Thursday, June 10, 2010

World Watch: Seeking justice for Bhopal

* India: Could ex-Union Carbide chairman Warren Anderson be forced to face trial over the 1984 Bhopal disaster?

* China: Roughly 1700 workers at a Chinese Honda factory are expected to strike and call for the right to form a labor union.

* Turkey: Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan denied that Turkey was shunning the E.U. in favor of the Middle East.

* Philippines: International leaders such as Barack Obama of the U.S. and China’s Hu Jintao congratulated Philippine President-elect Benigno Aquino III.

Image – ABC Online
Online Sources- BBC News, Voice of America, New York Times, AP

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