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Officials fear ship breaking apart on Barrier Reef (AP)

April 4th, 2010

In this handout photo supplied by Maritime Safety Queensland on Sunday, April 4, 2010, the Chinese-registered 230 meter-long bulk coal carrier Shen Neng 1 runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef Saturday April 3, 2010, about 70 kilometers east of Great Keppel Island, Australia. The vessel, which was carrying about 65,000 metric tons (72,000 U.S. tons) of coal from Gladstone, has 950 metric tons (1,000 U.S. tons) of oil on board and unknown amount of oil is in the water and a national oil spill response plan has been activated. (AP Photo/Maritime Safety Queensland) EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO SALESAP - A coal-carrying ship that ran aground and was leaking oil on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef was in danger of breaking apart, officials said Sunday.


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