The New York Times
52 pm Richard Harbus for The New York Times Shops will have to extinguish their lights after 1 a.m. each morning, but exceptions will be made for areas catering to tourists like the Champs Elysees. Shops and offices throughout France will be required...
DAWN
A Dutch court ruled on Wednesday that Royal Dutch Shell's Nigerian subsidiary was responsible for a case of oil pollution in the Niger Delta and ordered it to pay damages in a decision that could open the door to further litigation...Four Nigerians...
United Press International
A court in The Hague, Netherlands, on Wednesday ordered Royal Dutch Shell to pay damages in one of five cases involving Nigerian oil pollution. Judge Henk Wien of the district court of The Hague ruled Shell was sentenced to pay damages in one of the...
Africa Headlines
Shell's parent company cannot be held liable for oil spills in the Niger Delta, says Dutch Court. However, Shell's subsidiary in Nigeria is partly liable for damages and will pay compensation to one farmer, the court ruled Wednesday. Four Nigerian...
The Guardian
Marten Van Dijl/EPA Shell was acquitted in a Dutch court on Wednesday morning of most of the charges against it for pollution in Nigeria, where disputed oil spills have been a long-running source of contention between the oil company, local people...
The Bellingham Herald
Netherlands Dutch judges are ruling in a landmark civil action by Nigerian farmers who want to hold oil giant Shell liable for poisoning their fish ponds and farmlands with leaking pipelines. The decision being announced Wednesday could set a legal...