Media Coverage

This is an incomplete but constantly growing list of news items about Bhopal and Bhopal-related issues. Newest stories are listed first. Scroll down for older stories. If you know of articles and reports we have missed - and there are dozens - please point us to the urls. These are mainly links to media web pages. Some reports may be moved to archived elsewhere in the future. Please report any dead links here.

Our collection now reaches back to within months of the original gas leak. See Houston Chronicle archive (coming soon). Other Dow-Carbide related stories are here (or click the graphic at right). Complete list (huge) November 2002 October 2002 September 2002 August 2002 Jan-July 2002 1968-end 2001

2002 - December

2002 - December

8 December - Daily Times "Union Carbide responsible for Bhopal gas disaster: UK journal" More coverage of the New Scientist article.

7 December - India West "Gas Tragedy Survivors, Activists Protest in Bhopal"

6 December - The Financial Express "Global Funds Tell Union Carbide To Settle Bhopal Gas Leak Claims" Excellent piece by Ajay Jain linking various parts of the story

6 December - Bhopal Central Chronicle "Fresh evidence on gas disaster" The New Scientist piece making waves.

6 December - Michigan Daily "Contamination from Bhopal disaster highlighted in film" Nadeemuddin's documentary about the contaminated factory and the vigil at Michael Parker's house, where he was throwing a lavish party on the anniversary. This Dow-placed piece in its hometown newspaper also features veteran PR man John Musser - Hi John, the years go by but you don't lose that sure, mendacious touch.

5 December - The Hindu "Bhopal gas tragedy not a sabotage"

4 December - Environmental News Network "Thousands protest on anniversary of India's Bhopal industrial disaster" Associated Press report on the anniversary in Bhopal.

4 December - Denver Post "Protests mark Bhopal anniversary" Bottom of the page of Business Briefs

4 December - Gulf Daily News "Bhopal rallies mark tragedy anniversary"

4 December - Outlook India "Union Carbide cut corners in Bhopal's safety design: report" Echoing a French report about the New Scientist article

4 December - Midland Daily News "Dow CEO talks to supporters of Bhopal survivors" Yes, the poor bugger took time off from the lavish party he was throwing to issue the usual pablum. In this article,

4 December - Miami Herald "Thousands protest at disaster site" Poor old Warren, now even his neighbours at Vero Beach, Florida, know about his unsavoury past.

4 December - New Scientist "Fresh evidence on Bhopal disaster" Important piece by Debora Mackenzie, who wrote some key early pieces on the factory. "The World's No.1 Science & Technology News Service" put it out around the world where it duly gained wide coverage.

4 December - Times of India "Bhopal drinking poisoned water"

4 December - Corpwatch "India: After Beatings, Activists Promised Access to Bhopal Site"

4 December - Bhopal Central Chronicle "Set up independent committee to probe: Governor"

4 December - Bhopal Central Chronicle "Rallies, protests mark 18th anniversary" BCC reports the solid support by local political parties for the survivors, but finds indifference to the tragedy among residents of New Bhopal

3 December - Times of India "Homage paid to gas victims in Bhopal" Madhya Pradesh Governor Bhai Mahavir says that Dow Chemical should pay for the clean up of the Union Carbide factory

3 December - Midland Daily News "Dow, Bhopal survivors have different view of events on anniversary of disaster" The Midland Daily News presents both sides of the story. Dow's side basically consists of our old friend John Musser repeating his old cry of "It was all settled long ago". We are delighted to see the the MDN thoughtfully provided a link to this website. Thank you.

3 December - Corpwatch "December 3rd--Day of No Pesticides"

3 December - The Hindu "MP: Bhopal remembers gas tragedy"

3 December - Yahoo News "NGOs Spar over Removing Toxic Wastes in Bhopal" Disagreement among campaigners about the point of the November 25th action at the Carbide factory

3 December - Outlook India "Bhopal observes 18th anniversary of gas tragedy" Otherwise excellent coverage marred by one major factual error about the charges faced by Carbide and Anderson in the Bhopal Court. Having talked about the CBI's failure so far to produce an extradition order for Warren Anderson, OI's reporter says "those accused in the case are now being charged only with negligence and not with culpable homicide". This only applies to the Indian accused, but charges of "culpable homicide" against Anderson and Carbide were reaffirmed by the Chief Judicial Magistrate in court on 27 August - a judgement that was reported widely around the world. (See our August/September press coverage)

3 December - Outlook India "Prayer meets, burning of effigies mark Bhopal gas anniversary"

3 December -Times of India "Chennai remembers Bhopal tragedy with a book" Review of new children's book about Bhopal by Suroopa Mukherjee. Also songs about Bhopal released on cassette.

3 December - Bhopal Central Chronicle "Govt to request US for Anderson's extradition"

3 December - Bhopal Central Chronicle "Gas-hit to knock SC doors to re-open settlement" The convenor of Bhopal Gas Peedit Sangarsh Sahyog Samiti, Delhi, ND Jayprakash said that a petition would be filed in the Supreme Court to re-open the settlement done in 1989. The magnitude of Bhopal gas disaster is five times more than what was estimated at the time of the settlement, he added.

2 December - Environment News Service "Greenpeace Pressures Dow for Bhopal Cleanup " Greenpeace Thailand delivers contaminated soil and water to Dow

2 December - Daily Telegraph, London "UN weapons inspector is leader of S&M sex ring" Nothing to do with Bhopal, honest.

1 December - Bhopal Central Chronicle "Farmers compelled to destroy crop" The crop was overrun by caterpillars. Would pesticides have been the answer? It seems not. The farmers had already tried. "All possible efforts were made to destroy caterpillars and ants with medicines...This time the caterpillars multiplied so quickly that there was no effect of insecticides on them". Aye, this is nearer the mark. Overuse of pesticides, or "medicine of the fields, kheti-ki-dawai" as Union Carbide quaintly used to call it, would appear to have made insects immune and has probably (cf Rachel Carson) killed off a lot of the birds and natural predators (ladybirds) that would have otherwise kept the caterpillar population down.

2002 - November

30 November - Bhopal Central Chronicle "Bullet fired at Assembly premises" Hahaha, this one is really very funny. While the headline might lead you to believe that a bullet was fired AT the Vidhan Sabha, the home of the Madhya Pradesh government, the real story is that one of Bhopal's fearless and dynamic constables "was sitting idle" outside the building when his rifle unaccountably went off just after assembly members had finished congregating. The poor fellow, no doubt bored to distraction, must have fallen asleep with his finger on the trigger. Meanwhile in another story, "The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has expressed regret over its MLAs hurling paper missiles on the Speaker Sriniwas Tiwari during the Vidhan Sabha session on Wednesday last." Really, what with firing guns into the air, armed posses, and brawling citizens, Bhopal is getting more like the wild west everyday.

