SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP)--Puerto
Rico's government is threatening to sue the U.S. Navy for damaging
its environment, adding a new element to a growing controversy
over the Navy's live-fire exercises on Vieques.
The [government] accuses the Navy
of polluting the air, water and sea bed near Vieques and says
the Puerto Rican government will sue if by Aug. 9 "these
violations have not been remedied" - an apparent request
for a clean-up operation. -DOW JONES NEWS SERVICE
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