Sweden probing suspected Baltic Sea oil spill
Sweden's coast guard said on Thursday it was investigating a suspected oil spill in the Baltic Sea off the island of Gotland.

Sweden is investigating a damaged telecommunications undersea cable linking it with Lithuania, said a Swedish minister a day after the announcement that a cable connecting Finland and Germany was cut in what Berlin considers 'sabotage'..
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Sweden's coast guard said on Thursday it was investigating a suspected oil spill in the Baltic Sea off the island of Gotland.
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