30 November - Bhopal Central Chronicle "Minister ignorant on Bhopal Gas tragedy" Well done Bhopal Chronicle for spotting this one. Union Minister of State for Chemicals Tapan Sikdar has told the Rajya Sabha in a written reply today that the Union Govern- ment has directed the investigating agency to "strengthen the evidentiary links" between the former Union Carbide Corporation chairman Warren Anderson and the Bhopal Gas tragedy so that a proper extradition request could be made to the Government of United States of America as per the extradition treaty.
Sikdar's apparently innocuous reply opens up two distinct possibilities. The first one is that the minister is completely una-ware of the fact that the courts have already declared Anderson a "proclaimed offender" and that the CBI has told the courts sever- al times that a request for extradition is pending with the American government. The second could be that there is really no request for Anderson's extradition pending with the US government and the CBI has been simply procrastinating in the hope that the case will die a natural death. After all, Anderson is now in his 80s.

30 November - Bhopal Central Chronicle "How could Bofors trial continue? asks Supreme Court?" What has this piece about the trial of the Hinduja brothers for their alleged part in the Bofors scandal got to do with the justice struggle of Bhopal's gas victims. Ah, gentle reader, you will have to wait and see, until we have heard from our roving investigative reporter, Sarvadarshi Gupta.

29 November - Bhopal Central Chronicle " December, tough days for police" You have to pity the poor Bhopal police. Wednesday 3rd December is the 18th anniversay of the gas disaster and police chief Arun Pratap Singh (the same officer who made the moronic decision to charge peaceful, unresisting activists with rioting and obscene behaviour, is terrified that members of the foreign organisation "Green Peace" may "create disturbance". You can relax, Arun-ji, your officers will not be required to use their fists, boots and lathis again on the 3rd, at least not inside the Union Carbide plant, although we feel sure that if you look hard enough you will find somebody else to beat up.

28 November - Bhopal Central Chronicle "BJP members go unruly, hurl missiles at Speaker" The BJP members were unhappy over the decision of the Speaker to reject their adjournment motion after hearing the views of the government as well as more than two dozen opposition members over the suicide by a farmer in Linga village in Chhindwara district when he failed to get permanent power connection to save his withering crops.
As soon as the Speaker announced that he was rejecting the mo- tion, the Leader of the Opposition Babulal Gaur signalled to his partymen to rush into the well. That was sufficient for the members who were waiting for the opportunity. Almost all the BJP members, except Gaur were in the well carrying posters and wearing paper caps. The corruption issue continues to fester. The BJP leader presumably is the same Babulal Gaur who was misled by Union Carbide about the value of the first NEERI report in 1990, when Gaur was Minister for Gas Relief.

28 November - Bhopal Central Chronicle "Farmer's suicide expose rampant corruption" This is the issue that sparked the BJP protest in the Vidhan Sabha. Unfortunately the story of this poor man will be only all too familiar to gas victims who were asked to pay bribes before they could file their claims for compensation or collect their payments.

27 November - Bhopal Central Chronicle " Activists determined to enter UCC plant again" The members of International Campaign for Justice (in Bhopal) on Tuesday announced that they would now clean up contamination in the now closed Union Carbide plant in the city... Anant Padmanabhan, Executive Director of Greenpeace in India, Satinath Sarangi of Bhopal Group for Information and Action and Ms Rashida Bi of Bhopal Gas Pidit Mahila Stationary Karmachari Sangh informed that the state government had lost all moral responsibility to be the 'custodian' of the gas victims. In the last 18 years, people continued to drink contaminated water due to the hazardous chemicals stored in the UCC factory and neither the state government nor the central government or Dow Chemicals have taken any action to stop this contamination.

27 November - Bhopal Central Chronicle "Bhopal gas victims to get all possible help" This assurance comes from the Central (BJP) Government of India as opposed to the Madhya Pradesh State (Congress I) government of Mr Digvijay Singh.

26 November - Bhopal Central Chronicle " Protest against apathy towards gas victims" The Chronicle in this piece and the next covers the 25 November action in which gas survivors and foreign experts, including Greenpeace members from 16 countries entered the derelict Union Carbide factory in Bhopal to begin securing dangerous chemicals left lying in the open air. High levels of contamination have been found in the plant and chemicals have been washed down into the groundwater. Earlier this year, organochlorines, mercury and lead were found in the breast milk of women living near the factory. Indian members of the clean-up team were beaten by the police, as captured on video, but the newspaper does not mention this. The activists have been charged with criminal trespass, rioting and for performing obscene acts and songs by the Madhya Pradesh police, who behaved as if they were either out of their heads on adrenalin, drugs, or orders from the Madhya Pradesh government.

26 November - Bhopal Central Chronicle " We will not leave Bhopal, say activists"

26 November - Bhopal Central Chronicle "Al Qaeda luring Bhopal Muslim youths"

26 November - Bhopal Central Chronicle "BMC to hear residents problems through website" The Bhopal Municipal Corporation is forced to use www.bhopalmunicipal.com because Union Carbide (now Dow Chemical) registered bhopal.com to which it had no right, since they have no commercial operations in the city, and which they use to tell their version of the gas disaster. The Bhopal Municipal Committee should petition the Internic Committee that bhopal.com be handed to them, and if they do the International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal will give them full support.

25 November - Bhopal Central Chronicle "Gas leakage disrupts rail traffic" Rail traffic was disrupted for several hours at Jhansi due to leakage of poisonous gas from unknown sources in region on Sunday. Several trains coming to Bhopal were affected and lunch could not be served in Shatabdi Express on time.

25 November - Bhopal Central Chronicle "Power Buzz - Aggressive Digvijay" Well if Diggy Raja told Bill Gates to get stuffed he can only be applauded by all who dislike huge, greedy corporations, but what's all this about a "power buzz" and aggression? Has this anything to do with today's Rambo like performance of the state police? See stories of 26 November and "Bhopal.Net Comment - People v Poison"

25 November - Bhopal Central Chronicle "DGP (Director General of Police) wants regular reports: Performance of policemen under scanner" Or is this why the police were so frisky?

