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Reuters A Man Walks By Cove Full of Fuel Oil in Northern Spain

Date: 25-Nov-02
Country: SPAIN
Author: DB/AH

A Man Walks By Cove Full of Fuel Oil in Northern Spain Photo: DESMOND BOYLAN
Photo: DESMOND BOYLAN

Thousands of birds, fish and wildlife have been affected after the Prestige tanker laden with 70,000 tonnes of fuel oil split in two and sank, triggering what ecologists said could become one of the world's worst oil spills.

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