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Poisoned Ivorians reject payout - BBC
Edited on Sun Jun-24-07 12:22 AM by Eugene
Source: BBC News

Last Updated: Saturday, 23 June 2007, 17:46 GMT 18:46 UK

Poisoned Ivorians reject payout

Victims of last year's toxic waste scandal in Ivory Coast
have rejected the government's offer of compensation.

The families of 16 people who died when the waste was
dumped in Abidjan were offered $200,000 (£100,000) each,
with smaller sums to thousands who fell ill.

Victims' groups dismissed the offer as cynical. The amount
is less than half the total allocated to the government.

The Dutch company which chartered the vessel said it
would pay $198m (£102m) for a clean-up and investigation.

The oil-trading group Trafigura agreed to pay the money in
February but said it was not liable for dumping the waste.

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Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6231946.stm

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