ROME, January 17, 2012 Italy’s cruise liner tragedy turned into an environmental crisis on Monday, as rough seas battering the stricken mega-ship raised fears that fuel might leak into pristine waters off Tuscany that are part of a protected sanctuary for dolphins, porpoises and whales. The ship’s owner accused the jailed captain of causing the wreck that left at least six dead and 29 missing, saying he made an “unapproved, unauthorised manoeuvre” to ...
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YAMAGATA, Japan, March 18, 2011 Nuclear experts have been saying for days that Japan was underplaying the crisis’ severity. The Japanese government acknowledged on Friday that it was overwhelmed by the scale of last week’s twin natural disasters, slowing the response to the nuclear crisis that was triggered by the earthquake and tsunami that left at least 10,000 people dead. The admission came as Japan welcomed U.S. help in stabilizing its overheated, radiation—leaking nuclear ...
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