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Mauritius arrests captain of Japanese ship that spilled oil

by Associated Press
| August 18, 2020 11:06 AM

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Authorities in Mauritius have arrested the captain of the Japanese ship that ran aground on a coral reef and spilled 1,000 tons of oil on the Indian Ocean island's protected coastline.

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