Environmental fears mount in Italian cruise wreck

Monday, January 16, 2012 | 4:49 p.m. CST; updated 5:42 p.m. CST, Monday, January 16, 2012

ROME — Italy's cruise liner tragedy turned into an environmental crisis Monday, as rough seas battering the stricken mega-ship raised fears that fuel might leak into pristine waters off Tuscany that are part of a protected sanctuary for dolphins, porpoises and whales.

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