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Civil Rights

Feb. 2, 2007

After Hearings, Judge to Decide Chevron's Role in Nigeria Deaths

SAN FRANCISCO - The question of who is responsible for the violent deaths of protesters and villagers living near Nigerian oil facilities during the late 1990s always will be controversial.

By Dennis Pfaff
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      SAN FRANCISCO - The question of who is responsible for the violent deaths of protesters and villagers living near Nigerian oil facilities during the late 1990s always will be controversial.
      But the legal issues and the question of California-based petroleum giant Chevron Corp.'s culpability in the deaths of a half-dozen or more people and the in...

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