THE dismissal of a case in the United States which accused chemical companies of war crimes by supplying the US Army with Agent Orange in the Vietnam War, triggered angry protests from Vietnamese victims yesterday.

THE dismissal of a case in the United States which accused chemical companies of war crimes by supplying the US Army with Agent Orange in the Vietnam War, triggered angry protests from Vietnamese victims yesterday.

Around 4,000 ex-banana plantation workers in Nicaragua are suing several transnational companies for damages, claiming that long-term exposure to pesticides has caused infertility and other illnesses.