Cargo ship sinks off Sri Lanka amid fears of environmental disaster

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A chemical-laden cargo ship is sinking off the coast of Sri Lanka amid fears of a major environmental disaster.

The Singapore-registered X-Press Pearl has been on fire for almost two weeks.

Some hundreds of tonnes of engine oil could leak into the sea if the ship sinks, with devastating impact on marine life.

The Sri Lankan and Indian navies had worked jointly over the past days in an attempt to put out the