a threat to blow it up on Holi Wednesday, the police said, but the call turned out to be a hoax. 'The railway police received the anonymous threat in Delhi, following which the alert was sounded here and subsequently the police launched a search operation.
Bhopal gas tragedy survivors ask Unesco to preserve 'killer' factoryMarch 5th, 2009 BHOPAL - Survivors of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy Wednesday said they have appealed to Unesco to preserve the Union Carbide factory, which was the site of the infamous industrial disaster, as part of a memorial. Leaders of various NGOs working for the cause of the gas tragedy victims - including the Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationery Karmchari Sangh (BGPMSKS), Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Purush Sangharsh Morcha (BGPMPSM) and Bhopal Group for Information and Action (BGIA) - said at a joint press conference here that they have sent a letter to UNESCO, seeking help for decontamination, repair, restoration and preservation of the factory site.
Bhopal, Indore to have Metro Rail soonJanuary 21st, 2009 BHOPAL - Both Bhopal and Indore can now dream of having Metro Rail services, if one were to go by Madhya Pradesh Urban Development Minister Babulal Gaur. 'A survey for the Metro Rail project in Bhopal and Indore would be started in a month's time by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)', Gaur told reporters here Thursday.
Plans for memorial to Bhopal gas victims receive setbackJanuary 15th, 2009 BHOPAL - The Madhya Pradesh government proposal to build a memorial to the victims of the infamous 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy is embroiled in a controversy even before plan could take off. The government has proposed to set up the memorial at the defunct Union Carbide chemical plant at a cost of Rs.700 million on an area of 67 acres.
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