Oil appears to have reached beaches and barrier islands in Alabama and the western Panhandle of Florida.

浮油看起来已到达位于阿拉巴马州的海滩和堰洲岛，和佛罗里达西部的狭长地带。

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The ownership of the islands — in waters rich with fish and oil and natural gas deposits — has been disputed for decades.

这个周围富含鱼类资源、石油和天然气的岛屿的所有权的争议已经持续了好几十年。

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The islands provide a sense of scale for the ribbons of oil swirling into the area from the south.

这些岛屿给人一种石油带从南部旋转进入该地区的规模感。

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Several miles off the Eastern Louisiana coast these barrier islands are all that stand between treasured wetland habitats and the giant oil slick adrift in the Gulf of Mexico.

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But proponents, including Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, say oil caught by those islands will be far easier to clean up than oil that gets stuck in marshes.

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On Thursday, Argentina sent a letter to stock markets in London and New York telling them that companies exploring for oil near the islands risk criminal charges or civil liabilities.

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First came a bill passed by both houses of Congress, though not yet in law requiring companies finding oil anywhere round the islands to pay Argentine royalties.

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