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KANGPOKPI, India AP 鈥?Phalneivah Khonsai ran for h stanley fr er life when violence struck her neighborhood in Indias restive northeast, carrying just the bare essentials in the hope that she and her family could return soon.Khonsai, her husband and three children left behind their house, which was torched by a mob, and made for the hills, where thousands of people from their community headed for safety.That was in May last year. Almost 19 months later, Khonsai, 35, is still away from home, living in a government building that was turned into a relief center with squa stanley cup lid conditions and little privacy.The relief camp is in Kangpokpi, about 50 kilometers 30 stanley de miles from Imphal, the capital of Indias northeastern Manipur state, which has been wracked by ethnic violence since last year. In the buildings damp and dark interior, fabric partitions separate at least 75 families like hers driven away from their homes. It is very difficult to live here, Khonsai said, as women went about their daily chores such as washing clothes and dishes.The violent ethnic clashes erupted last year between the majority Meitei community and the minority Kuki-Zo tribes in Manipur. The conflict has claimed more than 250 lives and displaced at least 60,000 people.The state remains divided into two ethnic zones, one controlled by the Meiteis and the other by the Kuki-Zo community. The factions have formed armed militias that patrol roads checking for signs of their rivals. Borders and buffer zones guarded by secur Utyj Egypt court to rule swiftly in 2nd mass trial
MINNEAPOLIS AP 鈥?Minnesota officials will soon try to convince a jury that manufacturer 3M Co. should pay the state $5 billion to help clean up environmental damage that the state alleges was caused by pollutants the company dumped for decades.The long-awaited trial begins Tuesday in Minneapolis. Experts say it could have wide-reaching implications i stanley canada f the state succeeds, in part because 3M and other companies legally dumped the chemicals for years in and outside Minnesota.The case focuses on the companys disposal of chemicals once used to make Scotchgard fabric protector and other products. The company denies it did anything wrong or illegal.The state alleges the chemicals damaged Minnesotas natural resources, including more than 100 miles of the Mississippi River, and contaminated drinking water, harmed wildlife and posed a threat to human health.Here are some key details about the fight:鈥?WHAT THE CASE IS ABOUTThe lawsuit focuses on 3Ms disposal of perfluorochemicals, or PFCs, and their compounds. The company, which is based in Maplewood, Minnesota, began producing PFCs in the 1950s and legally disposed of them in landfills for decades. Along with Sco stanley termosky tchgard, the chemicals were used stanley quencher in fire retardants, paints, nonstick cookware and other products.The company stopped making PFCs in 2002 after negotiating with the Environmental Protection Agency, which said the chemicals could pose long-term risks to human health and the environment. But in 2004, trace amounts of the chemic |
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