France to Pay Nuclear Test Victims in Algeria & Polynesia

Victims of French nuclear tests in Algeria and French Polynesia will be able to get compensation after a change of heart by the French government. After decades of rejecting ties between its nuclear weapons tests and health problems among personnel carrying them out, France said Tuesday that it would be true to its conscience and pay compensation to those suffering illnesses linked to radiation. Defense Minister Hervé Morin told the newspaper Le Figaro that France had believed for a long ...

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YouTube | March 25, 2009

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