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| Jan.14 |
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Burning oil tanker sinks off China after one week  Shanghai: An oil tanker burning in the East China Sea for more than a week has finally sunk, Chinese media say
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| Oct.7 |
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Ghana gas station explosions kill number of people A tanker explosion at a gas-filling station, followed by a secondary blast, has left a number of casualties in the Legon suburb in northwest...
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| Sep.12 |
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Tanker, dredger collide in Singapore waters, 5 missing An oil tanker and a dredger have collided, capsizing the dredger and leaving five of its crew missing. The dredger was partially submerged
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| Aug.27 |
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Remains of all 10 missing sailors recovered from USS John S. McCain  Singapore: Divers have found the remains of all sailors who went missing after the U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer, collided with an oil tanker near...
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| Aug.20 |
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US Navy ship and oil tanker collide off Singapore Map of Strait of Singapore Singapore
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| Jun.24 |
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 Pakistan oil tanker inferno kills 200 Map of Ahmedpur East Pakistan| A lorry transporting oil burst into flames near the Pakistani city of Ahmedpur East | |
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| Mar.16 |
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Somali pirates who seized oil tanker release it without conditions. Somalia
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| Dec.11 |
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Death toll in Bulgaria tanker train explosion rises to 8
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| Dec.10 |
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Kenya Naivasha: 30 dead as fireball engulfs traffic on road
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| Aug.16 |
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Oil tanker 'hijacked off Malaysia'
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| May.8 |
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Afghanistan fuel tanker crash kills 73 in Ghazni province  Map of Ghazni Afghanistan| Two buses and a fuel tanker have collided on a major highway. More than 50 others injured in the accident had been taken to hospital | |
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| Mar.6 |
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Dozens dead in Hilla truck bombing. Iraq
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| Dec.16 |
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Six missing after tanker collision in Singapore Strait
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| Sep.17 |
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South Sudan oil tanker blast 'kills 170'. Southern Sudan
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| Apr.10 |
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Bus crash: Children among 33 dead in collision  Morocco: Schoolchildren returning from a sports competition were among at least 33 people killed in a head-on collision between a bus and a gas tanke...
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| Jan.10 |
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57 dead after bus crashes into oil tanker in Pakistan Karachi: A passenger bus crashed into an oil tanker in southern Pakistan early Sunday, killing 57 people with remains charred beyond recognition
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| Dec.15 |
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Dozens feared dead in Brazil bus crash. Northeastern Brazil
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| Oct.18 |
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Russian tanker near Canada detaches from tow boat. Western Canada
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| Oct.9 |
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Missing Vietnamese oil tanker found raided by pirates. Singapore
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| Oct.8 |
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  Vietnam tanker crew freed by pirates Southeast Asia: Oil tanker The MT Sunrise 689, which went missing last week was seized by pirates who stole some of its cargo before releasing its crew, say officials
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Pilot dies fighting California fire
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| May.15 |
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Galapagos in 'emergency' over stranded petrol tanker. Ecuador
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| Mar.11 |
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Libya PM dismissed over tanker row
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| Mar.8 |
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Libya threatens to bomb oil tanker Eastern Libya: Libya's prime minister has threatened to bomb a North Korean-flagged tanker if it tries to export oil from a rebel-controlled port
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| Jun.30 |
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Uganda tanker fire kills 29 people |
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| May.8 |
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Death toll rises in fiery gas tanker crash Map of Mexico City Mexico| Mexico: A speeding tanker truck carrying gas crashed and exploded in a huge fireball along a highway near Mexico City Tuesday, killing at least 23 people | |
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| May.7 |
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Gas tanker explodes in Mexico City
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| May.3 |
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U.S. military plane crashes in Kyrgyzstan Map of Chuysky Kyrgyzstan U.S. Air Force KC-135 tanker aircraft took off and crashed in Kyrgyzstan. Three people were on board
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| Jul.12 |
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Nigerians die in fuel tanker fire Map of Rivers | More than 100 have died after a tanker crashed. The vehicle did not immediately burst into flames so nearby villagers rushed to collect the fuel | |
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| Dec.29 |
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Petrol tanker blaze kills 13 in Caracas Map of Caracas Venezuela  Venezuela: A petrol tanker has crashed in Venezuela, bursting into flames and engulfing seven cars and a bus in burning fuel | |
