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Nigeria Group Rejects Shell's Spill Payout

Oil giant, Royal Dutch Shell is ready to pay up to U.S.$51 million in compensation for two oil spills in Bodo, Nigeria in 2008, but the lawyer representing the claimants has rejected its offer, saying that the company may face a far bigger payout after a London court ruled it could be liable for damages.

Elaine Gilligan/Friends of the Earth

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