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The famous, terrible and tender picture, top left, was taken by Magnum photographer, Raghu Rai on the morning of December 3rd, 1984, after the night of horror in Bhopal when a huge cloud of poison gas 500 times more toxic than cyanide spewed from a factory belonging to Union Carbide Corporation.
Thousands died in hideous ways. As the sun rose on streets full of corpses, Raghu found himself in a graveyard where a man was burying his young daughter. The father had covered the tiny body but then, unable to bear parting from her, brushed the earth away for one last look. Read more
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Going the extra mile: Sussex students and staff running the Brighton Marathon for the BMA
Jan 26 2012
+ moreAndrew Chitty, lecturer in Philosophy at Sussex University is leading the UniSus Bhopal Runners, a group of 20 staff and students who are running the Brighton Marathon for the Bhopal Medical Appeal. …
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A day in the life of the Chingari Rehabilitation Centre Video
Jan 17 2012
+ moreA look at one day in the life of the Chingari Rehabilitation Centre. The Bhopal Medical Appeal funds this facility which gives treatment to the second and third generation sufferers of Union …
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Run for Bhopal at the British London 10K Run
Jan 9 2012
+ moreIt’s that time of the year when many of us will be thinking, post festive season, about our own fitness- and what better way to get in to shape than to do …
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Meredith Alexander becomes Bhopal’s latest heroine
Jan 27 2012
+ moreMeredith Alexander becomes Bhopal’s latest heroine Meredith Alexander, former Sustainability Commissioner and Ethics Adviser to Lord Coe and Mayor Boris Johnson, has acquired overnight celebrity status in Bhopal, India. Her resignation live …
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Indian Olympics Chief renews call for London 2012 to drop Dow
Jan 27 2012
+ moreIndian Olympics Chief renews call for London 2012 to drop Dow The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has today renewed their demand for London 2012 organisers and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to …
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London 2012 Sustainability Commissioner quits over Dow sponsorship
Jan 26 2012
+ moreMeredith Alexander, Sustainability Commissioner and Ethics Adviser to Lord Coe & LOCOG, quits over Dow Chemical sponsorship: The London 2012 Olympic Games were embroiled in further controversy last night as Meredith Alexander, …
