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EU Agrees Deal on Punishing Ship Pollution source: Reuters | Dec 11, 04 | submitted by Ryan

Brussels, Belgium - EU member states backed tough measures against ships polluting European waters on Thursday to try to head off any repetition of a disaster in 2002 that caused one of Europe's worst oil slicks.

The deal reached by EU ambassadors will be sent to ministers for formal approval later this month, said a diplomat from the Netherlands, which holds the EU's six-month rotating presidency.

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