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Spanish soldiers walk in line near Camarinas during work to clean fuel oil from Spain's polluted North-West coast on January 16, 2003. Spain has put the estimated minimum cost of the Prestige oil tanker spill at $1.05 billion. Treasury Minister Cristobal Montoro said he has sent a letter to European Commissioner Romano Prodi requesting financial assistance to cover the costs. REUTERS/Miguel Vidal.
A Spanish army soldier climbs on Spain's devastated North West Atlantic coast during cleaning works January 5, 2003 near the Cape of Tourinan. Globs of oil from the massive spill from the Prestige Bahamanian flagged oil tanker, which have already tarred Spain's coastline, began soiling the French coast this week, frustrating efforts by cleanup crews to contain the spreading pollution. REUTERS/Miguel Vidal.
A volunteer carries spilled oil on a beach at Estorde in the Spanish northwestern region of Galicia on December 27, 2002. France and Spain may soon have to fight together against the ecological disaster as high winds drive a massive oil slick from the Bahamas-registered sunken tanker Prestige toward French waters. REUTERS/Marcelo Del Pozo.
Volunteer workers shovel spilled oil on the oil-coated Do Pindo beach in Carnota, northern Spain, November 24, 2002. [The Portuguese navy] said on Sunday the storm-damaged oil tanker, the Prestige, which broke in two and sank off the Spanish coast last week polluting hundreds of kilometres of coastline was still leaking fuel oil.REUTERS/Miguel Vidal.
A volunteer cleans up fuel oil on Carnota's O Pindo beach in Galicia in northwest Spain December 6, 2002. Thick fuel oil is oozing from holes in the sunken tanker Prestige like toothpaste from a tube, pictures taken by a French submarine revealed on Thursday, showing the wreck off Spain's coast remains an environmental hazard. The pictures fuelled fears that the wreck could turn into a long-term source of pollution, worsening the plight of fishermen in Galicia, already devastated by 17,000 tonnes of fuel oil spilled by the tanker before it broke in two and sank on November 19.REUTERS/Miguel Vidal.
Voluntary workers shovel fuel oil on Doninos beach north of El Ferrol in northern Spain November 22, 2002. Thousands of birds, fish and other wildlife have been affected after the Prestige tanker laden with 70,000 tonnes of fuel oil split in two and sank, triggering what ecologists said could become one of the world's worst oil spills. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan.
A woman resident of the village of Doninos looks at the beach after new stains of fuel oil appeared overnight near her house north of El Ferrol in northern Spain on November 22, 2002. Thousands of birds, fish and wildlife have been affected after the Prestige tanker laden with 70,000 tonnes of fuel oil split in two and sank, triggering what ecologists said could become one of the world's worst oil spills.REUTERS/Desmond Boylan.
The stricken Bahamas registered tanker Prestige, loaded with 77,000 tonnes of fuel oil, drifts powerless off northwestern Spain November 14, 2002. The tanker spilled tonnes of fuel oil into the sea leaving a slick over 200 metres wide and 30 kilometres long as rescue services battled to tow it further out to sea. Twenty-four crew members were airlifted to safety yesterday. REUTERS/Miguel Vidal.
Dead penguins and sea birds are seen on the beach of Piriapoliss, about 100 km (62 miles) east of Montevideo, June 10, 2008. At least one hundred penguins and other sea birds appeared on several beaches in Uruguay covered in oil, most of them dead. The Greek merchant ship Syros suffered a fuel leak after colliding with the Maltese vessel Sea Bird on June 4 and Uruguayan authorities are analyzing the situation as oil remains began to appear on the beaches. REUTERS/Andres Stapff.
Members of the Uruguayan navy clean an oil spill at Jose Ignacio beach in Punta del Este, 140 km (87 miles) to the east of Montevideo December 22, 2007. A Norwegian tanker Front Brabant reported a spill in front of the coast early Saturday morning when it was unloading oil. The spill is spread over approximately four kilometres of the beach. REUTERS/Andres Stapff.
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