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Approximately 11 million gallons, or 257,000 barrels, of oil spilled into Prince William Sound, and approximately 1,300 miles of shoreline were impacted.
Congress passed legislation to improve tanker safety and increase spill prevention and response preparation in the still-recovering sound.
This article shows how Australia is trying its best to aid the Women's Right department and introduce financial aids, safety, violence prevention and granting more space on the parliamentary seats to be granted more say in decision making. It is noteworthy how they are doing this because they know that in order for a country to reach it's full potential, it has to maximize the use of human resources in the country.
The number of people attempting to illegally cross the U.S-Mexico border has plummeted, but the number of migrants dying during the trek through the mostly desert region has not. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection continues its efforts to secure the border and prevent deaths in the area, Border Patrol officials said.
A bold plan to scale-up South Africa's fight against HIV/Aids, integrating tuberculosis into its efforts against the epidemic for the first time, was announced by President Jacob Zuma on World Aids Day, 1 December 2011.