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 Containment booms are placed to block fuel oil spilling out of a sunken vessel on the reservior of the Three Gorges Dam in Yichang, central China's Hubei Province, Jan. 17, 2011.

Containment booms are placed to block fuel oil spilling out of a sunken vessel on the reservior of the Three Gorges Dam in Yichang, central China's Hubei Province, Jan. 17, 2011. The vessel carrying 1,000 tons grit sunk as it moved near the Three Gorges Dam early Monday. Eight crew members on the vessel were rescued after the accident. [Xinhua]

 

 Rescuers stand on a boat to clean fuel oil spilling out of a sunken vessel on the reservior of the Three Gorges Dam in Yichang, central China's Hubei Province, Jan. 17, 2011.

Rescuers stand on a boat to clean fuel oil spilling out of a sunken vessel on the reservior of the Three Gorges Dam in Yichang, central China's Hubei Province, Jan. 17, 2011. The vessel carrying 1,000 tons grit sunk as it moved near the Three Gorges Dam early Monday. Eight crew members on the vessel were rescued after the accident. [Xinhua]

 

(Xinhua News Agency January 18, 2011)
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