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Crew members of a ship loaded with containers filled with rubbish from Britain wait for its departure from the port of Santos
05 Aug 2009
Source: Reuters
 
Crew members of a ship loaded with containers filled with rubbish from Britain wait for its departure from the port of Santos August 5, 2009. The ship loaded with 1,600 tonnes of rubbish set sail today to return the rotting cargo to Britain from Brazil, where it had been shipped falsely declared as plastic for recycling. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker (BRAZIL BRITAIN ENVIRONMENT POLITICS)
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Illegal coal furnaces are destroyed during a raid operation aimed to protect the cerrado (savannah) in Niquelandia, 200 km (124 miles) from Brasilia, September 11, 2009. The government placed new restrictions ...


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