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Mauritius asks France for help as stranded ship spills oil

by Associated Press
| August 7, 2020 12:27 PM

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The prime minister of Mauritius is appealing to France for help with an unprecedented environmental disaster after a Japanese-owned ship that ran aground almost two weeks ago off the Indian Ocean island nation began spilling oil.

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