24 November - Bhopal Central Chronicle "Vidhan Sabha security lapse exposed" Our news items aren't always collected in date order. This one is a late insertion here really to cast the cruel light of mockery on the Vidhan Sabha police farce of the 30th. (See above)

15 November - Bhopal Central Chronicle "Anderson directly linked to gas disaster"

14 November - Indian Express "Cost-cutting cost Bhopal tragedy"

12 November - Research and Markets Ltd "Energy Infrastructure Security -- Protecting staff, assets and operations from sabotage and potential terrorist threat" So-called research operation seeks to make quick buck from retailing Carbide's old, oft-disproved "sabotage" lie – a story so patently untrue that even Carbide doesn't parade it any more. Shows what the quality of the rest of this report must be. It has decided me (website ed) to start a new section entitled "old bollocks". Alternative titles will be considered and may be emailed to me at this address.

8 November - RachelCarson.Org "Dow Chemical "Illegal" Sweetheart Deal Made Public" An agreement that attorneys for the state earlier described as "illegal" and "fatally flawed" has been made public today, potentially relieving Dow Chemical Company of liability for massive contamination of one of the largest watersheds in the Great Lakes basin. The agreement could pave the way for citizens to be exposed to higher levels of a potent developmental and reproductive toxin. It could also set a precedent for the political manipulation of cleanup standards meant to protect public health.

3 November - The Observer, London "Army's secret 'people zapper' plans" Will be of interest to those who have been following our investigation of US military visitors to Bhopal.Net. Anent which, see The Crypt Newsletter's take.

2 November - Bhopal Central Chronicle " Gang involved in cheating gas victims busted"

2002 - October

31 October - Cleanganga.com "Betwa River: lost opportunity" When the head of the pollution control agency is arrested for "aiding in the cause of industries polluting a river", you just know that things are bad ...The river: Betwa ...The Betwa originates at the famed lakes of Bhopal ... When V. K. Jain, chairman of the Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board (MPPCB), was arrested in February this year, the lie was exposed. The board had been issuing no - objection certificates to several polluting industries, including distilleries, in violation of norms. Jain is alleged to own palatial houses in Bhopal and Indore, two apartments in Mumbai and properties in Jabalpur and other places. How much more corruption is going on? We want to know exactly who are the officials responsible for making decisions about the clean-up of groundwater and drinking wells in Bhopal and what are the factors governing their decisions.

30 October - Bhopal Central Chronicle "'Awareness on industrial disasters needed'"

30 October - Channel News Asia "Bhopal tragedy victims stage protest in New Delhi "

30 October - Times of India "Bhopal gas tragedy: The battle isn't lost yet"

30 October - Bhopal Central Chronicle "This one is for Bhopal: Amithabh Bachchan" Filmstar dedicates award to town.

29 October - Times of India "Bhopal gas victims cry for justice"

29 October - Times of India "Threat of nuclear and bio weapons use exists: Advani"

28 October - Times of India "Laws should be dynamic: BN Kirpal"

28 October - Swissinfo "Catastrophe de Bhopal: Greenpeace demande des dédommagements" Greenpeace et des victimes de la catastrophe de Bhopal en Inde ont déposé une pétition au siège européen de Dow Chemical. Ils demandent notamment des dédommagements financiers. Il y a 18 ans, 2000 personnes étaient mortes intoxiquées par des gaz. Champa Devi and Pranay make the Swiss press.

28 October - Houston Chronicle "Dow Chemical workers vote to stick with union"

27 October - Bhopal Central Chronicle "Cured leprosy patients to be felicitated"

27 October - Bhopal Central Chronicle "Doctors reaching hospitals late would face action" 'About time!

26 October - The Japan Times "Japan shares its antipollution expertise - Grassroots work the best way to combat Asia's environment problems". Message from Minamata group that co-operates with Bhopal survivors' organisations

25 October - Midland Daily News "Dow to freeze salaries, take other steps to deal with tough economic times"

25 October - Midland Daily News "Carbide declares partial victory in asbestos case" A fascinating insight into the twisted workings of Carbide's PR mind, as articulated by chief doublespeaker John Musser. Here Carbide discovers victory in a court defeat in the same way that it found it had no outstanding legal problems in India after a judge issued warrants for the arrest of its ex-CEO and demanded that the company appear to answer criminal charges relating to the deaths of 20,000 people. Imagine how Musser would have reacted to the 1989 settlement, also much less than Carbide had feared? Was that a victory? They will not get off the hook so lightly this time. No wonder they are union bashing, freezing salaries and trying to build up their cash reserves. See previous story. Thanks to a greedy and obdurate management, Bhopal will end up destroying Dow, as it has already destroyed Carbide.

25 October - Charleston Gazette" Carbide should pay, jury decides - Safe work environment around asbestos not provided, verdict says. "Union Carbide exposed workers to “unreasonable” work conditions for 35 years and should pay for it, a Kanawha County jury decided Thursday. Between 1945 and 1980, Union Carbide failed to provide a safe work environment for workers who worked around asbestos fibers, jurors said. Jurors decided that if future trials determine Union Carbide is to blame for individual workers’ illnesses, those workers’ monetary awards should be tripled. Plaintiffs’ attorneys said after the trial that they were most pleased with that part of the verdict."

25 October - Charleston Daily Mail "New jury now will determine damages in Dow Chemical case " Dow spokesman John Musser - veteran of many many courtrooms in which Carbide (Dow) has been accused of appalling indifference to the health of both customers and workers (see our Dirty Dow section) said "the verdict against Union Carbide is being called a partial victory because of the level at which punitive damages were set and because the jury did not affirm the plaintiff's claims for all time periods in the case. "Obviously we would not want to see any potential liability, but it's not surprising to us -- given the procedural deficiencies in the trial court plan that we have challenged at the West Virginia Supreme Court and the U.S. Supreme Court," Musser said. "Frankly, we think it's remarkable that we did score a partial victory." As ever, not a word of contrition.This company's arrogance is remarkable even by most corporate standards.

25 October - Central Chronicle, Bhopal "Contaminated soil round UCC plant should be purified in the US"

25 October -Times of India "'Dow should accept liabilities of Bhopal gas tragedy'"

24 October - MSN Money "Jury Rules Against Union Carbide" CHARLESTON, W.V./NEW YORK (Reuters) - A West Virginia jury on Thursday found Dow Chemical Co.'s (DOW) Union Carbide unit exposed workers to asbestos poisoning over a 35-year period, opening the door to millions of dollars in potential damages.

23 October - Commondreams.org "Pharmaceuticals, Pesticides, and Radiation Cause Breast Cancer... While Wealthy Non-Profits and Feds Protect Industry" An expose of how the same companies that cause cancer also sell cancer drugs, thus creating for themselves a regular human harvest.

23 October - Sify News "Army withdrawal not under pressure: Swamy" Union Minister of State for Home I D Swamy on Wednesday said...the then Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) chairman Warren Anderson would also be extradited from the US in connection with the Bhopal gas tragedy criminal case.

