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Beaches along Australia's northeast
coast were blackened on Thursday by a toxic cocktail of oil and fertiliser
spilled from a cargo ship in cyclonic weather, according
to Australian maritime officials. Large slicks of oil were washing up
on the shores of Moreton Island and on beaches along the Sunshine Coast,
after 31 containers of ammonium nitrate toppled from the Pacific
Adventurer in wild seas early Wednesday. As the cargo fell in huge swells
caused by tropical cyclone Hamish, it punctured the ship's hull, releasing
30 tonnes of oil into Moreton Bay, near Queensland's state capital
Brisbane. (Xinhua/AFP Photo)
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