Cargo ship crew charged over Great Barrier Reef route

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Cargo ship crew charged over Great Barrier Reef route

Three people have been charged with steering a cargo ship through a protected part of the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia.

The men, from Vietnam and South Korea, will appear in an Australian court on Monday, accused of taking their coal carrier on an unauthorised route.

The route crossed one of the world's most valuable marine wildlife reserves.

In a separate incident last week, a Chinese vessel ran aground on the reef and began leaking oil.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8613890.stm

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