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Thursday, February 27, 2003 - 02:00
Categories: 
Environment [2]
Issue Number: 
101 [3]
Article-Summary: 

A blowout at an abandoned Shell Oil well in southeast Nigeria spewed crude oil, gas, and water hundreds of yards (meters) in the air, polluting farms and streams, activists and company officials said Thursday.

Category: 
Land & Environment [4]
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http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/environment/13521 [5]
Country: 
Nigeria [6]

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