Workers tackle oil spill at stranded N. Korean ship

HITACHI, Japan - Fisheries workers in Hitachi port, Ibaraki Prefecture, collect heavy oil leaking from the stranded 3,144-ton North Korean freighter Chil Song (background) Dec. 6. The freighter, which was carrying tire chips, ran aground the previous day.

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