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Australia launches probe into massive oil spill

SYDNEY (AP) — Australia launched an investigation Thursday into an oil rig leak that dumped thousands of barrels of fuel into the Timor Sea over more than two months before being plugged this week.

The government probe will focus on the cause of the leak, the response by rig operator PTTEP Australasia and other officials, and the spill's impact on the environment. A former environmental department...

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