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The AID chapter at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN added another leaf to their Bhopal campaign by organizing a protest against Dow Corning, which was present at a career fair the IU campus on Thursday, November 2nd, 2006. Over 30 volunteers from AID, enthused by their recent hosting of the Students for Bhopal conference at Bloomington,…

Rahul Singh, Times Now, November 11, 2006 In Madhya Pradesh, many of the states MLA’s believe that the State Assembly building, one of the major landmarks of Bhopal, is cursed and they are blaming the negative energy as per the ancient Indian science of ‘Vastu’ for their problems. Designed by architect Charles Correa, the building…

Kranti Kumara, World Socialist Website, November 10, 2006 The Delhi High Court and Indian Supreme Court have provoked a massive social crisis in Delhi, a city of 14 million and the seat of India’s government, by issuing a series of uncompromising court orders directing the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to demolish or seal all…

JENNIFER LOEWENSTEIN, COUNTERPUNCH.ORG, NOVEMBER 9, 2006 An opened jaw with yellowed teeth gaped out of its bloodied shroud. The rest of the head parts were wrapped in a plastic bag placed atop the jaw and nostrils, as if to be close to the place to which it once belonged. The bag was red from the…

JOHN PILGER, NEW STATESMAN, ISSUE OF NOVEMBER 13, 2006 In a show trial whose theatrical climax was clearly timed to promote George W Bush in the American midterm elections, Saddam Hussein was convicted and sentenced to hang. Drivel about “end of an era” and “a new start for Iraq” was promoted by the usual false…

Textile World, November 7, 2006 The Dow Chemical Co., Midland, Mich., will increase ethanolamine production capacity at Union Carbide’s facility in Hahnville, La., by 100 million pounds, bringing total annual capacity at the facility to 340 million pounds. “We are pleased to be making a strategic investment in ethanolamines in the world’s largest market,” said…

GreenBiz.com, November 8, 2006 MIDLAND, MI, Nov. 8, 2006 – Dow Chemical has published a set of company Principles for Chemical Management Systems that it describes as an important initial step towards achieving the company’s 2015 Product Safety Commitment goals. These principles describe Dow’s views on science-based chemicals management policy, which are fundamental to effective…

INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR JUSTICE IN BHOPAL, NOVEMBER 8, 2006 November 8, 2006. MUMBAI — More than 200 Bhopalis chained themselves to the entrance of the Grand Intercontinental where India’s largest chemical industry trade fair was inaugurated today. Even as the Government laid out the red carpet to the global chemical industry, survivors of the 1984…

Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationery Karmachari Sangh Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Purush Sangharsh Morcha Bhopal Group for Information and Action Bhopal ki Aawaaz Press Conference, November 2, 2006 Addressing a Press Conference today, representatives of four organisations active on the lingering issues of the December 1984 Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal declared that they would…

RADIO NEW ZEALAND, NOVEMBER 3, 2006 The Office of the Ombudsmen has ordered the Ministry of Health to release previously confidential data from dioxin blood tests on New Plymouth residents. Campaigners for people who lived near the Ivon Watkins Dow chemical factory while it made the herbicide 245T have been asking for individual blood-test data…

Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationery Karmachari Sangh Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Purush Sangharsh Morcha Bhopal Group for Information and Action Bhopal ki Aawaaz Press Conference, November 2, 2006 Addressing a Press Conference today, representatives of four organisations active on the lingering issues of the December 1984 Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal declared that they would…

Jane Rankin-Reid, Tehelka, issue of November 11, 2006 The indolence enforced at the Lazies’ was both delightful and exacting, says Jane Rankin-Reid of a uniquely eccentric writers’ club Without doubt, I’m one of India’s most indolent tourists. On a recent visit to Bhopal, with rain deluging sightseeing plans, I happily spent almost every waking hour…

Whitney Mitchell, Indiana Daily Student, November 3, 2006 Vidhya Ranganathan, a member of the Bloomington chapter of the Association for India’s Development, stands in protest of Dow Chemicals outside the IU Auditorium during the Life Sciences Career Fair Thursday. Photo: Sarah Markley • IDS Students from the Association for India’s Development, donning poster board signs…

Central Chronicle, November 2, 2006 Bhopal.net comment: To get a perspective on this bid to buy votes in non-affected parts of the city, please also read: The sordid political truths behind the Rs 1,544.84 crore payout to gas tragedy victims and Politician finds $180 million for fountains and badminton courts while children starve and families…

Radio New Zealand, 3 November 3, 2006 The Ombudsman has ordered the Ministry of Health to release previously confidential data from dioxin blood tests on New Plymouth residents. Campaigners for people who lived near the Ivon Watkins Dow chemical factory while it made the herbicide 245T have been asking for individual blood-test data for over…