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Crew Still 'Jailed' Year After SF Bay Spill

Chinese witnesses fight to return to families

By Ambreen Ali, Newser User

Posted Nov 4, 2008 2:44 PM CST

(Newser) – Six crew members from the ship crash that caused San Francisco Bay’s largest oil spill in 20 years remain detained a year later, unable to return to families in China. Though they live rent-free in San Francisco, get $1,200 monthly plus their salaries,... Read full story »

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