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Soldiers deployed in Black Sea oil spill clean-up
AFP/YAHOO ^ | 11-13-2007 | Dario Thuburn

Posted on 11/13/2007 1:50:01 AM PST by Westlander

PORT KAVKAZ, Russia (AFP) - Hundreds of Russian soldiers were deployed on Tuesday to clean up a 2,000-tonne oil spill in environmentally sensitive waters caused by a fierce Black Sea storm that wrecked five ships.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: energy; oil; russia; ships; spill
Edmund Fitgerald comes to mind.
1 posted on 11/13/2007 1:50:03 AM PST by Westlander
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To: Westlander

That’s Edmund Fitzgerald - oops.


2 posted on 11/13/2007 1:56:36 AM PST by Westlander (Unleash the Neutron Bomb)
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