India looks to extradite ex-Union Carbide head

NEW DELHI - India's Cabinet has approved pushing for the former head of Union Carbide to be extradited over the toxic gas leak in 1984 that killed an estimated 15,000 people.

Public ire over the world's worst industrial disaster in the Indian city of Bhopal resurfaced this month after a court convicted seven former employees.

They were found guilty of "death by negligence" and sentenced to two years in prison. Many in India saw the verdict as far too light a punishment for the tragedy.