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Examples
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But the delta's misery persists, and these companies continue to make a fortune there.
Nigeria at 50 Roger Bate 2010
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The delta's 606 oil fields make it the sixth-largest oil producer in the world, providing 8.2% of the oil imported into America every year.
Nigeria at 50 Roger Bate 2010
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It doesn't take a world-class CFO to realize that delta's not sustainable.
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Widely reported leaks of the findings said the U.N. would concur with Shell and point its finger at the delta's local community for causing most of the major spills of the past few decades.
Nigeria at 50 Roger Bate 2010
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It doesn't take a world-class CFO to realize that delta's not sustainable.
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Niger delta enriched the government and the oil companies, it left the delta's people more impoverished and their lands and water despoiled.
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The statement said leaders also ordered fighters to return to the delta's winding muddy creeks to await instructions.
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Niger delta enriched the government and the oil companies, it left the delta's people more impoverished and their lands and water despoiled.
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The delta's loss bodes ill not only for longtime residents—the Gulf is encroaching on the city limits of New Orleans with alarming swiftness—but also for marine life, including the oysters and shrimp that lure people to the Crescent City.
A Gulf Requiem Wayne Curtis 2011
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But the world's fixation on the delta's environmental troubles distracted them from Saro-Wiwa's original message and the root of the problem: terrible governance.
Nigeria at 50 Roger Bate 2010
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