A contaminated cormorant is cleaned by environmentalist volunteers, near an oil slick caused by the rupture of an undersea oil pipeline from Chile's state company ENAP on Lenga little bay, near the city of Concepcion, some 510 km (316 miles) south of Santiago June 1, 2007. The spill, which is estimated at over 2,000 barrels of oil, has seriously affected at least one community of sea lions and caused the death of different species of birds. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE)

A contaminated bird known as Blanquillo is carried by an environmentalist volunteer before being cleaned near an oil slick caused by the rupture of an undersea oil pipeline from Chile's state company ENAP on Lenga little bay, near the city of Concepcion, some 510 km (316 mile) south of Santiago June 1, 2007. The spill, which is estimated at over 2,000 barrels of oil, has seriously affected at least one community of sea lions and caused the death of different species of birds. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE)

Workers remove barrels filled with contaminated vegetation, near an oil slick caused by the rupture of an undersea oil pipeline from Chile's state company ENAP on Lenga little bay, near the city of Concepcion, some 510 km (316 miles) south of Santiago June 1, 2007. The spill, which is estimated at over 2,000 barrels of oil, has seriously affected at least one community of sea lions and caused the death of different species of birds. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE)

Workers remove contaminated vegetation near an oil slick caused by the rupture of an undersea oil pipeline from Chile's state company ENAP on Lenga little bay, near the city of Concepcion, some 510 km (316 miles) south of Santiago June 1, 2007. The spill, which is estimated at over 2,000 barrels of oil, has seriously affected at least one community of sea lions and caused the death of different species of birds. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE)

Workers remove barrels filled with contaminated vegetation, near an oil slick caused by the rupture of an undersea oil pipeline from Chile's state company ENAP on Lenga little bay, near the city of Concepcion, some 510 km (316 miles) south of Santiago June 1, 2007. The spill, which is estimated at over 2,000 barrels of oil, has seriously affected at least one community of sea lions and caused the death of different species of birds. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE)

Workers remove barrels filled with contaminated vegetation, near an oil slick caused by the rupture of an undersea oil pipeline from Chile's state company ENAP on Lenga little bay, near the city of Concepcion, some 510 km (316 mile) south of Santiago June 1, 2007. The spill, which is estimated at over 2,000 barrels of oil, has seriously affected at least one community of sea lions and caused the death of different species of birds. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE)

A contaminated cormorant is cleaned by an environmentalist volunteer, near an oil slick caused by the rupture of an undersea oil pipeline from Chile's state company ENAP on Lenga little bay, near the city of Concepcion, some 510 km (316 mile) south of Santiago June 1, 2007. The spill, which is estimated at over 2,000 barrels of oil, has seriously affected at least one community of sea lions and caused the death of different species of birds. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE)

A contaminated cormorant is cleaned by an environmentalist volunteer, near an oil slick caused by the rupture of an undersea oil pipeline from Chile's state company ENAP on Lenga little bay, near the city of Concepcion, some 510 km (316 mile) south of Santiago June 1, 2007. The spill, which is estimated at over 2,000 barrels of oil, has seriously affected at least one community of sea lions and caused the death of different species of birds. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE)

People hold torches on a beach near the wrecked Italian-owned freighter "Pallas", during a demonstration held by some one hundred residents of the northern German island of Amrun November 18. Oil has been leaking from the wrecked "Pallas" since it caught fire in the North Sea three weeks ago and hundreds of birds have died on the coast of Germany's North Fresian islands.

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An aerial picture shows the wrecked Italian-owned freighter "Pallas" after the special oil clean-up platform "Barbara" (top) arrived in the North Sea near Germany's island of Amrum November 18. The platform will pump out the remaining oil from the Pallas. Oil has been leaking from the wrecked freighter since it caught fire in the North Sea three weeks ago and hundreds of birds died on the coast of Germany's North Fresian islands.

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An aerial picture shows the wrecked Italian-owned freighter "Pallas" after the special oil clean-up platform "Barbara" (R) arrived in the North Sea near Germany's island of Amrum November 18. The platform will pump out the remaining oil from the Pallas. Oil has been leaking from the wrecked freighter since it caught fire in the North Sea three weeks ago and hundreds of birds died on the coast of Germany's North Fresian islands.

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An aerial picture shows the wrecked Italian-owned freighter "Pallas" after the special oil clean-up platform "Barbara" (R) arrived in the North Sea near Germany's island of Amrum November 18. The platform will pump out the remaining oil from the Pallas. Oil has been leaking from the wrecked freighter since it caught fire in the North Sea three weeks ago and hundreds of birds died on the coast of Germany's North Fresian islands.

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Aerial picture shows the wrecked Italian-owned freighter "Pallas" in the North Sea near the German island Amrum November 18. Oil has been leaking from the wrecked freighter since it caught fire in the North Sea two weeks ago and hundreds of birds died on the coast of Germany's North Fresian islands.

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An aerial picture shows the Dutch oil clean-up rig "Barbara" (foreground) moving towards the wrecked Italian-owned freighter "Pallas" in the North Sea near Germany's island of Amrum November 18. Later, the clean-up rig will pump the remaining oil from the Pallas. Oil has been leaking from the wrecked freighter since it caught fire in the North Sea three weeks ago and hundreds of birds have died on the coast of Germany's North Fresian islands.

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An aerial picture shows the Dutch oil clean-up rig "Barbara" (backround) moving towards the wrecked Italian-owned freighter "Pallas" in the North Sea near Germany's island of Amrum November 18. Later, the clean-up rig will pump the remaining oil from the Pallas. Oil has been leaking from the wrecked freighter since it caught fire in the North Sea three weeks ago and hundreds of birds have died on the coast of Germany's North Fresian islands.

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An aerial picture shows the wrecked Italian-owned freighter "Pallas" in the North Sea near Germany's island Amrum November 13. Oil has been leaking from the wrecked freighter since it caught fire in the North Sea two weeks ago. Hundreds of birds have died on the coast of Germany's North Fresian islands.

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Workers clean-up oil on a beach on the north German island of Amrum November 13. The Italian-owned freighter "Pallas" has been leaking oil since it caught fire in the North Sea two weeks ago and hundreds of birds have died on the coast of Germany's North Fresian islands.

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A sea duck partly smeared with oil lies dead on a beach on the northern German island of Amrum November 13. The Italian-owned freighter "Pallas" has been leaking oil since it caught fire in the North Sea two weeks ago and hundreds of birds have died on the coast of Germany's North Fresian islands.

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A sea duck partly smeared with oil tries to run away on a beach on northern German island Amrum November 13. The Italian-owned freighter "Pallas" has been leaking oil since it caught fire in the North Sea two weeks ago and hundreds of birds have died on the coast of Germany's North Fresian islands.

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An aerial picture shows the wrecked Italian-owned freighter "Pallas" in the North Sea near Germany's island of Amrum November 13. Oil has been leaking from the wrecked freighter since it caught fire in the North Sea two weeks ago and hundreds of birds have died on the coast of Germany's North Fresian islands.

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