Dow Olympics

Wall Street Journal and New York Post owner News Corp said on Friday that it has been the victim of a major hack attack that targeted journalists and stole their data including draft articles.

Hundreds of survivors of the deadly 1984 Bhopal gas leak held a "Special Olympics" on Thursday with children suffering birth defects in an effort to shame Olympic sponsor Dow Chemical Co. on the eve of the London Games.

London Olympics chiefs said on Friday they were willing to meet Indian activists who have called for Dow Chemical to be dropped as a sponsor of the 2012 Games because of the 1984 Bhopal disaster.

Clarifying that the government has not asked athletes to boycott the London Olympics over the Dow Chemicals sponsorship, Sports Minister Ajay Maken on Thursday said that the matter has been pursued at a diplomatic level with the host nation.

Sports Minister Ajay Maken on Wednesday, said the government has not yet thought of pulling the Indian athletes out of London Olympics due to row over Dow Chemicals' sponsorship but said they have lodged a protest with the IOC, keeping in mind the sentiments of Bhopal gas victims.

The International Olympic Committee has rejected the sports ministry's demand to remove Dow as sponsors of London Olympics 2012. The committee has said that it will not drop DOW as a sponsor.

The athletes will play a vital role in deciding whether India will boycott the London Olympic Games if the IOC refuses to drop Dow Chemicals as a sponsor of the event, Sports Minister Ajay Maken has said.

Private intelligence firm Stratfor was paid by Coca-Cola to gauge the threat of Olympic protesters, provided Dow Chemical information on environmental activists, and sells what clients and subscribers consider some of the best geopolitical analysis that money can buy.

After repeated letters of protest by the IOA failed to move the International Olympic Committee, the Indian government has now stepped in by asking the body to drop Dow Chemicals as sponsor of this year's London Games for the company's link to the Bhopal Gas tragedy.

British Parliamentarian Barry Gardiner has termed the process that led to the appointment of Dow Chemical Company as a sponsor for the wrap of the main 2012 Olympics stadium a "sham".

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has appreciated Indian Olympic Association's (IOA) concern for the victims of 1984 Bhopal Tragedy but maintained that Dow Chemicals had no ownership stakes in Union Carbide till 2000.

Dow Chemicals will remain a sponsor for the London Olympics. Chief Executive of the Games, Paul Deighton, categorically said on Friday that the resignation of the Ethics Committee's chief Meredith Alexander will have no bearing on Dow sponsorship. In fact he added that it is India's responsibility to clean up the gas tragedy site in Bhopal.

With no response coming from either the International Olympic Committee or the London Olympics organisers to their previous protest, the Indian Olympic Association on Friday shot off another letter to both bodies, demanding Dow Chemical's removal as sponsor of the upcoming event.

Despite growing voices against Dow Chemical's association to the 2012 London Olympics, the mega sporting event's organising committee has said that the multinational will continue to remain a sponsor.

In a setback for organisers of the 2012 London Olympics, the head of the Ethics Committee, Meredith Alexander, has resigned from her post in opposition to Dow Chemicals being allowed to remain a sponsor of the Games.

Wall Street Journal and New York Post owner News Corp said on Friday that it has been the victim of a major hack attack that targeted journalists and stole their data including draft articles.

Hundreds of survivors of the deadly 1984 Bhopal gas leak held a "Special Olympics" on Thursday with children suffering birth defects in an effort to shame Olympic sponsor Dow Chemical Co. on the eve of the London Games.

London Olympics chiefs said on Friday they were willing to meet Indian activists who have called for Dow Chemical to be dropped as a sponsor of the 2012 Games because of the 1984 Bhopal disaster.

Clarifying that the government has not asked athletes to boycott the London Olympics over the Dow Chemicals sponsorship, Sports Minister Ajay Maken on Thursday said that the matter has been pursued at a diplomatic level with the host nation.

Sports Minister Ajay Maken on Wednesday, said the government has not yet thought of pulling the Indian athletes out of London Olympics due to row over Dow Chemicals' sponsorship but said they have lodged a protest with the IOC, keeping in mind the sentiments of Bhopal gas victims.

The International Olympic Committee has rejected the sports ministry's demand to remove Dow as sponsors of London Olympics 2012. The committee has said that it will not drop DOW as a sponsor.

The athletes will play a vital role in deciding whether India will boycott the London Olympic Games if the IOC refuses to drop Dow Chemicals as a sponsor of the event, Sports Minister Ajay Maken has said.

Private intelligence firm Stratfor was paid by Coca-Cola to gauge the threat of Olympic protesters, provided Dow Chemical information on environmental activists, and sells what clients and subscribers consider some of the best geopolitical analysis that money can buy.

After repeated letters of protest by the IOA failed to move the International Olympic Committee, the Indian government has now stepped in by asking the body to drop Dow Chemicals as sponsor of this year's London Games for the company's link to the Bhopal Gas tragedy.

British Parliamentarian Barry Gardiner has termed the process that led to the appointment of Dow Chemical Company as a sponsor for the wrap of the main 2012 Olympics stadium a "sham".

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has appreciated Indian Olympic Association's (IOA) concern for the victims of 1984 Bhopal Tragedy but maintained that Dow Chemicals had no ownership stakes in Union Carbide till 2000.

Dow Chemicals will remain a sponsor for the London Olympics. Chief Executive of the Games, Paul Deighton, categorically said on Friday that the resignation of the Ethics Committee's chief Meredith Alexander will have no bearing on Dow sponsorship. In fact he added that it is India's responsibility to clean up the gas tragedy site in Bhopal.

With no response coming from either the International Olympic Committee or the London Olympics organisers to their previous protest, the Indian Olympic Association on Friday shot off another letter to both bodies, demanding Dow Chemical's removal as sponsor of the upcoming event.

Despite growing voices against Dow Chemical's association to the 2012 London Olympics, the mega sporting event's organising committee has said that the multinational will continue to remain a sponsor.

In a setback for organisers of the 2012 London Olympics, the head of the Ethics Committee, Meredith Alexander, has resigned from her post in opposition to Dow Chemicals being allowed to remain a sponsor of the Games.