Oil spill 'contaminating Timor Sea'

Source: Guardian Unlimited

Darwin : Australia | about 1 month ago

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Australian oil spill 'contaminating one of world's richest marine wildernesses' WWF expedition into Timor Sea finds dolphins, sea birds, turtles and other marine wildlife at risk in oil spill that began in August The Montara oil rig as it leaks fuel into the Timor Sea, September 2009.

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