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“London-based BP has acknowledged a series of failures occurred on the Deepwater Horizon in the hours before the explosion that killed 11 workers and triggered the spill that has so far spewed at least 7 million gallons (26.5 million litres…”
“Thousands of barrels of oil have been spewing into the Gulf at a depth of 1.6km (1 mile) every day since April's explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig.”
“the explosion that killed 11 workers”
“the spill that has so far spewed at least 7 million gallons (26.5 million litres) into the Gulf.”
“Hurricane Katrina which devastated the region in 2005.”
“BP has acknowledged a series of failures occurred on the Deepwater Horizon in the hours before the explosion that killed 11 workers and triggered the spill that has so far spewed at least 7 million gallons (26.5 million litres) into the Gu…”
“President Obama is also expected to announce delays in exploration and drilling off the coasts of Alaska, and the cancellation of leases off the coast of Virginia. He is due to visit the Gulf of Mexico for a second time on Friday.”
“The district will cover the boroughs of Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Newham, Waltham Forest, Barking and Dagenham and Havering.”
“The charges say both men met Hezbollah agents in 2008.”
“Mr Makhoul met a Lebanese businessman on a trip to Denmark, and Mr Sayid met a man in a cafe in the Egyptian resort of Sharm al-Sheikh, it is alleged.”
“He was also charged with giving details of the home address of the head of the Shin Bet.”
“A Shin Bet official was quoted by the Israeli media as saying the interrogation was done 'in full accordance with the law'.”
“Mr Makhoul is the director of Ittijah, the Union of Arab Community-Based Associations, the brother of a former Israeli-Arab member of Israel's Knesset, or parliament, and an outspoken critic of Israel's treatment of Palestinians and Israel…”
“When he was brought into the court Mr Sayid, 50, looked tired, a BBC reporter in the Nazareth district court said.”
“The court room was packed with abut 100 reporters, cameramen, family members and supporters of Mr Sayid, including Israeli-Arab Knesset members.”
“The media are barred from sitting in court during preliminary hearings but they were allowed to ask questions of Mr Sayid before the judge entered.”
“He denied the charges and said he had been forced to make a confession.”
“Mr Barclay, who had worked as a labourer, was discovered dying in the street outside the home he shared with Ms Igoe and her family in Hazelwood Grove by a man on his way to work. He was taken to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, where he died la…”
“The Hotel Don Plaza, a modernist high-rise where the EU and Russian leaders are meeting from 31 May to 1 June.”
“Mr Paterson discussed the arrangements for publication of the Saville report which is to be published on 15 June.”
“We're having very regular meetings on this subject. Every day we have meetings, and every day something new pops up.”
“Six architects have been selected to submit designs for a new branch of the Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum planned for Dundee's waterfront.”
“More than 120 firms have taken part in the competition to design the landmark building.”
“The Dundee V&A is due to open in 2014 as a centre of 21st Century design.”
“The winner of the design competition will then be announced in late summer.”
“The Holy Island Causeway is submerged twice every 24 hours”
“on Wednesday”
“Some 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed in the 100-day genocide in 1994.”
“The 45-year-old”
“James, 41”
“after five years of marriage”
“over the last two decades”
“It has forced the closure of the national sailing centre and a popular area for swimming, cycling and picnicking ahead of school holidays. The order affects 7km (4.3 miles) of the coastline.”
“Initial reports after the collision appeared to downplay the risks to Singapore's coastline and major shipping industry, suggesting 2,000 tonnes of oil could leak.”
“This was later raised to at least 5,000 tonnes of oil, although officials now say 2,500 tonnes have spilt.”
“Thousands of metres of containment booms were deployed as part of unsuccessful efforts to stop the slick from fouling the coast.”
“The MPA said the Malaysian-registered tanker Bunga Kelana 3 was damaged in a collision with the MV Wally, registered in St Vincent and the Grenadines.”
“The extent of the impact is currently minimal, but will require some clean-up over the next few days.”
“Tripping Up Trump has bought an acre of land from Mr Forbes in what it calls the 'heartland' of the planned golf resort”
“and announced the beach where the course is to be built would be named the Great Dunes of Scotland.”
“The master plan for the resort will be considered by Aberdeenshire Council later this year.”
“Aziz Daki, the festival's artistic director, claimed more than 40,000 people had attended the free concert.”
“According to reports, though, others estimated the crowd to be closer to 15,000.”
“The 63-year-old singer made headlines earlier this year...”
“The festival - which is under the patronage of Morocco's King Mohammed VI - has featured artists from around the world, among them Julio Iglesias, BB King and Carlos Santana.”
“The festival - which is under the patronage of Morocco's King Mohammed VI - has featured artists from around the world...”
“The 63-year-old singer made headlines earlier this year when he claimed Jesus was a 'super-intelligent gay man' in an interview with a US magazine.”
“Tentative plans for Sir Elton to perform in Egypt were reportedly shelved earlier this month.”
“In fact they have not been helpful to anyone." The main problem, he said, was that the scandal created by the allegations has distracted attention from the real work of finding the remains of 1,861 people still missing from the war and its…”
“Earlier this month, Eulex made the first arrest in connection with that case.”