22 October - Times of India "Every society should have youths willing to sacrifice life: VHP" Old men urge young to sacrifice themselves

21 October - New York Post "Weird but true" - A Florida man is granted permission to keep a tiger in his back yard, Serbian villagers give their brides-to-be the broomstick test and, yes, there is a mention of Bhopal somewhere in this olla-podrida of oddities.

21 October - Central Chronicle, Bhopal " Traffic Police launch 'Operation Clean'" Hooray!

21 October - Hindustan Times "Sambhavna Trust Clinic gets MEAD2001 award"

21 Ocotober - Sify News "India to try best for extraditing Anderson, Salem"

20 October - Gallup "Warning: Corporate scandals may demoralize employees" (From Hindustan Times)

20 October - Indian Express "Madhya Pradesh wants DOW to clean up Carbide mess" Poor old Dow. It's all coming home to roost. Yesterday they find they are to join Union Carbide in the dock in the criminal case in Bhopal, and now the Madhya Pradesh government is planning to ask the Supreme Court to order Dow to clean up the death factory at its own expense. Dow shareholders, take note.

19 October - Central Chronicle, Bhopal " CBI moving fresh application for extraditing Anderson" The CBI reports on its progress towards the extradition of Anderson. Compare the speed with which it acted in the case of Abu Salem (see coverage for 21 September et seq). The really sensational news is buried in paragraph three: "Referring to the plea of Jai Prakash of Bhopal Gas Pidit Samiti that Dow Chemicals which had taken over Union Carbide should also be named as the accused in the Bhopal gas leak disaster case, Sahay said that they have sought the permission of the Union government for the same. Following the permission, Dow Chemicals would also be made an accused in the case."

18 October - Outlook India "'Union Carbide workers not trained in safety measures'"

18 October - Central Chronicle, Bhopal " 'UCIL plant safety equipments were not functioning'" The court in Bhopal hears from Mr Gauri Shankar, on duty the night of the fatal gas leak about all the things that should have been working and were not. As usual Accused No. 1 (Warren Anderson) and Accused No.10 (Union Carbide Corporation, now wholly owned by Dow Chemical Corporation) did not bother to show up.

16 October -Rediff.Com "A convenient naivete, or a guilty connivance?" Ashwin Mehta's funny yet appalling account of meeting a World Bank official and confronting him with the real world consequences of his decisions. A must-read.

15 October - Mumbai Newsline "Disciple of Begum Akhtar resurrects magic"

14 October - "Images recall horror of Bhopal" - Raghu Rai's Bhopal pictures in the Volkart touring exhibition
Photographs of what has been described as the world’s biggest chemical disaster have gone on display in Switzerland.

14 October - Bhopal Central Chronicle "Bhopal will soon start global patrolling system" A Bhopali plan for world domination?

10 October - Bhopal Central Chronicle "Bhopal turning as 'city of garbage'"

10 October - KlubQ News Network - World's longest ear tufts.
"An Indian gentleman by the name of B D Tyagi from the city of Bhopal (scene of the 1984 Union Carbide chemical disaster) has been officially recognised by the Guuniess Book Of Records for having the longest ear hair in the World. Mr Tyagi's splendid "lug locks" measure in at a staggering 10.2cm."

8 October - Central Chronicle, Bhopal " HC dismisses UCIL petition"

8 October - Central Chronicle, Bhopal " Gas Relief Committee rejects diversion of UCC funds"

7 October - Science News "Researchers Create New Strategy For Removing Arsenic From Soil" Genetic engineers to the rescue of those drinking arsenic-polluted water. "Arsenic contamination is an enormous worldwide problem...arsenic-laden waters are causing sickness in millions of people--far outstripping the damage caused by the radiation leak in Chernobyl or the chemical catastrophe in Bhopal, India." Quotes one Om Dhankher, "a native of India," as saying ""In all, this is several fold worse than Chernobyl and Bhopal, and it is getting little attention." Mr Dhanker and the Frankensteins obviously don't know how badly the groundwater in Bhopal is polluted, nor the numbers of people forced to drink it. Watch for more info on this - it will be worth following up.

6 October - Sify News "Bhopal NGO to move SC for potable water "

6 October - Western Catholic Reporter "The ocean is but many drops of water" Interview with Dominique Lapierre

6 October - The Scotsman "India's impotent are a force to be reckoned with " As the fascination with the Bhopal hinjra gathering continues. Eunuch leader Raj Sinha claims "A large section of society sees eunuchs as a better option against corrupt politicians." The Scotsman notes that eunuchs are credited with occult powers, and observes " The only thing worse than being on the receiving end of a eunuch’s curse, it is said, is to be flashed at by a eunuch. A recent trend to emerge from India’s commercial capital is for debtors to be threatened with the sight beneath a eunuch’s sari." Watch out Dow.

6 October - Deepika Global "Rs 1-crore granted for Narmada Drinking Water Scheme's survey"

5 October - Times of India "Bhopal in troubled waters" People's Science Institute, Dehra Dun, finds mercury in drinking water near the factory.

5 October - La Vanguardia "De vagabundo a filántropo" Profile of Dominique Lapierre.

5 October - Central Chronicle, Bhopal "Decks cleared to bring Narmada water to city"

4 October - Business Day " Toxic cargoes worry environmentalists" Now, floating Bhopals

3 October - Central Chronicle, Bhopal " Beware of 'MDs'"

2 October - The Scotsman "Blair's like-it-or-lump-it message for the sceptics" The merest mention of Bhopal and that from the Scotsman not Our Great Leader. But a piquant one nonetheless.

2 October - El Pais "LOS EUNUCOS INDIOS CELEBRAN UN FESTIVAL" The eunuchs again, cutting a rug. But the writer recalls "la catástrofe ocasionada en 1984 por un escape tóxico que mató a 8.000 personas y ha dejado innumerables damnificados."

1 October - Central Chronicle, Bhopal " Pride of place for Chronicle"

2002 - September

30 September - Central Chronicle, Bhopal "Gas Tragedy: The worst is not yet over" The Central Chronicle casts its eye over our website and its visitors - yes the biggest single user last month was...Dow Chemical - and speculates as to why organisations like the US military are interested in Bhopal. "It is no secret that the methyl-iso-cyanate gas that leaked from the UCIL's pesticide formulation plant has always interested the merchants of chemical warfare. The NGO's fighting the cause of Bhopal, also describe their campaign as the fight against toxic terror . . . The threat of toxic terror seems to have made the West come alive to the ground realities that prevail. Or else, they would not be wasting their time on the Bhopal site. After all it is not the usual porn stuff that engages the casual net surfer." Thank you, Central Chronicle, for those kind words.

