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Tue, 10 Aug 2010 10:35 GMT Earthquake sparks tsunami off Vanuatu A small tsunami was generated off Vanuatu after a powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck off the South Pacific island, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said today. Mon, 9 Aug 2010 11:00 GMT Canadian homes evacuated over landslide fears About 2,000 people who were evacuated from their homes in western Canada after a landslide triggered fears of a flood were allowed to return home from Saturday. Thu, 5 Aug 2010 09:08 GMT Drilling mud plugs BP oil leak A crush of mud finally plugged BP’s blown-out well, three months after the offshore drilling rig explosion that unleashed a gush of oil and a summer of misery along the Gulf Coast. Wed, 4 Aug 2010 11:32 GMT BP in new bid to seal leaking well BP engineers have begun pumping heavy drilling mud into the Deepwater Horizon oil well in the Gulf of Mexico in the latest bid to seal off the leak which has created an environmental disaster along the US coast. Mon, 2 Aug 2010 11:03 GMT BP to start "static kill" in Gulf A team of engineers at battered oil giant BP is planning to launch an operation designed to end the Gulf of Mexico oil spill for good.
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