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Environmental group presses ministry to clear coastline of polluted sand
By John Ehab
Special to The Daily Star
Wednesday, July 25, 2007

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The non-governmental organization Bahr Loubnan urged the Environment Ministry on Tuesday to remove polluted sand accumulated along Lebanon's shores during efforts to clean up an oil spill cause by an Israeli attack in 2006. An Israeli air strike on the Jiyyeh power plant during last summer's war spilled over 15,000 tons.

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