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Published February 11, 2012, 12:00 AM

Oil spill in Venezuela


In this photo taken Feb. 7, 2012, workers set up barriers to contain the oil spill in the Guarapiche River, outskirts of Maturin, Venezuela. Crude oil that spilled from a ruptured pipeline blackened the river in eastern Venezuela. Workers have removed a "good percentage of the crude" from the Guarapiche River said Ramiro Ramirez, environmental director of state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela SA. (AP Photo/ Luis Carreno/ La Prensa de Monagas)
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