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Body found near burned Gulf oil platform

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Authorities have recovered the body of a Filipino worker who went missing from an oil platform that caught fire in the Gulf of Mexico, officials said on Sunday.

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Authorities have recovered the body of a Filipino worker who went missing from an oil platform that caught fire in the Gulf of Mexico, officials said on Sunday.

Divers contracted by Black Elk Energy, which owns the platform off the coast of Louisiana, found the body Saturday evening while they were inspecting the structure, said U.S. Coast Guard spokesman Carlos Vega.

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