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Hundreds March in Bhopal 30 Years After World's Deadliest Industrial Disaster

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Hundreds of people marched through the central Indian city of Bhopal Tuesday, waving flaming torches to commemorate the thousands who perished in the world's deadliest industrial disaster 30 years ago. In the early hours of December 3, 1984, around 40 metric tons of cyanide gas accidentally leaked from a pesticide factory owned by U.S. multinational Union Carbide Corp. The toxic gas was carried by the wind into the surrounding slums. The government recorded 5,295 deaths....

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