30 September - BBC News "Indian eunuchs gather in Bhopal"

30 September - Times of India "Bhopal in troubled waters" The People’s Science Institute, Dehra Dun, has found high levels of mercury in groundwater sources near the former Union Carbide factory. It has warned people living in the vicinity from drinking the water as it is hazardous to their health.

30 September - El Pais " Crimen y castigo (quizá)"

29 September - Times of India "Bhopal group demands removal of Union Carbide chemicals"

29 September- Outlook India "No Way Out" The fight for justice and dignity hasn't ended. It won't, so long as our collective conscience stirs.

29 September - Central Chronicle, Bhopal " BMC garbage dumps may prove fatal"

26 September - The Daily News (New Zealand) "Findings prove government lied, says Gibbs" More breaking news on Dow's dioxin scandal in New Zealand. "Yesterday's positive soil tests were conclusive proof that the whole of New Plymouth was affected by the emissions from the Ivon Watkins-Dow plant before 1985." A comment not published in the newspaper report, ""They drenched us in the most toxic chemical known to mankind."

26 September - Herald Despatch "Chemical giants tighten security"

26 September - La Prenza "Persiste el dolor, la pobreza y el enojo en Bhopal

25 September - The Daily News (New Zealand) "Protest group hijacks special dioxin briefing" Lid blow off 30 year cover-up of Dow Dioxin scandal in New Zealand.

23 September - Central Chronicle, Bhopal "Portugal court rules out Abu's deportation" Unfazed by the development, CBI is going ahead with its decision to send a team to Lisbon to bring Salem back to India and is putting together evidence to make out a strong case for his extradition to the Portugese authorities. Nice to see the CBI so zealous about carrying out its duties. When can we expect to see a CBI team heading for the USA to bring Warren Anderson and the absconding Dow-Carbide executives to justice? The CBI is speedy too, in the case of Abu Salem. They've had 11 years so far to put together evidence to make a strong case for the extradition of Anderson and Co. May we expect some action soon?

22 September - Central Chronicle, Bhopal "India seeks Abu Salem's deportation" (Well it didn't take them long. Abu Salem, as reported by us, was only discovered in Lisbon on Wednesday. Warren Anderson was discovered three weeks ago in NY, and action was promised, but unaccountably has failed to materialise. Warrants have been issued in Bhopal. When you know where Abu Salem was arrested and for what, the irony multiplies and the same politicians are involved in both decisions. The reason given for the swittness of this action -- more irony --the urging of the US government.)

22nd September - Central Chronicle, Bhopal "Govt to file petition for removal of chemicals from UCC plant"

22 September - Central Chronicle, Bhopal "Curiosity among people about eunuchs convention" (No, they don't mean the Government...or do they?)

22 September - San Antonio Current "Union Carbide Still Hasn't Cleaned Up Its Act" Relayed by the Hartford Courant's online news service. Outstanding summary by chief reporter Lisa Sorg of the issues and recent events.

21 September - The Times of India "Underworld don Abu Salem nabbed in Lisbon" (Not gas related, but it's always nice to follow the careers of eminent Bhopalis)

21 September - Indian Express "Nirvana, the Bhopal tragedy, a Punjabi romance... and the idea India " The Express talks to Meghan Delahunt about her new novel "The Prayer Wheel", which touches on the Bhopal gas disaster.

21 September - Hampstead and Highgate Express "Art Ground Zero" (Spanish concept artist wants to remember Bhopal - really one has to write a front page piece about this)

21 September - The Guardian "The Dead Zone"

21 September - New York Times "Bhopal Seethes, Pained and Poor 18 Years Later"

21 September - Central Chronicle, Bhopal " Bhopal police issues arrest warrants against Abu Salem"

19 September - Central Chronicle, Bhopal "Raising the voice of Gas victims"

18 September - CNN "Protesters to Rumsfeld: 'Inspections, not war'" (Diane Wilson in Congress anti-war protest)

18 September - The Easthampton and Southampton Independent "Bhopal Hits Home: Activists Picket Anderson House"

18 September - Hindustan Times "Roll Over Beethoven" A cretin writes...

16 September - Global IndyMedia "Activists Pursue Justice for Bhopal Tragedy"

16 September - Dawn "UCIL: assigning the responsibility" (Attempts to pin responsibility on the Indian management and whitewash UCC's US bosses. Misses or ignores much important evidence.)

15 September - Riposte Verte "Bhopal tue encore" Based on interview with Champa Devi Shukla, qui a affirmée que "les victimes se heurtent en permanence à une indifférence parfois criminelle. Elle cite notamment l'hôpital de Bhopal qui a remis à certaines personnes souffrant de séquelles des médicaments périmés. "Même les médicaments qui nous sont destinés sont devenus une source de profit pour les entreprises qui s'entendent avec des responsables gouvernementaux et nous fournissent délibérément des produits périmés", dit-elle. "Les traitements nécessaires aux victimes sont réservés aux riches", martèle Mme Shukla.

14 September - The Lancet "Bhopal's disaster continues to unfold" Comment on the Shristi report on the "silent medical disaster" in Bhopal, cancers, birth defects. "'Children are being born with deformities like cleft palate, three eyes, all fingers joined, one extra finger, one testicle, different skull shapes, and Down's syndrome', says N Ganesh, a researcher at the Jawaharlal Nehru Cancer Hospital and Research Centre (JNCHRC)."

13 September - Delhi Newsline "‘No picture is worth dying for, yet all photographers do just that’" Dilip Mehta (covered the Bhopal gas disaster) talks about photography

13 September - Rediff.com "Anti-Union Carbide protests to greet Vajpayee"

12 September - World Socialst Web News "Indian court refuses to reduce homicide charges over Bhopal disaster"

10 September - Sify News (Bhopal) "Eight love-struck teenagers elope together" (Not gas related, but couldn't resist)

9 September - Express India "‘When the world is going overboard about 9/11, how can we let the world forget this?"

9 September - New York Post "WHY I WON'T WATCH THESE 9/11 SHOWS" by Linda Stasi

6 September - Reuters (New Delhi) "India to pursue extradition of Bhopal disaster accused"

6 September - Associated Press "Indian official: government preparing to seek extradition of ex-Union Carbide chief "

6 September - Far Eastern Economic Review (Issue dated 12 September) "Bhopal: Eighteen Years On"

6 September - BBC News "India to extradite Bhopal boss"

6 September - Boston Globe "Authorities pursuing Union Carbide ex-chief"

6 September - Washington Post "India Seeks To Try Former Executive of Union Carbide"

6 September - Times of India "Kalam's tryst with Bhopal"

6 September - PANUPS "Bhopal Survivors Put Spotlight on Dow After Court Victory" Useful summary of hungerstrike campaign

6 September - Outlook India "Digvijay demands dissolution of Bhopal Memorial Trust"

5 September - Reuters "Years Pass, but Tears Still Flow in India's Bhopal"

5 September - Rediff.com "Bhopal all set for President Kalam's visit"

5 September - Arab News, Saudi Arabia "Kalam to meet Bhopal victims"

5 September - BBC "Indian president visits Bhopal victims"

5 September - Yahoo News "India to Pursue Extradition of Bhopal Accused"

5 September - Yahoo News "Terror Alert at Utah Chemical Depot "

5 September - Yahoo News "Indian official: government preparing to seek extradition of ex-Union Carbide chief " (AP feed)

