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India: Bhopal Gas Tragedy Verdict - too little too late?

On the night of December 2-3, 1984, India woke up to its worst industrial disaster when tonnes of the deadly methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas and other toxins leaked from a Union Carbide (UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya...

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Rue McClanahan dies at 76

New York — Emmy-winning “Golden Girls” actress Rue McClanahan died of a stroke in a New York hospital early Thursday, her manager said. She was 76.

McClanahan’s family surrounded her bed when she died at New York Pr...

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AJC Condemns UN Human Rights Council Flotilla Vote‏

NEW YORK— The American Jewish Committee condemned a resolution adopted by the United Nations Human Rights Council which authorizes “an independent international fact-finding mission” into Israel’s interception of ships bou...

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