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A false killer whale, snagged on a longline,
becomes victim of commercial fishing.

Seattle-based Icicle Seafoods Inc. has agreed to resolve violations of the federal Clean Air Act resulting from leaks of an ozone-depleting refrigerant aboard its seafood vessels and in processing facilities, according to a consent decree lodged by the U.S. Department of Justice on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The company has agreed to repair leaks in its vessels and facilities, make repairs at a lower leak rate and pay a penalty.

Rescue teams are still searching for victims in collapsed buildings after two strong earthquakes hit northwestern Iran, killing at least 250 people and injuring 2,600 others.

Hundreds of elephants were killed by foreign poachers in northern Cameroon over a few short months in early 2012.

Typhoon Haikui has hit eastern China, the third such storm to make landfall there in a week.

A false killer whale, snagged on a longline,
becomes victim of commercial fishing. (NMFS)

PVC plant, Mossville, LA

PVC plant, Mossville, LA

Nebraska National Guard crewmembers of Company C 2nd-135th General Support Aviation Battalion dump water from a "Bambi Bucket" onto flames of the High Park fire, in Larimer County, Colo., approximately 15 miles west of Fort Collins, June 18, 2012.