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“As much as 40,000 barrels (1.7m gallons) of oil a day may have been gushing from a blown-out well before it was capped on 3 June.”
“The US official overseeing the clean-up said the amount of oil being collected could be almost doubled by next month.”
“Oil has been leaking into the Gulf of Mexico since the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded on 20 April and sank off the coast of the US state of Louisiana, killing 11 workers.”
“On Friday, the head of the US Coast Guard, Admiral Thad Allen - the US official overseeing the clean-up of the oil spill - said BP would be able to almost double the amount of oil it was collecting from the ruptured undersea well by next m…”
“He said once a 'hard cap containment system' was in place, BP would be able to siphon off 50,000 barrels a day.”
“Minogue, who is due to give birth in July, will return for the judges' houses stage of the competition later in the year.”
“Imbruglia will appear at the Birmingham auditions on 13 and 14 June, but dates for the other judges have not yet been announced.”
“A roadside bomb killed nine civilians in the province on Friday”
“in 2007”
“22 September”
“Thomas Williams, 23, then stabbed his father Tony 16 times.”
“tension had built between Williams and his father, 56, in the year before the killing”
“A post-mortem examination found two gunshot wounds on his face and 16 stab wounds on the body of the former telecoms engineer.”
“Mr Williams's body was discovered in March last year at the family home in Rhydyfro, near Pontardawe.”
“She said: '... daughter Helen, 21, a pharmacology student at Edinburgh university, were devastated.'”
“No assurances can be given that the government will fund a proposed new ferry link between Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, a minister has said.”
“Plans for a £44m terminal in Penzance to help boost links between the county and the islands had been put forward.”
“At least 16 people have died in the US state of Arkansas after floodwaters hit campsites in a mountainous national park, state governor Mike Beebe says.”
“Two dozen people were taken to hospital and some 30 others remained unaccounted for.”
“Mr Beebe said the deaths had occurred at about 0530, when the floodwaters reached their peak.”
“A river gauge at Langley, just south of Albert Pike in the Ouachita National Forest, showed the water rose 8ft (2.4m) in one hour, according to the US Geological Survey.”
“The National Weather Service said 7.6in (19.3cm) of rain had fallen overnight.”
“More than 20 people were taken to hospital and another 60 were rescued from the steep Ouachita Mountains valley.”
“Rescue worker Gary Fox said the Albert Pike Recreation Area, a 54-unit campsite in the national forest, was packed with families on holiday when the floodwaters hit.”
“Brigette Williams, of the American Red Cross in the state capital Little Rock, said between 200 and 300 people were believed to be in the area at the time but it was unclear how many were campers and how many local residents.”
“Prince Charles met staff at West Cumberland Hospital where some of the 11 people wounded by Bird were treated.”
“The Royal visit came on the same day the funeral was held for Bird's second victim, solicitor Kevin Commons.”
“Early on the morning of the killings, Derrick Bird, 52, was spotted 'lurking' outside the Frizington home of Mr Commons, who was later found shot dead in the driveway.”
“It is an attempt to cram the 84 years of his life into two hours.”
“The show voyages from the youth of the then Karol Wojtyla, under Nazi rule in Poland, to his triumphant election as Pontiff, and through his 26 years as head of the Catholic Church.”
“Eighteen songs cover the many episodes of the Pope's career, though controversial subjects like his views on abortion and contraception are sidestepped.”
“Just remember the three million people who queued for up to 12 hours to pay their respects after his death in 2005.”
“Gwyn Rees, 49, of Gilfach Goch, Rhondda Cynon Taf, was killed when his van left the A4073 in Tonyrefail at 1245 BST.”
“Afterwards one lane of the carriageway was closed for approximately two hours.”
“Tributes have been paid to a 'fun-loving' grandfather-of-two who died in a road traffic collision last Sunday.”
“Two passengers remain in intensive care at the Nelspruit Medical Clinic.”
“Spokesman Robin Baar said 11 students were being treated at the hospital and added some may be there for 10 days.”
“The group are due to fly from Nelspruit to Johannesburg and then back to the UK.”
“The students were due to fly back to the UK on Friday”
“Students badly injured in a bus crash in South Africa which claimed the lives of three people are expected to stay in hospital for at least a week.”
“The six survivors who have already been discharged from hospital left the hotel in a minibus and did not want to speak to the waiting media.”
“The students were due to fly back to the UK on Friday.”
“The bus crash occurred on Thursday morning.”
“According to the 2001 census, 46.6% of the population of Bangor speak Welsh”
“while the proportion of Welsh speakers in Gwynedd as a whole is 68.7%.”
“Prof Hughes has undertaken to learn Welsh”
“The clashes between Kyrgyz and ethnic Uzbek groups flared late on Thursday - the worst violence in the Central Asian country since ex-President Kurmanbek Bakiyev was overthrown in April.”
“The team beat second place Australia by just 17 minutes”
“It was the first victory for the team who are currently fifth out of 10 yachts taking part.”
“They will be awarded with a trophy of a soaring eagle at a ceremony during a nine-day stopover on the island.”
