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Oil industry executives today warned that President Barack Obama’s six-month ban on deepwater drilling would hit world supplies.

The owners of wrecked rig spewing oil into the Gulf of Mexico today criticised the US government’s six-month ban on deepwater drilling in the area.

Construction workers discovered 74 bone fragments over the weekend on the roof of a vacant skyscraper across from the World Trade Centre site in New York.

David Bowie, blues pioneer Robert Johnson and the late comedian Richard Pryor are among recording artists who will receive lifetime achievement honours during next month’s Grammy Awards.

RICHARD PRYOR who died on Saturday night was recognised as a groundbreaking comedian whose profanely personal insights into race relations and modern life made him one of Hollywood’s biggest stars.

Richard Pryor, the caustic yet perceptive actor-comedian who lived dangerously close to the edge both on stage and off, has died. He was 65.

THE first drug formulated to treat premature ejaculation delays climax and also increases reported satisfaction, researchers said yesterday.

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Late legendary comic Peter Cook has been crowned the world's greatest comedian by fellow humourists in Britain and America.

Comedian Richard Pryor and actor Matthew Perry are offering a reward for information leading to the arrest of the person responsible for the drowning of a dog.