HUNDREDS of people marched through Bhopal with torches before dawn yesterday to mark the 25th anniversary of the world’s worst industrial disaster and demand the cleanup of toxic chemicals they say still contaminate the Indian city’s soil and water.

Police have detained 80 people who walked nearly 500 miles from the site of a catastrophic 1984 gas leak in central India to protest today outside the prime minister’s residence in New Dehli, an organiser said.

An Indian firm plans to burn toxic waste from the 1984 Bhopal disaster, the world’s worst industrial accident, despite environmentalists’ objections.

WITH its sparkling blue waters, iconic bridge and stunning Opera House, Sydney Harbour is regarded as one of the most beautiful waterways in the world.

A survivor of the gas explosion in Bhopal today called on the Irish people to support the tens of thousands of victims left behind.

THE BBC apologised yesterday after being hoaxed into carrying a report on its world television service that a €9 billion compensation fund had been set up for survivors of the Bhopal disaster 20 years ago yesterday.

The BBC apologised today after being hoaxed into carrying a report on its World television service that a compensation fund had been set of for survivors of the Bhopal disaster 20 years ago today.

Thousands of civil rights activists, survivors and other protesters gathered in Bhopal today to mark the 20th anniversary of the world’s worst industrial accident and demand justice for hundreds of thousands of people still suffering in the aftermath.

WHEN Devi, her husband and their five children woke up to a nightmare, they ran, as far and as fast as they could.

CIVIL rights activists, survivors and other protesters converged on Bhopal this week to mark the 20th anniversary of the world’s worst industrial accident and demand justice for hundreds of thousands of people still suffering.

INDIA’S supreme court has ordered the government to release millions of dollars in compensation for victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy which killed 3,000 people.

A US court could order chemical firm Union Carbide to clean up the site of a gas leak that killed thousands of people in central India nearly 20 years ago, now that the Indian government says it has no objection to the move.

An Indian court was to decide today whether to lessen charges against the former chairman of US-based Union Carbide for a 1984 gas leak that left thousands of people dead in one of the world’s worst industrial accidents.