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The Gulf of Mexico spill has been the worst environmental disaster in US history.

USA - The American official in charge of cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill says that the BP oil well poses no further risk to the environment.

"I'm very pleased to announce that with the new blowout preventer on this well, and the cement that was previously put in … this well does not constitute a threat to the Gulf of Mexico at this point," said Thad Allen, the retired Coast Guard admiral in charge of the crisis.

There is a strong possibility that the

Key evidence in BP oil spill retrieved

The explosion on the BP-leased oilrig on April 20, which killed 11 workers, is the worst environmental disaster in US history.

USA - BP engineers have retrieved a critical piece of equipment that will shed light on the underlying cause of the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico.

The 15-meter (50-foot), 300-ton blowout preventer, designed to stop the oil flow in case of a leak, was being pulled out of water on Saturday to be examined.

The blowout preventer failed to stem the spew of an estimated five million barrels of oil into the sea,

William Hague and Chris Myers

UK - There is another non story doing the rounds at the moment, about the conservative Foreign secretary William Hague. It is alleged that he is Gay, after sharing a hotel room with a male assistant, Chris Myers.

Mr Myers quit his £30,000-a-year Foreign Office post last week after it became clear that he and Mr Hague, 49, had shared twin hotel rooms.

You do have to ask what idiot has been advising William Hague about what to say to

The overkill from pissing on a war memorial

I’m sure Wendy Lewis is as chavy as Chavs come.

But even the most chavy of Chavs doesn’t deserve a nationwide police manhunt for pissing on a war memorial.

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X FACTOR IS WOTS IMPORTANT!

Everyday as a matter of course I have to trawl thorough the headlines of the all the major news gathers & it amazes me the amount of non newsworthy type stories I have to wade thorough.

The

Prince Charles Warrant at Harrods - now long gone - burnt!.

Why is it still so important for the royals still be endorsing crap

Its not like I’m a fan of Harrods (everything in the store just seems to cost 15% more then anywhere else). Its not like I’m a

332 British service personnel have been killed on operations in Afghanistan since 2001, and the 86 th this year

Duke of Lancaster's Soldier Shot Dead in Nad-e Ali Afghanistan

Afghanistan - The ministry of Illegal Wars has announced the death of another British serviceman whilst being used as mercenary for

Pissing on war memorials?

There’s been a story concerning an individual who urinated on a war memorial in Blackpool, Lancashire; which in the past week has made the national news.

A 32 year old woman had been caught

Raoul Moat was a killer no folk hero

I’ve heard reports today saying that that visitors have flocked to Raoul Moat's last stand.

It appears that that the site of Raoul Moat's final stand with police at Rothbury,

ASDA's Boss Andy Clarke the food is shit!

UK - The New chief executive at Asda, Andy Clarke, has confirmed, in a Gerald Ratner moment, what its shoppers all know. That the food for sale in its superstores

Why government financing broadband expansion is a very baaad idea

It might sound very positive for government to subsidise to subsidise the expansion of broadband to rural areas, but in regards to individual

A user injects himself with heroin. Is prohibition the best way of reducing harm for him and others? Pic: REUTERS

Another top doctor has backed a rethink of drug policy. Maybe it's time to listen

UK - Professor Sir Ian Gilmore, the outgoing president of the Royal College of Physicians, has become

Nicholas Green QC, the chairman of the Bar Council for England and Wales, said it was

Senior doctor: decriminalise drug use

UK - The use of drugs should be decriminalised, one of Britain’s most senior doctors has said.

Professor Sir Ian Gilmore said that removing the legal ban on drugs

Afghanistan - The ministry of Illegal Wars has announced the death of another British serviceman whilst being used as mercenary for US Oil companies.

The

Engineer Shot and Killed in Sangin's Killing Fields

Afghanistan - The ministry of Illegal Wars has announced the death of another British serviceman whilst being used as mercenary for US Oil companies.

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Yet Another Mercian Regiment Soldier Dies of Wounds!

Afghanistan - The ministry of Illegal Wars has announced the death of another British serviceman whilst being used as mercenary for US Oil companies.

The

UK - The August statistics show a drop in the number of unemployed with 11,000 leaving the unemployment register last month, taking the

Another Mercian Regiment Soldier Dies of Wounds!

Afghanistan - The ministry of Illegal Wars has announced the death of another British serviceman whilst being used as mercenary for US Oil companies.

The

The Media Demonization of Stephanie Wolf

UK - The case of Stephanie and Samantha Wolf is genuinely tragic.

Stephanie Wolf was a 66 year old fulltime carer for her 29 year old daughter who was paralysed

Cloning and the food chain

UK - Unlike the USA where biotechnology companies are free to experiment on the population at large. The United Kingdom is rather more circumspect about such matters.

For years the USA,

IED claims another Royal Marine in Sangin's Killing Fields

Afghanistan - The ministry of Illegal Wars has announced the death of another British serviceman whilst being used as mercenary's for US

Scots Guard Shot and Killed in Lashkar Gah

Afghanistan - The ministry of Illegal Wars has announced the death of another British serviceman whilst being used as mercenary's for US Oil companies.

A soldier

USA - Research vessels have conducted acoustic and seismic tests near the ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well as engineers prepare to permanently seal it.

The tests

Friendly Fire claims Bomb Disposal Expert

Afghanistan - The ministry of Illegal Wars has announced the death of another British serviceman whilst being used as mercenary's for US Oil companies.

A soldier

Trafigura guilty of illegally exporting toxic waste

Netherlands - A Dutch court has found multinational Trafigura guilty of illegally exporting toxic waste from Amsterdam and concealing the nature of

UK - Jon Venables, 27, has been jailed for two years after admitting downloading and distributing indecent images of children.

The images were found on Venables'

Two soldiers killed in Lashkar Gah Afghanistan

Afghanistan - The ministry of Illegal Wars has announced the death of another two British servicemen whilst being used as mercenary's for US Oil companies.

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Afghan withdrawal may start 2011: UK

Afghanistan - British Prime Minister David Cameron has expressed hope that some British forces could start pulling out of Afghanistan as early as next year.

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Cameron criticises al-Megrahi release	19/07/2010 16:57
Car bomb hits UK convoy in N Iraq	19/07/2010 09:47
BP oil leak threatens to bust bedrock	19/07/2010 01:57
Hey Lets Kill the Disabled, the Poor, and the Mentally ill, It's the Democracy You Want!	18/07/2010 11:47
IED claims a Royal Logistic Corps Soldier killed in Afghanistan	17/07/2010 23:19
Airman killed in accident near Camp Bastion	17/07/2010 20:53
IED kills Another Dragoon Guard!	17/07/2010 20:17
Sangin's IED's Claim Royal Marine!	17/07/2010 20:05
BP 'encouraged' by capping results	16/07/2010 17:38
Big Dave's Britain: 2.47 Million Unemployed, down By 4,000 in July	14/07/2010 11:29

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