From: Political Affairs
Agent Orange research cancelled: "A series of lies, deceit and blackmail"
Kenneth J. Herrmann
[30-03-2005] The cancellation of the US-funded project to research the connection between the use of Agent Orange during the war and the physical and emotional disabilities suffered by so many in Vietnam was decided by Dr Anne Sassaman of the US National Institute of ..(lire l'article) | From: Herald Tribune - SouthWest Florida
Produce company offers help to parents of children with defects
The Associated Press
[28-03-2005] Ca se passe aux US, c'est récent ...
The president of one of Florida's largest produce companies has offered to help migrant workers whose children were recently born with severe birth defects stay in the area while health officials inve..(lire l'article) |
From: Thanh Nien News.com Vietnam
NGOs in Vietnam voice support Agent Orange victims
[28-03-2005] In a statement on Friday, non-government organizations in Vietnam called for further and urgent support for Vietnamese Agent Orange (AO) victims...(lire l'article) | From: The Manille Times
DOUBLETAKE - Agent Orange
Eric F. Mallonga
[28-03-2005] NEW ZEALAND Transport Minister Harry Duynhoven revealed, in the Sunday News, that New Zealand supplied Agent Orange to the American military from New Plymouth to Subic Naval Base, Olongapo City, during the Vietnam War. The disclosure led to immediate cl..(lire l'article) |
From: Newsdesk.org
Focus: Agent Orange Aftermath
Jodi Wynn, Newsdesk.org
[25-03-2005] ... a Dow representative stated, "We believe that defoliants saved lives by protecting allied forces from enemy ambush and did not create adverse health effects."..(lire l'article) | From: NewsTarget.com
Vietnamese Agent Orange lawsuit dismissed by New York judge
[23-03-2005] ...U.S. District Judge Jack B.Weinstein, of the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn, sided with the chemical companies and the Justice Department, which argued that supplying the defoliant did not amount to a war crime.He said no law barred its use u..(lire l'article) |
From: eMediaWire
Agent Orange, Vietnam's Unfinished Research
C.W. Brown, PhD and William Dodge
[21-03-2005] For almost 40 years, the US Government has resisted supporting Vietnam Veterans and Vietnamese who have developed diseases because of their exposure to Agent Orange. The National Science Foundation says that there is no research to prove the effects of th..(lire l'article) | From: New Scientist
US cancels Agent Orange study in Vietnam
[19-03-2005] IS AGENT Orange responsible for deformities in the children and grandchildren of people exposed to it during the Vietnam war? Vietnam claims the herbicide, used by the US to reduce forest cover, is to blame. But the US has never accepted this. The chances..(lire l'article) |
From: Le Figaro
L'agent orange hante toujours le Vietnam
Caroline de Malet
[17-03-2005] DIOXINE Une plainte de victimes vietnamiennes du puissant défoliant vient d'être rejetée à New York..(lire l'article) | From: People's Weekly World Newspaper
Vietnam’s victims of Agent Orange to appeal ruling
Mark Almberg
[17-03-2005] Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange, the highly toxic defoliant used by the U.S. during the Vietnam War, have vowed to appeal the March 10 ruling by a U.S. federal judge dismissing their lawsuit against Dow Chemical, Monsanto, and 35 other companies that m..(lire l'article) |
From: Metro Times - Detroit USA
Orange crush
[16-03-2005] Vietnamese who say they are suffering ill health as a result of exposure to the defoliant, which contains the chemical dioxin, brought the suit. One of the most toxic substances known, dioxin has been linked to cancer, diabetes and birth defects. About 10..(lire l'article) | From: Dissident Voice - USA
American Hypocracy* At Work:
Agent Orange -- Thirty Years After
Harold Williamson
[15-03-2005] The latest insult to our sensibilities by the U.S. Justice [sic] System occurred on March 10 when a federal judge dismissed a damage suit filed against American chemical companies in what is the first legal challenge in the U.S. court system on behalf of ..(lire l'article) |
From: BBC News WORLD EDITION
Agent Orange legal case dismissed
[10-03-2005] A US federal court in New York has dismissed a legal action brought by Vietnamese plaintiffs over the use of Agent Orange during the Vietnam War.
The plaintiffs had sought compensation from the firms that manufactured the chemical, which allegedly..(lire l'article) | From: CBC News
Vietnamese suit over Agent Orange dismissed
[10-03-2005] ...U.S. District Judge Jack Weinstein ruled that the defoliant and similar products could not be considered poisons banned under international rules of war – even if they had similar effects...(lire l'article) |
From: Voice Of America - VOA News
US Judge Dismisses Agent Orange Lawsuit
[10-03-2005] Judge Weinstein said the plaintiffs' claims have no basis under any national or international laws. He also said the plaintiffs had failed to prove a clear link between Agent Orange and their illnesses.