5 September - The Guardian "India to Seek American's Extradition " (AP News) Also in Yahoo News

5 September - Indian Express "Steps to extradite Anderson soon: CBI"

5 September - The Hindu "Move to extradite Anderson soon"

5 September - Hindustan Times "CBI for Anderson's extradition soon"

5 September - Times of India "CBI to try for extradition of Union Carbide ex-chief "

5 September - Rediff.com "Extradition proceedings against Anderson soon: CBI director"

5 September - Washington Post "India Seeks Extradition of U.S. Executive for Bhopal Disaster"

5 September - Rediff "Extradition proceedings against Anderson soon: CBI director"

5 September - Hindustan Times "President of India Kalam's close encounter with Bhopal gas victims"

5 September - The Hindu "AP: Kalam launches Telemedicine project "

5 September - Hindustan Times "100 NBA activists trapped in Narmada flood water at Domkhedi" (The Narmada Bachao Campaign has strong links of friendship and mutual support with the National Campaign for Justice in Bhopal)

5 September - Midland Daily News, Michigan "India to Seek Extradition of Ex-U.S. Executive in Charge of Plant That Leaked Gas,
Killed 4,000"

4 September - ABC News "What price life - What's getting killed by America worth?"

4 September - CNN "Powell heckled at Earth Summit"

4 September - National Geographic "Human Impact on the Earth—How Do We Soften It?"

4 September - Yahoo News "Pressure mounts on Indian government to seek extradition of former Union Carbide chief "

3 September - Bombay IndyMedia "Remembering Bhopal"

3 September - The Guardian "Trouble in the pipeline" George Monbiot on form, "Why legislate when the world can be saved by promises?"

3 September - The Daily Mirror "Relief for Bhopal" A reader writes...

2 September - The Independent "Muslims can only feel unease about 11 September"

2 September - The Guardian "The American View of History" (letters page, for lovers of irony)

1 September - Central Chronicle, Bhopal "Greenpeace achieves what CBI could not"

1 September - Central Chronicle, Bhopal "President should not visit Bhopal Memorial Hospital"

1 September - Central Chronicle, Bhopal " Kalam's portrait drawn in blood to be presented" Too bizarre to resist. If this artist lived in Brixton instead of Bhopal his works would be hanging in Charlie Saatchi's art abattoir. "Mahatma Gandhi Vishwa Maitri Parishad Convener Dr Mahesh Yadav will welcome President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam upon his arrival in Bhopal and present the President's portrait to him drawn with his blood. Dr Yadav has been campaigning for the world peace for the last eight years. He has prepared portraits of many national and international celebrities with his blood and sought their guidance and blessings for the success of his campaign. He had also welcomed former President late Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma during his visit to Bhopal and presented his portrait to him."

1 September - Indian Express "Arrest ex-Union Carbide chief: Greenpeace to US "

1 September - Straits Times, Singapore "Ex-Union Carbide chief found"

1 September - New York Post "G-LAM-OROUS LIFE"

2002 - August

31 August - The Ecologist - "Sorry Goliath but David always wins" by John Passacantando of Greenpeace

31 August - Rotten.Com "Union Carbide exec living good life on the lam"

31 August - The Guardian "Some yawn, some hope, some rage, some despair. The summit goes on"

30 August - The Guardian "Greenpeace finds American wanted for Bhopal tragedy"

30 August - BBC News "Bhopal gas disaster fugitive 'found'"

30 August - Rediff "Former Union Carbide chairman traced: Greenpeace "

30 August - REUTERS "Greenpeace asks U.S. to extradite Bhopal figure"

30 August - Channel 4 TV News - Mrs Anderson speaks (about 25 minutes into programme (requires RealPlayer)

30 August - Cyberpresse "Bhopal: Greenpeace aurait retrouvé l'ex-PDG d'Union Carbide "

30 August - Trillium "Cloud Still Hangs Over Bhopal" Letter of an asset management company, a Dow stakeholder, to Dow.

30 August -Lying Media Bastards "Long Hard Road Towards Justice"

29 August - LA Times - "India won't reduce Bhopal charges"

29 August - The Guardian - "Court refuses to reduce murder charge against Bhopal chief "

29 August - The Independent - "After 18 years, Bhopal still waits for justice"

29 August - The Guardian "US blocks move to give powers to those threatened by multinationals"

29 August - L'Express "Greenpeace bloque une usine de chlore pour empêcher "un autre Bhopal"

29 August - El Mundo "El responsable de la tragedia de Bhopal, acusado de homicidio"

29 August - El Mundo "CUMBRE DE LA TIERRA - 150 multinacionales se comprometen con Greenpeace a frenar el cambio climático"

29 August - The Independent, South Africa "Greenpeace swoops on chemical factory" (Also in The Star)

29 August - One News, New Zealand "Bhopal disaster still lingers on"

29 August - The Independent "Retired company chief plays golf in Florida and refuses to be judged by Indian court

29 August - Bhopal.Net "Woo hoo, we just got this!!!" (We break news of Greenpeace/Mirror finding of Anderson)

29 August - The Daily Mirror "Wanted - for 20,000 deaths in Bhopal" (Scoop on the tracking down of Anderson)

29 August - REUTERS "Reuters World News Highlights 1900 GMT Aug 29" (Greenpeace Anderson story breaks in Delhi) ViDEO HERE

29 August - Greenpeace "Carbide Criminal Found" (Greenpeace tells its story, lots of background, pics)

29 August - RIGHTS-INDIA "Bhopal Victims Score a Court Victory" (Ranjit Devraj, the writer, really did his homework)

29 August - Greenpeace "International fugitive and Bhopal boss blamed for 20,000 deaths tracked down in the US"

29 August - Mercury News, San Francisco "Bhopal charges intact"

29 August - REUTERS "Bhopal victims celebrate, but believe court victory hollow"

28 August - Midland Daily News, Michigan "Dioxin warnings greet Freeland residents " (More about Dow crapping on its own doorstep)

