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Getafix
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Username: Getafix
Post Number: 9447
Registered: 02-2008
Posted From: 159.127.66.112
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, February 16, 2012 - 10:50 am: | 
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quote:Dow has said Union Carbide's £288m settlement for those affected by the tragedy - which was paid in 1989 - is fair and final.
It says the Indian government was directed to take out an insurance policy to cover any further claims and that from 1998 it undertook responsibility to clean up the now abandoned site, which environmentalists say is still poisonous.
But in 2010 the Indian attorney general's office filed a case to the Supreme Court seeking to more than double to £700m the compensation paid, suggesting the Indian government had been duped when it agreed the terms of the 1989 settlement with Union Carbide.
"It's very curious when you look at the facts and look at the timeline that here we are today with people trying to put a liability on Dow - it just doesn't add up," said Mr Hamilton.
And he is adamant Dow will not withdraw its sponsorship, adding: "We're not going to let someone bully us into taking responsibility for something that is not our issue."
mana india attorney general kuda comedy.. appudu ichindaniki kakkaurhti padi taruvatha amount saripoled anatam comedy.. |
Getafix
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Username: Getafix
Post Number: 9445
Registered: 02-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, February 16, 2012 - 10:42 am: |
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Olympics ante human spirit kosam conduct chese event kada.. Dow being the official sponsor for olympics gives us a solid oppurtuntity to tell the world what is current state of gas victims in Bhopal..
Current owner or not.. it acquired UC and with that it acquired responsibility.. |
Film_fan
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Username: Film_fan
Post Number: 19956
Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 81.138.131.153
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, February 16, 2012 - 10:40 am: |
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i dont think its a legitimate excuse.....
DOW are the owners after the tragedy......
inko rakam ga protest chesi undalsindhi......
not going to olympics is not an option....
my opinion....
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
-- Aristotle
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Getafix
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Username: Getafix
Post Number: 9443
Registered: 02-2008
Posted From: 159.127.66.112
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, February 16, 2012 - 10:37 am: |
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Rajusk:
mana olympic association olympics boycott chese sawwal led ani cheppesindhi.. already akkada mana position weak jesukunnamemo. |
Rajusk
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Username: Rajusk
Post Number: 18233
Registered: 02-2008
Posted From: 192.234.99.11
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, February 16, 2012 - 10:31 am: |
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Getafix:
manollu poyi kooda feekedi emi ledu..ide excuse choopisthe..konni crores of public money migulthai.. |
Chitti_v2
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Username: Chitti_v2
Post Number: 4055
Registered: 01-2011
Posted From: 160.83.72.209
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, February 16, 2012 - 10:31 am: |
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Dow gaallu few years back blre/mumbai lo oppices koodaa open sesi work sesthunnaarugaa |
Getafix
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Username: Getafix
Post Number: 9442
Registered: 02-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, February 16, 2012 - 10:28 am: |
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-17054672
quote:The IOC said it appreciated the Indian Olympic Association's (IOA) concern for the victims.
But it added that Dow had no ownership stake in Union Carbide till 2000.
Campaigners say the gas leak killed some 25,000 people. Dow is a top-tier sponsor for the London 2012 Olympics.
The company merged with the Union Carbide Corporation - whose subsidiary Union Carbide India ran the Bhopal pesticide plant - in 1999 and denies any liability for the chemical gas leak.
No Connection
"Dow had no connection with the Bhopal tragedy. Dow did not have any ownership stake in Union Carbide until 16 years after the accident and 12 years after the $470m compensation agreement was approved by the Indian Supreme Court."
Says IOC chief Jacques Rogge in a letter to Indian Olympic Association
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