[THS] Latest attempt to end worst spill in US history has failed

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BP abandons 'top kill' effort:

Oil giant says latest attempt to end worst spill in US history has failed.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2010/05/201053003734718415.html

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Oil to spill into Gulf 'for at least two more months':

Millions of gallons of oil could be gushing into the Gulf of Mexico for at least the next
two months, as Barack Obama's top energy adviser said the spill was the biggest
environmental disaster in US history.
http://tinyurl.com/27omqep

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Oil spill threatens 'total destruction':

An ominous report by Russia's Ministry of Natural Resources warned of the
impending disaster resulting from the British Petroleum (BP) oil and gas leak in the
Gulf of Mexico, calling it the worst environmental catastrophe in all of human history,
the European Union Times reported.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=128113&sectionid=3510203