“This month, a mass grave was found near the southern Serbian town of Raska. Three lorry-loads of bodies - around 250 in total - believed to be Albanians killed by Serb forces in Kosovo, were reburied there in early June 1999.”
“The exhumation of up to 25 Serb victims of the KLA is due to start later this year in a coalmine in the town of Obilic/Obiliq.”
“UN special rapporteur Philip Alston said in February that "none of the efforts to investigate have received meaningful co-operation on the side of the government of Albania".”
“International airline traffic fell by 2.4% in April as cancellations caused by the volcanic ash cloud from Iceland led to fewer flights.”
“European carriers were hit the hardest, with traffic dropping 11.7%.”
“And North American carriers reported a 1.9% fall in April as north Atlantic routes were also hit.”
“he said that they had been "within 1% of pre-crisis traffic levels in 2008".”
“The once-a-day Flybe route from the Manston site to Edinburgh is the first daily route since airline EUjet collapsed in 2005.”
“The final film, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, comes out in two parts in November 2010 and July 2011.”
“The Potter series received a special recognition award at the ceremony in London on Wednesday, as well Half-Blood Prince winning the prize for best family film.”
“Daniel Radcliffe, who has played Harry Potter since the age of 11, said: "I'm going to be devastated to some degree. It's going to be very sad because it's been such a part of my life."”
“Potter producer David Heyman said that after spending 10 years together, the cast and crew were like a family.”
“The hiker in question was fined 100 Swiss francs (70 euros, £60) after eyewitnesses complained that he had been hiking in full view of a communal barbecuing area. They also say he walked past a Christian care home, whose residents saw him.”
“The court lifted the fine, while local authorities will cover court costs of about 870 francs, the website swissinfo.ch reported.”
“The 47-year-old defendant said he had been hiking nude for two years and that most people were friendly towards him, according to Swiss newspaper Le Temps.”
“The BBC's Imogen Foulkes reports that Appenzell is traditionally a rather devout and conservative region, which only gave women the vote in 1990.”
“Appenzell passed a law last year allowing naked hikers to be fined”
“The pictures were taken by security cameras in a local store at about 1730 BST on Saturday, shortly before she disappeared.”
“We have also had a confirmed sighting of her on Cambusnethan Street, walking towards the Cambusnethan area, about 1740 hours on Saturday.”
“Zoe was seen by her mother leaving her home in Newmains at about 1700 BST on Saturday.”
“Local residents reported seeing a fire a few hours later at 2320 BST in an area known as the Monkey Hill...”
“"won't be unhappy" if the band's performance at Live 8 in 2005 proved to be their last.”
“The band's keyboardist, Richard Wright, died in September 2008.”
“He said he had been asked by Hank Steinbrenner, co-owner of New York's Yankees Stadium, to reform the band to perform 1979 double concept album The Wall.”
“Waters will begin The Wall Live tour of North America in Toronto, Canada, on 15 September.”
“Christopher Rochester fell 30ft from a balcony”
“The first Critical Mass cycling rally was in San Francisco in 1992 with the idea of asserting the right of cyclists to use the road.”
“Since September last year there have been rides in Belfast city centre on the last Friday of every month.”
“Up to one hundred cyclists take part in the excursions around the city organised on Facebook.”
“The rides start at the Albert Clock and last about an hour during which participants spread across the lanes and form their own stream of traffic.”
“He is part of the Belfast Cycle City initiative which wants 10% of all journeys in the city to be made by bicycle within the next decade.”
“There has been a rise in cycling over the last decade judging by the sales from retailers and the statistics from traffic monitoring.”
“For 70 years, my father has lived with the shame of what happened to his ship, HMS Hebe, in June 1940.”
“The Hebe crossed the Channel to Dunkirk three times during those chaotic days between 27 May and 4 June.”
“The Hebe was lying about 200 metres off the beach at Dunkirk”
“It was not for him to receive any acclaim for the evacuation of some 330,000 men and saving them from Nazi POW camps.”
“About 20 men left the ship”
“This was the greatest blow which sometimes I feel to this day," he says, on the eve of his 98th birthday.”
“The death would be the 10th suicide at the plant this year - two other people have survived similar falls.”
“One man was also reported to have killed himself at another Foxconn plant in Hebei province earlier this year.”
“On Thursday, another employee in Shenzhen attempted to kill himself by cutting his wrists but survived after medical attention, said Xinhua.”
“Witnesses said he had jumped from the seventh floor of a dormitory building, Xinhua reported.”
“Xinhua said the male employee jumped to his death hours after a media tour at the plant owned by Taiwan firm Foxconn.”
“which is expected to be attended by officials from some 50 countries”
“More than 20 people attended a meeting in Gilfach Goch”
“Katie Gibby, 28, from Rhondda”
“her eight-year-old son, Connor”
“She responded to an appeal from the Welsh Ambulance Service and was one of more than 20 people who attended a public meeting in Gilfach Goch earlier this year.”
“It will be developed in the grounds of Bishop of Llandaff High School, with construction expected to begin in September 2011.”
“Freda Salway, Cardiff council's executive member for education and lifelong learning, said the centre was the first step in an exciting new future for pupils with autism in Cardiff.”
