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BP tussles with latest bid to contain oil spill

PORT FOURCHON, Louisiana (Reuters) - Pressing ahead after another setback, British energy giant BP said it hoped to complete its latest effort to contain the huge Gulf of Mexico oil spill late on Saturday, while the company's chief executive appeared to dismiss the disaster as "tiny."

PORT FOURCHON, Louisiana (Reuters) - Pressing ahead after another setback, British energy giant BP said it hoped to complete its latest effort to contain the huge Gulf of Mexico oil spill late on Saturday, while the company's chief executive appeared to dismiss the disaster as "tiny."

The accident at the offshore oil rig is threatening an environmental and economic calamity along the U.S. Gulf Coast.

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