21.   The move could open the way for cleanup workers to seek damages from Denmark and the United States for their illnesses.

22.   Three former Chernobyl cleanup workers have been hospitalized after a hunger strike to protest months of unpaid wages, a strike leader said Tuesday.

23.   Thousands, mostly early cleanup workers, are believed to have died since from radiation-related sicknesses.

24.   Two other barriers were strung protectively downstream, but cleanup workers acknowledged they would be unable to catch the entire spill.