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Four decades of horror after India's Bhopal gas disaster

France24.com (en) 

Her feeble cries were drowned out by the screams of men, women and children as they ran to escape the cloud of highly toxic gas leaking from the Union Carbide factory on the night of December 2, 1984. Some 3,500 people were killed in the immediate aftermath, and up to 25,000 are estimated to have died overall in the world's deadliest industrial disaster. Forty years later, the horror continues to blight the lives of those like Devi -- as well as countless others born with deformities since that fateful night. Читать дальше...

At least 25 killed as Russian, Syrian jets intensify bombing of Syrian rebel territory

Economictimes.indiatimes.com 

At least 25 people were killed in air strikes in northwestern Syria by the Syrian government and Russia. The attacks targeted the rebel-held city of Idlib. The fighting in the region has intensified with insurgents capturing parts of Aleppo and other areas. Western nations have called for de-escalation and protection of civilians.