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1.05.2009

Argentine builders 'strike oil'

Screen-grab of builders at site of find, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 30 December 2008
The galleon was discovered as workers dug the foundations of a block of flats

Construction workers in Argentina have struck oil - of the olive variety - as they unearthed a colonial-era Spanish ship believed to be 250 years old.

Read the rest on the BBC.