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      Monday 13 February RNW - NEWS, ANALYSIS AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION IN 10 LANGUAGES, WORLDWIDE 24/7 ON RADIO, TV AND ONLINE
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      The FPSO (Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading) Bonga unit, 120 kms off the coast of Nigeria, south of Lagos, in an aerial view taken in 2008. An environmental group said Tuesday that an oil slick had approached Nigeria's coastline after a major Shell spill at Bonga last week, but the company insisted that its spill had been largely dispersed.
      Bulletin: Oil on Nigerian coast after major Shell spill: NGO

      Bulletin: Oil on Nigerian coast after major Shell spill: NGO

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      An aerial view taken in 2008 off the coast of Nigeria, south of Lagos, shows the FPSO (Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading) Bonga unit. Shell on Friday deployed ships with dispersants and planes in a bid to mop up one of Nigeria's worst offshore oil spills in recent years, a spokesman said, amid fears it could soon reach the shoreline.
      Bulletin: Ships, planes attack major Shell oil spill off Nigeria

      Bulletin: Ships, planes attack major Shell oil spill off Nigeria

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      An aerial view taken in 2008 120 kms off the coast of Nigeria, south of Lagos, shows the FPSO (Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading) Bonga unit. Authorities rushed to prevent one of Nigeria's worst recent oil spills from reaching the West African nation's shoreline on Thursday, with production from a major Shell field also shut due to the leak.
      Bulletin: Shell deploys ships to clean oil spill off Nigeria

      Bulletin: Shell deploys ships to clean oil spill off Nigeria

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      This picture taken in 2006 of the Probo Koala ship at the port of Tallinn after Estonia immobilised the ship at the heart of an environmental scandal in Ivory Coast. Dutch prosecutors Thursday asked a court to slap a two-million-euro fine on multinational oil trader Trafigura for the illegal export of toxic waste later dumped in Ivory Coast.
      Bulletin: Dutch prosecutors want Trafigura fine doubled

      Bulletin: Dutch prosecutors want Trafigura fine doubled

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      People are seen at the Akouedo dump in Abidjan, where toxic waste dumped in March of 2006 by the Probo Koala, a Panamanian-registered cargo ship operated by Trafigura. An appeal against a million-euro fine on multinational oil trader Trafigura for the illegal export of toxic waste later dumped in Ivory Coast after a stopover in the Netherlands, started Monday.
      Bulletin: Trafigura appeal opens in Dutch court

      Bulletin: Trafigura appeal opens in Dutch court

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      Oily feet
      Article: Niger Delta quest - Part 3

      Article: Niger Delta quest - Part 3

      It happened finally: I put my feet in the oil of the Niger Delta. This took place in a...
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      Traffic jam on Nigeria's cluttered roads
      Article: Niger Delta quest - Part 2

      Article: Niger Delta quest - Part 2

      More than 50 police checkpoints in a single day! The plan was to...
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      Article: Niger Delta quest - Part 1

      Article: Niger Delta quest - Part 1

      When you read this, I will have landed in the Niger Delta, a place I know very well....
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      Spilled crude oil floats on the banks of the Niger Delta swamps of Bodo in 2010. A Nigerian environmental group on Monday claimed an oil spill from a pipeline operated by Italian firm ENI had badly polluted an area in the south of Africa's largest oil producer.
      Bulletin: Fresh oil pollution reported in Nigerian region

      Bulletin: Fresh oil pollution reported in Nigerian region

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      A man tries to separate the crude oil from water in a boat at the Bodo waterways polluted by oil spills attributed to a Shell equipment failure.
      Bulletin: Sabotage causes Nigeria oil spills, production halt: Shell

      Bulletin: Sabotage causes Nigeria oil spills, production halt: Shell

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