28 August - IndyMedia India - "Who will clean up the mess in Bhopal?"

28 August - Hindustan Times "Bhopal gas tragedy hearing today "

28 August - Central Chronicle, Bhopal "Safety failure led to Bhopal gas tragedy" A former employee of Union Carbide India Ltd (UCIL) asserted that all safety measures like the vent gas scrubber (VGS), chiller plant and the flare tower to neutralise the toxic gases were not working on the fateful night of December 2/3, 1984, when the toxic gases gushed out from one of the underground tanks of Bhopal based plant of Union Carbide India Ltd. Deposing before Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhopal, Rameshwar Kothe, the then production assistant at the MIC plant, Gauri Shankar also admitted that MIC was stored in the underground tanks beyond the capacity and the nitrogen pressure in the tanks was not increasing. Similarly, he said that a day before the incident, the lines were also found to be choked and were also washed to allow flow of nitrogen into the tanks. It may be recalled that more than 40 tonnes of gases gushed out from one of the underground tanks of UCIL, rained death and destruction over Bhopal. More than 20,000 people died due to after-effects of the gas. The UCIL was facing trial in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhopal, for the disaster. (Bang goes Carbide's "sabotage" lie. This testimony was not widely reported around the world as the the bigger news from the court eclipsed it.)

28 August - Central Chronicle, Bhopal "No dilution of charges against Anderson: Court" The decision of the court came as a big blow to the CBI and the Government of India, which had so far not initiated extradition proceedings against Warren Anderson despite pressure from various groups working for the relief and rehabilitation of the Bhopal gas leak disaster victims.

28 August - ITV News "Court rules against charge reduction"

28 August - CNN World News - "Bhopal charges stay, Indian court rules"

28 August - Rediff on the Net - "Court rules out dilution of charges against Union Carbide ex-chief"

28 August - BBC TV News - "US boss faces Bhopal homicide charge"

28 August - The Guardian "Indian court rejects Union Carbide"

28 August - Cape Times, SA "American to be charged for Bhopal disaster"

28 August - El Mundo "Las imágenes del desastre" Comment

28 August - Voice of America "US Executive Faces Homicide Charges Over Bhopal Gas Leak"

28 August - Agence France Presse "Court Upholds Charges Against US Executive for Bhopal Deaths"

28 August - San Francisco Chronicle "Indian court rejects motion to reduce charges against Union Carbide over massive 1984 gas leak"

28 August - International Herald Tribune "Judges call for tougher action on environment"
(Same story reported by National Geographic as "International Judges: Environment Laws Not Enforced" )

28 August - CNN audio - "Judge calls for Warren Anderson's extradition" (warning, short report, but huge WAV file, 7.3Mb)

28 August - The Namibian "Indian court upholds charges against US executive over Bhopal deaths"

28 August - The Star, Malaysia "Court rejects government call to lessen charges against Union Carbide"

28 August - Channel 4 TV News - "Where's Warren?" (With a link to our very own bhopal.net page where they found Warren's address. View the Channel 4 news report - requires RealPlayer)

28 August - BBC News "Analysis: Little hope for Bhopal victims"

28 August - BBC News "Bhopal's wounds refuse to heal"

28 August - Voice of America "Indian Court Rejects Reduced Charges in Union Carbide Case" Audio report here (Realplayer)

28 August - SABC (South Africa) News "Bhopal disaster victims call for hunger strike"

27 August - REUTERS "Bhopal tragedy lives on at Earth Summit" relayed from Corpwatch

27 August - The Guardian "Summit row over big business plans"

27 August - Hindustan Times "Photo Essay - The Terror Twins, Osama and Warren"

27 August - East Bay Express "Bhopal Revisited"

27 August - BBC News - "Bhopal 'charges could be reduced'"

27 August - CNN Asia "Court to rule on Bhopal charges"

27 August - Midland Daily News, Michigan "Dow: Results 'surprising' " (Dioxins pollute soil and food in Dow's home town. Company gives characteristic "What, me guv?" reaction)

26 August - Houston Chronicle "Activist chains self to tower for eight hours"

26 August - BBC World Service "Bhopal: Death at midnight"

26 August - Houston Chronicle "Protester hauled off tower

25 August - The Independent "What kills 2.2 million people a year? Dirty drinking water. Now swallow this..."

24 August - Times of India "Bhopal gas tragedy victims next on Kalam’s agenda"

24 August - The Socialist Worker "Multinational poisoned city" by Tim Edwards

23 August - The Guardian "David Graves" Obituary

23 August - The Daily News (Pakistan) "'Bhopal victims' At the altar of Indo-US partnership"

22 August - San Antonio Current "Hungry for Justice"

20 August - Times of India "Raghu Rai captures silence of death"

20 August - The Guardian "Corporate capture" by George Monbiot

1 August - An Phlobacht Republican News "Bhopal: The nightmare goes on"

1 August - Channel 4 TV News - Jon Snow's report from Bhopal about neglect, pollution and birth defects -
"No certainty as to where Union Carbide ends and nature begins"

2002 - July

31 July - BBC h2g2 "Risk in Industrial Society - Some Case Histories"

26 July - Rediff.com US edition "American joins Bhopal victims' fight against Union Carbide"

22 July - Guerilla News Network "Guerilla of the week" (About Diane Wilson's hunger srike at Seadrift)

20 July - Le Courier, Switzerland "Les victimes de la tragédie de Bhopal réclament justice"

19 July - Frontline - "Diluting guilt" Indian lawyers question wisdom and motivation of CBI decision.

17 July - threepercent.org - "Union Carbide"

14 July - Chalomumbai (Let's go, Bombay) - "F***, not Bhopal again!"

14 July - Radiovaticana "BHOPAL, UNA TRAGEDIA DIMENTICATA - Intervista con Dominique Lapierre"

13 July - The Lancet "Indian government reduces charges against Union Carbide"

12 July - New Internationalist "Shadows of 'that night' - the struggle for justice in Bhopal" by Indra Sinha. Also published on ZNet, and JustReponse, Italy and Outlook India - "Bhopal Hunger Strike"

11 July - Rediff "Bhopal Gas Victims Oppose Move to Let Off Anderson" (relayed by CorpwatchIndia.org)

9 July - International Herald Tribune "Bhopal victims assail move by India"

9 July - OneWorld South Asia "Bhopal Gas Survivors to Hold Rally for Justice" (relayed by CorpwatchIndia.org)

8 July - Washington Post "Bhopal Survivors Stage Protest Over Lessened Accusation" (relayed by CorpwatchIndia.org)

5 July - Pacific News "Bhopal Comes Home - Activists Take on Multinationals in America"

4 July - The Advocate, Baton Rouge "Iberville grand jury seeks records from Dow" Dow under suspicion of polluting drinking water

