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Article: Greece blasts Spanish authorities over tanker disaster; captain says ship was in 'perfect condition'
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- AP Worldstream
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- January 8, 2003
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Dateline: ATHENS, Greece
Greece's merchant marine minister harshly criticized Spanish authorities
Wednesday for their handling of the Prestige tanker disaster, and
defended the ship's Greek captain.
"This ship did not sink by itself. They sank it," Giorgos Anomeritis
told a news conference.
"For six days, the ship was floundering between Portugal and Spain.