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Article

1 Aug 2009

Author:
Nityanand Jayaraman, Tehelka [India]

A Time Bomb We Await [India]

Hilary Clinton’s...India visit had an important agenda – to urge India to pass a law to ensure that a Bhopallike disaster does not trouble its victims for as long as the 25-year-old tragedy has. There is one twist, though...the ‘victims’ that the two Governments are committed to helping are US multinationals like GE...They want no part of the liabilities arising out of a Bhopal-like disaster....[also refers to Toshiba Westinghouse, NPCIL, Tata, Reliance, Larsen & Toubro, Gammon, Areva, Rusatom]

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