Fuel tanker runs aground in Canadian Arctic
OTTAWA (AFP) - A fuel tanker has run aground in Canada's far north, carrying nine million liters (2.4 million gallons) of diesel fuel but Canadian officials have said none has spilled into the Arctic waters.
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