The World - News from Dec. 4, 1985
After a night of angry protests, Union Carbide’s Indian subsidiary settled claims by Bhopal plant workers laid off after the poison gas leak that killed more than 2,000 people last year. The workers will receive a total of $1.8 million, three times the amount reportedly required under Indian law, for compensation and wages due them since the chemical plant was officially closed in July. Earlier, hundreds marched in Bhopal in a second day of observances commemorating the first anniversary of the chemical disaster.
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