There was no immediate reaction from plain..(lire l'article) | From: UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL
Judge dismisses massive Agent Orange suit
[10-03-2005] The damage suit, filed by an association of Vietnamese, claimed American chemical companies committed war crimes by supplying the military with the defoliant Agent Orange. The civil suit, filed last year, had sought what could have been billions of dollar..(lire l'article) |
From: NewKerala - India
Judge dismisses massive Agent Orange suit
[10-03-2005] ...U.S. District Judge Jack B.Weinstein, of the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn, sided with the chemical companies and the Justice Department .....(lire l'article) | From: The Militant - New York,NY,USA
Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange sue U.S. chemical giants
CINDY JAQUITH
[05-03-2005] BROOKLYN—Chemical giants Dow and Monsanto argued in federal district court here February 28 for dismissal of a class-action lawsuit against them by some 100 Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange during the U.S. war against their country.
The suit charges..(lire l'article) |
From: The Militant - New York,NY,USA
Plaintiffs’ stories told in legal briefs
[05-03-2005] The following are excerpts from the Justiciability and Standing Brief in the lawsuit against U.S. chemical companies that manufactured Agent Orange. They describe the cases of a few of the Vietnamese plaintiffs demanding justice.
The Plaintiffs in thi..(lire l'article) | From: The Militant - New York,NY,USA
Monopolies poisoned U.S., Vietnamese workers
[05-03-2005] The following excerpts outline the history of the use of Agent Orange by the U.S. government in the Vietnam War, the role of the chemical companies that manufactured the herbicide, and the cover-up of its lethal effects by both. The excerpts are taken fro..(lire l'article) |
From: The Independant On line U.K.
Vietnam War victims of Agent Orange poisoning sue US chemical companies
Andrew Buncombe (Washington)
[04-03-2005] Vietnamese citizens who say they have suffered a lifetime of health problems after being poisoned by Agent Orange during the Vietnam War are suing the American chemical companies that provided the Pentagon with the toxic defoliant.
The case has huge i..(lire l'article) | From: Business.telegraph - U.K.
Agent Orange groups defend Vietnam ‘warcrime’ charges
David Litterick
[02-03-2005] Some of the largest chemicals groups in the world have defended themselves in court against charges they committed war crimes by supplying the US with Agent Orange during the Vietnam war.
Lawyers for companies including Dow Chemical and Monsanto were ..(lire l'article) |
From: ABC Online - Australia
Vietnamese victims seek compensation for Agent Orange
Edmond Roy
[01-03-2005] Chemical companies in the United States are urging a federal court judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a group of Vietnamese people who claim they're suffering from health problems caused by the US use of Agent Orange during the Vietnam War.
The Vie..(lire l'article) | From: KeralaNext.com
US: Agent Orange lawsuit opens in US
[01-03-2005] A court in New York is hearing a lawsuit brought by Vietnamese plaintiffs over the use of Agent Orange by the US during the Vietnam war. The plaintiffs are seeking compensation from the US firms that manufactured the chemical for the military in the 1960s..(lire l'article) |
From: News Day - USA
Justice Department seeks dismissal of Agent Orange lawsuit
NEW YORK (AP)
[28-02-2005] The Justice Department wants a Brooklyn federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit that would force a re-examination of the use of the Vietnam War defoliant Agent Orange.
..(lire l'article) | From: New York Times
U.S. Urges Judge to Dismiss Suit on Chemical Use in Vietnam War
By WILLIAM GLABERSON
[28-02-2005] The Justice Department is urging a federal judge in Brooklyn to dismiss a lawsuit aimed at forcing a re-examination of one of the most contentious issues of the Vietnam War, the use of the defoliant Agent Orange.
The civil suit, filed las..(lire l'article) |
From: Boston Globe
Vietnamese seeking redress from US in Agent Orange suit
Matt Steinglass
[28-02-2005] Thirty-five years after US forces stopped spraying Agent Orange in Vietnam, Vietnamese who were exposed to the defoliant are about to have their day in court.
From 1961 to 1971, the US military sprayed more than 20 million gallons of A..(lire l'article) | From: Planet Ark
Vietnam Looks to Win Agent Orange Law Suit
Ho Binh Minh
[28-02-2005] It is a classroom full of sunlight in Vietnam's southern city formerly known as Saigon, with Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck painted on the wall overlooking several computers.
But one pupil writes with a pencil held between his toes, another cannot close..(lire l'article) |
From: Newsday.com
Chemical companies seek end to Agent Orange litigation
MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN (Associated Press Writer)
[28-02-2005] Chemical companies that supplied Agent Orange to U.S. forces in Vietnam asked a federal judge in Brooklyn on Monday to dismiss a lawsuit by Vietnamese citizens who say they were poisoned by the defoliant.
The plaintiffs allege that Monsanto, Dow Chemi..(lire l'article) | From: ZNET BLOGS
Many Little Eichmanns
David Peterson
[28-02-2005] A U.S. District Court in New York City today heard the opening arguments in a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of 27 Vietnamese victims of one category of chemical weapons stemming from the American war over their country four decades ago: Operation R..(lire l'article) |
