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BP blowout preventer 'removed'
BP replaces the blowout preventer that failed to stem the leaking Gulf of Mexico oil well and says it has paid $8bn (£5.2bn) in damage costs.
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Making music from children's old toys
The Modified Toy Orchestra is a band made up of five musicians - and 48 tweaked toy instruments.
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Ian McEwan: Booker winner 'not my best'
Author Ian McEwan talks to Matt Stadlen about the exercise of writing, the importance of long, moody walks, the "thinginess" of James Joyce and getting to grips with quantum mechanics.
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Earl packs less force than feared in U.S.
Earl swooped into New England waters Friday night as a tropical storm after sideswiping North Carolina's Outer Banks, where it caused flooding but no injuries and little damage.
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Northwest Passage tanker could be stuck for days
It could be days before a fuel tanker carrying 9.5 million litres of diesel is dislodged from a sandbar in the Northwest Passage.
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Peshdary gets bail as RCMP probe alleged plot
Awso Peshdary, an Ottawa man detained on assault charges while under surveillance during an RCMP anti-terrorism investigation, has been granted bail.
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