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| Dec.27 |
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 Italian tanker hijacked off Oman| The chemical product tanker, Enrico Ievoli, with 18 people on board, was hijacked off the coast of Oman | |
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| May.20 |
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Deadly Pakistan Nato tanker blast Map of Landi Kotal Khyber Pakistan| NW Pakistan: A Nato oil tanker, transporting fuel to forces in Afghanistan, has exploded in northwest Pakistan, killing at least 15 people | |
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| Mar.17 |
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Pirates release tanker after 4 months  Somalia: Somali pirates released the chemical tanker MV Hannibal II after holding it for more than four months | |
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| Nov.6 |
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Somali pirates get record ransom. Somalia
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| Jul.3 |
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Hundreds killed in oil tanker explosion Map of South Kivu Congo  Congo: At least 230 people were killed and 190 injured when an oil tanker flipped over and exploded. It was attempting to overtake a bus
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| May.24 |
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Oil leaks from Singapore tanker| Emergency teams are working to contain a crude oil spill after two ships - a tanker and a bulk carrier - collided in waters off Singapore | |
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| May.16 |
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BP: scheme to halt US oil leak working well. Louisiana
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| May.6 |
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 Russian marines storm hijacked oil tanker  Somalia: Marines have stormed a tanker hijacked by pirates in the Gulf of Aden, freeing its 23 man crew and cargo of oil to be worth up to $50 million
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| Apr.5 |
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 Pirates seize South Korean tanker| Somalia: Somali pirates captured the 300,000-ton supertanker Samho Dream outside the area in which the EU group operates | |
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| Mar.5 |
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  Pirates seize Norwegian tanker  Madagascar: Pirates have hijacked UBT Ocean off the coast of Madagascar and are steering the ship toward Somalia | |
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| Nov.9 |
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 Mid-ocean pirate attack on tanker| Somalia: Somali pirates have attacked the Hong Kong-registered BW Lion, an oil tanker, some 1,850km off the coast | |
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| Jul.24 |
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20 killed as truck plows into bus Map of Rostov-on-Don Russia  Russia: The collision between a large passenger bus and a gasoline tanker happened on a major highway near Samarskoye | |
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| Jul.6 |
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Militants claim pipeline blast Map of Niger Delta Nigeria| Nigeria Delta: Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta said they had blown up an oil pipeline and captured six crew members of a chemical tanker | |
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| Apr.19 |
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  Pirate attack thwarted in Gulf of Aden| Somalia: Pirates attempted to capture the MV Front Ardennes, a Norwegian tanker, and were apprehended seven hours later by NATO forces | |
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| Jan.31 |
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 At least 100 people killed in oil fire  Kenya: An overturned petrol tanker caught fire on a highway and exploded and hundreds of people gathered to collect spilled fuel
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| Jan.10 |
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Saudi tanker crew 'safe and well'. Somalia
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| Jan.9 |
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'Ransom paid' for hijacked supertanker. Somalia
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| Nov.28 |
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Pirates hijack chemical tanker off Somalia
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| Nov.24 |
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Pirate says Sirius Star crew safe| Somalia: One of the Somali pirates responsible for hijacking a Saudi oil tanker said they have no intention of harming the 25 crew members on board | |
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| Nov.21 |
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Islamists 'hunt pirates'| Somalia: Somali al-Shabab insurgents have begun searching for the pirates who hijacked a giant Saudi-owned oil tanker last Saturday | |
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| Nov.19 |
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Saudi owners 'talking to pirates'. Saudi Arabia
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| Nov.17 |
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Hijacked oil tanker nears Somalia| The Sirius Star, a giant Saudi tanker seized by pirates in the Indian Ocean, is nearing the coast of Somalia. Pirates have anchored the tanker off the Somali coast, as the... | |
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  Pirates capture Saudi oil tanker Kenya: Pirates have seized a giant tanker in the Indian Ocean off the Kenyan coast and are steering it towards Somalia
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| Nov.11 |
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 Chemical tanker hijacked| Somalia: Armed pirates have hijacked a Philippines chemical tanker off the coast of Somalia. Indian forces thwarted an attack on one of its vessels | |
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| Jun.13 |
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 Fuel prices see strikes spread globally  United Kingdom: Rising fuel prices led to protests, with fuel tanker drivers starting a 4-day strike in Britain and truck drivers holding protests across S. Korea
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| Feb.29 |
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Air tanker deal provokes US row. U.S. Congress
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| Jan.12 |
