Dark oil slicks are spreading from the middle of Venezuela's Lake Maracaibo towards the shores -- the wetlands, mangroves, beaches and docks. Oil is permeating fishing nets, coating the garbage dumped into the water, killing off wildlife and driving away residents and tourists.
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LONDON (Reuters) - BP Plc is expected to announce changes at the top in the next 24 hours, with the anticipated departure of CEO Tony Hayward, who came under fire for his handling of the worst oil spill in U.S. history.
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BEIJING (Reuters) - Nearly 8,000 workers and hundreds of fishing boats have managed to clean up the oil spill off the major northern Chinese port Dalian, nine days after a pipeline blast leaked 1,500 metric tons of heavy crude into the sea.
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