3 July - The Hindu "Bhopal Survivors Extend Hunger Strike" (relayed by CorpwatchIndia.org)

2 July - BBC World Service "Bhopal survivors demand extradition"

2002 - June

15 June - Chalomumbai - "Un-Qawwalier approach" (A follow up to their 11 June story)

14 June - Indo-Asian News "Bhopal Victims Suffer Despite Millions in Bank"

13 June - UPI "Bhopal: 'An atomic bomb about to explode' "

11 June - Chalomumbai - "Song stress" (The sad story of Shakila Bano.)

3 June - WAMU 88.5 Radio "Dominique LaPierre: Five Past Midnight in Bhopal" (Listen, tape)

2002 - May

29 May - Associated Press "Union Carbide and Former Chief May Face Lesser Charges in Bhopal Case"

29 May - KTO Télévision catholique "Dominique Lapierre : une plume pour servir l'homme " (View the show)

16 May - LA Times "Momentous Moments in 'Heroes'" (Diane Wilson featured in the "Lifetime" TV programme about heroic women)

14 May - The Guardian "The fake persuaders" Corporations are inventing "fake people" to support their causes on the internet

9 May - Greenpeace "SURVIVORS OF BHOPAL DEADLY CHEMICAL DISASTER OVERSHADOW DOW ANNUAL MEETING"

7 May - Washington Post "Survivors Pressure Dow on Bhopal Aftermath" (relayed from CorpwatchIndia.org)

2002 - April

11 April - Hindustan Times "Bhopal Survivors Will Take Campaign to US"

10 April - The TImes "Time to call a corporate criminal to account" (reported by Flying Fish)

8 April - Corpwatch.org "Dow Shall Be Liable" by Darryl D'Monte and Nityanand Jayaraman

5 April - Chalomumbai (Let's go, Bombay!) - "Mourning the Bhopal gas tragedy in film"

5 April - The Guardian "Dominique Lapierre" (Contains a link to hear Dominique speaking about his book.)

2002 - March

25 March - Corpwatch "The Winds Of Liability in Bhopal"

18 March - El Mundo "En la India se gana mucho dinero con la pobreza" Javier Moro writes about Arundhati Roy and Bhopal

2002 - February

22 February - The City Pulse, Michigan "Dow, Bhopal and MSU" by Brian McKenna "If Dow continues its intransigence, this could be Michigan’s environment story of the decade."

18 Feburary - Outlook India "Cowboys And Indians" by Sandipan Deb (US pressure on India on behalf of multinationals)

17 February - The Sunday Tribune, Chandigarh "The Tragedy Continues"

2002 - January

27 January - The Appalachian Focus "Carbide workers meet today with two Dow top executives - Surrounding counties also suffer"

22 January - Business Week "A Case of Asbestos Exposure at Dow?"

13 January - The Guardian "Fur flies as Greenpeace grandee takes PR shilling"

9 January - BBC News "Indian barber claims new record" (Some light relief, for a change)

5 January - Frontline "Opinion of the Attorney General" Soli Sarabjee, Attorney General, on the futility of pursuing Warren Anderson

4 January - Frontline "Bhopal: A Call For Justice"

4 January - Frontline "The Bhopal Struggle to Seek Corporate Accountability" Interview with Raj Sharma

2001 - December

30 December - People's Democracy "The Afflicted Still suffer, Self-Seekers Make Merry)

21 December - Frontline "Chemical Disasters: From Bhopal to Toulouse"

15 December - The Lancet - "Smart cards for Bhopal gas victims cause controversy"

6 December - Corpwatch "Bhopal's Legacy"

5 December - PANUPS - "17 Years After the Bhopal Tragedy, Union Carbide Continues to Evade Responsibility"

4 December - The Hindu "Learn lessons from Bhopal gas tragedy"

4 December - The Guardian "City Diary"

4 December - Arab News, Saudia Arabia "Bhopal mourns gas victims"

2001 - November

29 November - Corpwatch "Bhopal Activists Declare Victory in US Courts"

28 November - The Guardian "The hierarchy of death"

2001 - October

29 October - El Mundo "De Bhopal a Nueva York"

2001 - September

29 September - The Guardian "The algebra of infinite justice" by Arundhati Roy

26 September - Wanadoo "Toulouse, Bhopal en France - Déclaration du Président du MNLE"

17 September - Cyberpresse "Ne jamais oublier Bhopal"

17 September - The Guardian "Bhopal victims say cash is missing"

15 September - Indian Express "No one saw Arjun Singh in Bhopal on Dec 2: Lapierre"

7 September - The Guardian "Oliver Stone tackles Indian gas leak disaster"

6 September - BBC News "French author highlights Bhopal victims"

3 September - The Week "Bhopal--a cause célèbre"

2001 - August

30 August - Los Angeles Times "Industrial Disaster Victims Still Battle Health Effects 17 Years Later"

2001 - July

17 July - The Guardian "Let the people rule the world" George Monbiot writes about the G8

2001 - May

23 May - CBS News "Taliban: Hindu Labels 'Not Discrimination'" (According to CBS News's own archives, this was their last mention of Bhopal and it isn't about the gas tragedy, but about a Hindu demonstration against the Taliban. Note: this was pre-Sept 11)

2001 - March

29 March

23 March - Sarnia Observer "Thousands take shelter following Dow leak"

2 March - Times of India "Bhopal gas victims stage rally in Mumbai"

2000

12 December - "Indian Government's last and final opportunity to render justice to Bhopal victims" From our own archives, originally filched from indiaserver.com.

10 December - The Tribune, Chandigarh Editorial: "Bhopal Gas Disaster - 16 long years of suffering"

2 December - The Lancet "Has the world forgotten Bhopal?"

22 November - Outlook India "Power Politics: the Reincarnation of Rumpelstiltskin" by Arundhati Roy

4 September - Rediff.Com "Dominique Lapierre reminds the world of Bhopal"

16 August - La Solidarietà di Viaggiatori On Line - Mezzanotte e cinque a Bhopal (Italian, review of Dominique Lapierre and Javier Moro's book "Five Past Midnight in Bhopal)

2 August - AFP, reported by News Max "Police Widen Nerve Gas Deaths Probe" Reference this story in our coverage of U.S. Military invasions of Bhopal.Net.

19 July - Earth Times News Service - "Lawsuits filed in New York, renews attention to Bhopal disaster in India"

12 July - CNN - "Feds oppose spilling chemical disaster info on the Net"

8 June - Nature - "The distant grass is always greener"