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Thursday, 27 May 2010

Spill tops Exxon Valdez as McCollum, Sink weigh in

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Vessels conduct "top kill" operation at oil spill site in Gulf of Mexico. (Coast Guard photo) A BP official said Thursday that it was too soon to know whether the "top kill" operation aimed at ending the gush of oil from the damaged oil well off the Louisiana coast was working.BP was planning to pump more drilling "mud" into the gushing well Thursday night in an attempt to stop the flow, said
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