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In this image released by the White House, President Obama receives a briefing in the Situation Room of the White House on the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, on Wednesday, July 21, 2010. Taking part in the meeting are, clockwise from top; Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, National Incident Commander Adm. Thad Allen, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, U.S. Cost Guard Rear Adm. Peter Neffenger, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco, Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. (AP Photo/Pete Souza)
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Chinese firefighters work to clean up the oil spill near the coast of Dalian, China, on Tuesday. Crude oil began pouring into the Yellow Sea after a pipeline exploded last week, and officials say the spill poses a "severe threat" to sea life and water quality. (Associated Press)
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Vessels gather at the Deepwater Horizon oil spill site off the Louisiana coast in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, July 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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Luna Campos (center) of Copenhagen, along with her husband, Albert Campos (right), is happily greeted by sister-in-law Ana Campos (left) as passengers from diverted United Flight 967 arrive at Los Angeles International Airport. (AP Photo/Richard Hartog)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS British Prime Minister David Cameron hosted a breakfast meeting with Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. at the British Embassy in Washington on Tuesday. "The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is a catastrophe for the environment, for the fishing industry, for tourism. I've been absolutely clear about that," Mr. Cameron said.
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FILE - In this May 26, 2010 publicity image released by CNN, CNN's Anderson Cooper, right, inspects the oil spill during a tour with Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, background left, of the contaminated areas in Blind Bay, La. (AP Photo/CNN, Shaul Schwarz)
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In this photo released by Greenpeace, oil covered the hand of a firefighter who was overwhelmed by the thick oil spill while attempting to fix an underwater pump is seen after he is pulled ashore by his colleagues in Dalian, China, on Tuesday, July 20, 2010. Crude oil started pouring into the Yellow Sea off a busy northeastern port after a pipeline exploded late last week, sparking a massive 15-hour fire. The government says the slick has spread across a 70-square-mile stretch of ocean. (AP Photo/Jiang He, Greenpeace)
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Workers clean up oil deposits from the beach on Monday, July 19, 2010, in Grand Isle, La., where petroleum from the Deepwater Horizon spill continues to wash ashore. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
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In this Dec. 3, 2009, file photo, workers load coal into a truck outside a coal mine in Dadong, Shanxi province, China. China has overtaken the United States as the world's largest energy consumer, the International Energy Agency said Tuesday, July 20, 2010. China immediately questioned the calculation. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)
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Associated Press "I'm not prepared to say the well is shut in until the relief well is done," says retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen.
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British Prime Minister David Cameron's first visit to the White House will include discussions on the war in Afghanistan and whether BP, the company responsible for the Gulf oil spill, played a part in the release of the Lockerbie bomber, who killed 270 people, mostly Americans. (Associated Press)
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Relatives of train-crash victims grieve outside a hospital in West Bengal state, India, on Monday. The crash was so powerful, it sent the roof of one train car flying onto an overpass.
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In this photo taken Sunday, July 18, 2010, Chinese workers scoop up oil from a spill in the sea near Dalian in northeast China's Liaoning province. Efforts were under way to contain and clean up a large oil slick after pipeline explosions at a northeastern Chinese port sent greasy black plumes into the ocean, state media reported Sunday. (AP Photo)
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In this photo taken Sunday, July 18, 2010, a Chinese worker tries to soak up oil from a spill in the sea near Dalian in northeast China's Liaoning province. Efforts were under way to contain and clean up a large oil slick after pipeline explosions at a northeastern Chinese port sent greasy black plumes into the ocean, state media reported Sunday. (AP Photo)
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Fire fighters try to contain the flames from a pipeline explosion at a Chinese port in Dalian in northern China's Liaoning province on Saturday, July 17, 2010. The oil pipeline at the busy Chinese port exploded, causing a massive fire that burned for 15 hours before being put out Saturday. Officials said no one was killed. (AP Photo)
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In this Friday July 16, 2010, photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, firefighters work at the oil pipeline blast site in Dalian, a port city in northeast China's Liaoning province. Xinhua said blasts hit two oil pipelines in Dalian on Friday. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Cai Yongjun)
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Fire fighters walk near flames towering from a pipeline explosion at a Chinese port in Dalian in northern China's Liaoning province on Saturday, July 17, 2010. The oil pipeline at the busy Chinese port exploded, causing a massive fire that burned for 15 hours before being put out Saturday. Officials said no one was killed. (AP Photo)
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Indians and rescue workers gather at the site of an accident at Sainthia station, about 125 miles (200 kilometers) north of Calcutta, India, Monday, July 19, 2010. A speeding express train collided with a passenger train at the station in eastern India early Monday, mangling the carriages and killing scores of people, railway police said. (AP Photo)
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Indian rescue workers take out the body of the driver of the Uttarbanga Express at the site of an accident at Sainthia station, about 125 miles (200 kilometers) north of Calcutta, India, Monday, July 19, 2010. The speeding express train collided with a passenger train at the station in eastern India early Monday, mangling the carriages and killing scores of people, railway police said. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
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Local residents gather at the site of an accident at Sainthia station, about 125 miles (200 kilometers) north of Calcutta, India, Monday, July 19, 2010. A speeding express train collided with a passenger train at the station in eastern India early Monday, mangling the carriages and killing scores of people, railway police said. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