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At least 30 die in fuel tanker blast Map of Port Harcourt Nigeria  Nigeria: A car crashed into a fuel tanker, which exploded and burst into flames in the oil-rich town | |
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| Dec.7 |
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Tons of oil spill into Yellow Sea South Korea: Thousands of tons of oil spilled off the western coast of South Korea after an oil tanker collided with a barge carrying a crane
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| Nov.12 |
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Death toll rises in oil disaster. Russia
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| Nov.11 |
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Russian oil tanker breaks in two A tanker split in two during a fierce storm, spilling some 560,000 gallons of fuel into a strait leading to the Black Sea
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| Nov.2 |
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Pirates want U.S. Navy to back off| Somalia: Pirates who hijacked a Japanese tanker are demanding a U.S. warship shadowing the vessel back off | |
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| Aug.1 |
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Gas station blast kills 50 Baghdad: A fuel tanker packed with explosives detonated in western Baghdad. 10 cars were damaged in the blast that sent a dark cloud of smoke
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| Apr.21 |
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Truck bomb attempt on poll HQ. Nigeria
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| Aug.13 |
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Border town hit by truck crash Mexico: A small settlement was reduced to little more than rubble when a tanker truck collided with a train
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| Jul.16 |
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 Suicide bomber kills 90 near Baghdad  Iraq: A bomber detonated his explosives near a propane fuel tanker parked near a gas station in the center of Musayyib | |
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| Jun.24 |
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70 dead in tanker horror smash Iran: A tanker truck full of gasoline has crashed into public buses in southeast Iran. 84 people were hurt
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| Feb.28 |
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Tanker explodes off US East Coast. USA
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| Dec.16 |
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10 killed in Baghdad tanker blast. Iraq
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| Dec.2 |
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Pentagon freezes Boeing contract| Washington: The military has put on hold a controversial $18bn deal to buy tanker aircraft | |
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| Jan.1 |
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Tanker strikes sunken vessel. England
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France fears Prestige oil slick Small slicks from the sunken tanker have been drifting towards the coastline of southwestern France
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| Dec.15 |
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Troops seize tanker. Venezuela
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| Dec.11 |
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Tanker could leak oil until 2006  Spain: The sunken Prestige could cause long-lasting damage to the coastline of north-west Spain | |
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| Dec.10 |
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Spanish slicks 'worst catastrophe'| Spain: Prime minister says the country is facing its 'worst ecological catastrophe ever' as oil from the tanker continues to take its toll | |
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| Dec.6 |
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Ships sent to boost oil spill fight| Spain: Fishermen have accused the government of trying to suppress information showing that the tanker | |
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Navy seizes tanker| Venezuela: A gasoline tanker after it was taken over by its crew as part of an opposition strike | |
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| Nov.19 |
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Tanker sank spilling oil  Spain: 17,000 tonnes of fuel oil was leaking
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| Oct.7 |
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 U.S. says tanker blast came from within  Yemen: The explosion that punched a hole in a French tanker appears to have occurred within the ship, State Department said | |
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| Oct.6 |
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 French tanker explodes  Yemen: A blazing tanker is spewing crude oil into the sea after an explosion, blamed by French officials on a terrorist attack
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| Oct.30 |
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Tamil suicide boat rams tanker| Sri Lanka: Boat packed with explosives has rammed an oil tanker, setting the ship on fire. 3 people are missing | |
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| Apr.1 |
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Half of Baltic oil spill cleaned up  Denmark: A freighter collided with the oil tanker sending 2.9 million liters into the sea. Danish beaches has been scooped up
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| Mar.29 |
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 Oil slicks threaten coast  Denmark: 2,000 tonnes of oil spilled between Denmark and Germany when a tanker collided with a freighter | |
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| Feb.18 |
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Boat refugees spark French row| France: Ministers have been urged to expel 900 Kurdish refugees from Iraq and Turkey, who arrived in tanker which later sank | |
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| Jan.24 |
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Tanker spills remaining fuel  Ecuador: Captain detained | |
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| Jan.20 |
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US to clean up Galapagos oil spill| Ecuador: U.S. team will join efforts to help clean up a environmental disaster. The tanker carrying 243,000 gallons, ran aground | |
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| Nov.21 |
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Tanker truck carrying lethal chemical  Kenya: Truck suspected of transporting a chemical added to liquor that has killed 134 | |
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