Blast hits Japanese oil tanker near Oman

A Japanese oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz is damaged by an explosion its operators say may have been an "outside attack".

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-10786215

11 Victims of Deepwater Horizon Explosion Honored

As anger grows over the continuing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, friends and family gathered Tuesday, united in grief, to pay tribute to the 11 men lost in the explosion of the drilling rig that triggered the underwater gusher.

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http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/05/25/deepwater.horizon.memorial/index.html?hpt=C1

Gulf Oil Leak New Calculation Exxon Valdez Passed Today

Since we're now in Day 11 of the spill, which began with a blowout and explosion on April 20, we estimate that by the end of the today, May 1st, 2010 -- 12.2 million gallons of oil, at a minimum, have been spilled into the Gulf of Mexico.

Source:
http://blog.skytruth.org/2010/05/gulf-oil-spill-new-spill-rate.html