Thursday, December 3, 2009

World Watch: Bhopal, 25 years later

* India: The 25th-anniversary of the Bhopal disaster was observed with different ceremonies including a protest calling for greater accountability from Dow Chemical.

* Switzerland: Catholic and Jewish groups have joined in protest against Switzerland’s referendum outlawing the construction of new minarets.


* Somalia: At least 19 people were killed when a bomb exploded during a graduation ceremony in the Somali capital of Mogadishu.


* China: A local court sentenced five people to death in relation to July’s ethnic riots in western China.


Image – Guardian UK (“Bhopal teenager Sachin Kumar, whose legs were rendered practically useless by a birth defect, plays cricket with his friends near the deserted Union Carbide factory Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images.”)

Online Sources- Scotsman.com, Catholic News Agency, Jerusalem Post, BBC News, Washington Post

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