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Tanker sinks after frantic salvage effort
SPAIN: Salvage experts lost their desperate battle to keep the tanker Prestige afloat yesterday when she broke into two, 140 miles off the coast of north west Spain. p
Cox welcomes accession states to a debate in European Parliament
EU: As enlargement negotiations approach a conclusion, 200 members of national parliaments from countries seeking EU membership attended the European Parliament for an unprecedented Europe-wide debate yesterday. Most of those who spoke did so in their national language. p
EC wants 'contracts for aid' link to end
EU: The European Commission has called on EU governments to stop linking development aid to trade deals that oblige poor countries to buy from donor countries. p
Spanish Oil Spill
'Ireland of Spain' faces a calamity
Galicia's infamous Coast of Death is living up to its name. Paddy Woodworth reports on fears that a tide of black oil may now washashore, wrecking environmental havoc there and perhaps farther afield pSingle-hull vessels not to be outlawed until 2015
International oil traders looking to profit by using cheap, ageing tankers will remain a pollution threat to European waters until new laws take effect 13 years from now, experts said yesterday. pCoru?a oil spill is latest of many
The following is a chronology of some previous major oil spills p
In a lather as EU law threatens to see off old-style barber-shops
ROME LETTER: Many years ago, after a long hard day of house-moving that turned into a long hard night of box shifting, I found myself preparing for the rigours of a day of hackdom perilously short of sleep. Time for a pick-me-up, I said to myself, and accordingly headed off to the barber. pExchanging realities of Irish life for Far East
SRI LANKA: After 20 years in Irish advertising, John Devlin upped stakes and went to a remote part of Sri Lanka to teach English. He explains why pJames Coburn dies aged 74
US: The actor James Coburn, famed for his action roles and poignant characterisations in a career spanning more than 40 years, died of a heart attack yesterday. He was 74. p
