The verdicts marked the first time in almost 26 years of legal action that members of the management team of the central Indian chemical plant have been held responsible for the world’s worst industrial accident.
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Former Stereophonics drummer Stuart Cable has been found dead at his home in south Wales.
Emergency services attended the house at Llwydcoed near Aberdare, Cynon Valley, at 0530 BST on Monday.
South Wales Police said they were not speculating on the cause of death but there were no suspicious circumstances.
Cable, who left the Stereophonics in 2003, had [...]
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By Bill Berkrot and Julie Steenhuysen
MSNBC
A cancer drug being developed by Bristol-Myers Squibb reduced the risk of death from advanced melanoma by more than 30 percent in a late stage clinical trial, representing a potential major advance in treating a disease for which there are few options.
Melanoma is one of the deadliest cancers and can [...]
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By Russell Goldman
ABC News
For many, Al and Tipper Gore’s relationship was summed up in a six-second kiss on stage at the 2000 Democratic Convention.
Fraught with political symbolism, it was a kiss, which seemed far longer than it actually lasted and telegraphed to the country that this was a man and wife whose long commitment [...]
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The US government has begun criminal and civil investigations into the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, Attorney General Eric Holder has announced.
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