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2006-01-16 India-Pakistan

Clemenceau stranded by Indian Supreme Court order

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Posted by john 2006-01-16 15:08|| || Front Page|| [11 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The irony of this is the ignorance of asbestos. It comes in two forms, long fiber and short fiber. The long fiber stuff is determineably deadly; it is also quite uncommon in asbestos.

Most asbestos is short fiber, which with a modicum of protective equipment, is no great threat, any more than ordinary silica is for silicosis, or coal for "black lung" disease.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-01-16 15:44|| 2006-01-16 15:44|| Front Page Top

#2 the Alang ship-breaking yard in Gujarat

I saw a story on the Indian shipbreaking "yards" on National Geographic once. They run the ship at full speed up on the beach at high tide and this gang of men swarm over it and take them apart piece by piece with hand tools. Only protective gear would be a pair of sneakers.

Posted by Steve">Steve 2006-01-16 16:12|| 2006-01-16 16:12|| Front Page Top

#3 And so ends the greatest French naval adventure since the Battle of the Rainbow Warrior, run aground on a reef of legal documents.

Posted by SteveS 2006-01-16 17:48|| 2006-01-16 17:48|| Front Page Top

#4 Maybe the Indian Navy can use her for target practice ?

Posted by john 2006-01-16 18:44|| 2006-01-16 18:44|| Front Page Top

#5 a pair of old sneakers as safety respiratory gear? What kind of heartless bastards...

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-01-16 19:15|| 2006-01-16 19:15|| Front Page Top

#6 I am wondering why they don't scuttle it in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean in the middle of the night?

Posted by Sock Puppet OÂ´ Doom 2006-01-16 23:25|| 2006-01-16 23:25|| Front Page Top

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