“We must have done 10 spinnaker changes, headsails up and goodness knows what else and the guys were just great.”
“The race set off from hull on 13 September and is due to return there in July after 35,000 miles of sailing.”
“The yachts will set off on the next leg of the race, to Cork in the Republic of Ireland, on 19 June.”
“The Hull and Humber team in the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race have won the New York to Cape Breton Island leg of the race. ... They scraped into first place 17 minutes ahead of second place team Spirit of Australia.”
“He admitted visiting pubs and shops in Ashton-under-Lyne, asking for donations during December 2009.”
“A crane capable of lifting 1,000 tonnes has lifted one of two carriages on to a low loader truck on the A85.”
“The Glasgow to Oban train came off the line shortly before 2100 BST on Sunday after striking boulders brought down by a landslip.”
“A spokesman said it hoped the A85, which has been closed since the crash, and railway line would be re-opened on Monday.”
“Staff at Castle Bromwich were also told televisions, radios or flags were not allowed on the factory floor on safety grounds.”
“Televisions and radios were banned as a matter of course on the factory floor, the spokesman added.”
“Another 20 people were killed when armed men launched multiple attacks in the city of Ciudad Madero in Tamaulipas state.”
“In retaliation, gunmen hijacked cars and temporarily set up at least 10 roadblocks in Monterrey.”
“In a visit to the Cabinet Office she met the men and women who handled the transition last month.”
“She later sat in on the weekly meeting of more than 35 civil service heads of government departments.”
“The team provided logistical support and advice on constitutional issues during the negotiations and senior officials worked with the Queen's private secretary Christopher Geidt, who briefed her about developments.”
“No fewer than 12 prime ministers have had the privilege of being asked to form a government by Your Majesty but the current prime minister is the first to form a coalition government during your reign...”
“The names of those who will receive knighthoods, CBEs, MBEs and other awards will be announced tomorrow, on the day the Queen celebrates her official anniversary with the Trooping the Colour ceremony.”
“The meeting of permanent secretaries the Queen had joined had discussed "a whole range of challenges facing government". The topics included the economy, constitutional reform and arrangements for the visit of the Pope in the autumn.”
“The Queen has seen 12 prime ministers serve during her reign”
“The topics included the economy, constitutional reform and arrangements for the visit of the Pope in the autumn.”
“About 15 people were refused entry to the meeting on Friday morning at Lincoln's historic Grandstand building.”
“She said it was feasible racing could be reintroduced to Lincoln within five years.”
“The Saville Inquiry heard from what it believed would be the last of over 900 witnesses in 2004.”
“When the inquiry ended in November it was expected its findings would be released in the spring of 2005.”
“But in December it was announced that the inquiry would reconvene to hear from a man known as Witness X.”
“I had taken a new weapon that I was unfamiliar with rather than an old one because the it had a higher rate of fire, "However, the gun jammed and because I was unfamiliar with such a new weapon, I was unable to unjam it, so I returned to t…”
“He urged Lord Saville to conclude that Jim Wray was shot in the back as he ran across Glenfada Park and then "mercilessly shot" a second time at very close range as he lay on the ground.”
“He said the second shot was deliberately fired to "get a kill" rather than through any sense of being in danger”
“"That shot was one of the defining moments of that day," he said.”
“In November 2004 it was estimated that the Saville Report would be published in spring 2005.”
“Five former Official IRA men told the Saville Inquiry they fired three shots in the Bogside on Bloody Sunday.”
“One of the men said he fired one rifle shot when he realised Damien Donaghy and John Johnston had been shot.”
“was shot dead in Khartoum two years ago.”
“were killed as they returned from a New Year's Eve party in 2008.”
“Ten alleged Somali pirates extradited from the Netherlands are awaiting trial in the north German city of Hamburg.”
“The handover took place on the Dutch-German border on Thursday.”
“German media say it will be the first ever trial of suspected Somali pirates in Germany.”
“The MV Taipan was seized some 900 km (560 miles) east of the Somali coast in early April.”
“Commandos abseiled from a Lynx helicopter onto the ship after learning that the crew had locked themselves in a bullet-proof room.”
“Two motorcyclists have been killed in the same Isle of Man TT race, the Auto Cycle Union (ACU) has said.”
“The ACU said Mr Loicht was a professor of mechanical engineering and was married with two children.”
“Mr Dobbs' death was announced on Thursday, but the union only confirmed Mr Loicht's death on Friday.”
“a nine-year-old boy”
“The first girl, aged 11, was grabbed by a man driving a white car on 10 May in Croydon but escaped.”
“Then a 14-year-old girl wriggled free from the grasp of a man, again driving a white car.”
“Croydon parents are very scared at the moment. I have two girls and I for one certainly wont be letting them out of my sight.”
“a white boy aged about 10”
“Officers were made aware of threats to the college in the early hours of this morning and appropriate measures were put in place.”
“Now, twelve years later, Lord Saville has given his final approval to the proofs of his report.”
“He was only 61, a spring lamb in judicial terms...”
