BP continue efforts to cap oil spill
Efforts have begun to cap the oil well spilling crude into the Gulf of Mexico.
Workers are easing a giant concrete-and-steel box into the sea, above the sunken platform.
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Workers are easing a giant concrete-and-steel box into the sea, above the sunken platform.
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