ROCKHAMPTON, Australia (AP) -- Workers rushed to contain an oil spill Monday from a coal-carrying ship grounded on Australia's Great Barrier Reef, sending two tugboats to stabilize the vessel so that it would not break apart and further damage the fragile coral beneath....
Australia Rushes To Contain Barrier Reef Oil Spill
By ROB GRIFFITH, Associated Press
Mon, 04/05/2010 - 3:41am
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