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Company pledges money for New Zealand oil cleanup

Last updated Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - 9:17am

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The company that was chartering a cargo ship at the time it ran aground on a New Zealand reef and began spilling tons of oil offered 1 million New Zealand dollars ($800,000) Tuesday to help with the cleanup.

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(NATACHA PISARENKO/The Associated Press) The Liberian-flagged container ship Rena is seen stuck aground on a reef off the coast of Tauranga, New Zealand, Friday, Oct. 14, 2011. The calmest weather in days has given salvage crews hope they will be able on Friday to resume pumping the remaining fuel from the cargo ship stuck on a New Zealand reef.

Stricken New Zealand ship may break apart or sink

Nick Perry The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, October 17, 2011 - 8:17am

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Salvage crews raced Monday to pump oil from a stricken ship teetering on a reef off the New Zealand coast, while also preparing for the worst: Authorities believe the vessel will break apart or sink soon.

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Products are strewn around in a drug store in Sumner, near Christchurch, New Zealand, Monday, June 13, 2011, following an earthquake. Strong aftershocks rattled the quake-devastated city of Christchurch again Monday, toppling one of the few buildings still standing downtown and sinking thousands of homes into darkness. (AP Photo/New Zealand Herald, Mark Mitchell)

Another quake hits New Zealand

The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, June 13, 2011 - 10:04am

WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- A series of earthquakes shook the quake-weary New Zealand city of Christchurch on Monday, collapsing at least one building and briefly trapping two people inside a damaged church.

Power was cut to about 10,000 homes in the city's eastern suburbs and dust billowed from the cordoned-off inner city devastated in February's major earthquake.

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Recovery operation workers are lowered by a crane onto the top of the Christchurch Cathedral in Christchurch, New Zealand , Friday, Feb. 25, 2011 in Christchurch, after the city was hit by a 6.3 earthquake Tuesday, Feb 22. The temblor struck Christchurch near lunchtime on Tuesday, collapsing buildings and causing massive damage in one of the country's worst natural disasters. (Rob Griffith/Associated Press)

Post earthquake clean up continues in New Zealand - February 25, 2011

The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, February 25, 2011 - 11:15am

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New Zealand quake toll rises to 113 dead

The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, February 25, 2011 - 2:07pm

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand -- A woman plucked from a building that collapsed in this week's earthquake went ahead with her planned wedding Friday -- a bright spot in Christchurch as the death toll rose to 113 and relatives anguished over the missing.

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NZ earthquake toll at 98 dead, 226 missing

The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, February 24, 2011 - 8:35am

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — Rescuers fanned out into unchecked areas of New Zealand's quake-devastated city Thursday looking for any remaining life in the rubble, as the death toll rose to 98 with "grave fears" that many of the 226 missing are dead.

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Dozens trapped by New Zealand quake that killed 65

The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, February 22, 2011 - 11:50am

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand -- Office workers trapped under their collapsed buildings sent messages to the outside as rescuers with dogs scrambled to save them and dozens of others following a powerful earthquake that killed at least 65 in one of New Zealand's largest cities.

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