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The gulf of mexico cloonu cleanup. a converted oil tanker cruising near the spill to see how much oily watter could clean. if the test goes well, they may put the whale to work. relief work is ahead of schedule but bp sticking with the original estimate of mid-august when the wells will be completed. churches and nonprofit groups among those filing damage claims with bp. donations are down because of the spills' impact on the gulf's economy. late orrin this hour a view from the coast of louisiana. a live report on some new efforts to contain the spill. that's all coming your way at the bottom ...

Road to enriching to 90% which would be enough for a nuclear weapon. >> thanks so much, jill dougherty. appreciate that. we'll have much more on the uranium controversy next hour. we'll also talk about the big anniversary celebrations planned for tomorrow in iran marking the day they stormed the u.s. embassy. but these will be different than in years past. it's been nearly a month since that powerful earthquake ravaged haiti and haitian officials say more than 212,000 people have died. bodies are being recovered every day, and no doubt, that number will rise. now another pressing concern -...

The first instance on thinking about sending the children away from the locations where family members would be searching for them. >> larry: any indication when haiti might start processing new adoption applications? >> no, not at this time. it's only a couple weeks now after the earthquake and they are not talking about that at all right now. they're focused on the immediate relief work. >> larry: what about adoption families where the paperwork was halfway along or three quarters of the way done? >> right. immediately after this incredibly devastating earthquake, one of the things that we d...

Is the government supportive of haiti's decision, michelle, to put new adoptions on hold? >> yes, at this time in the immediate aftermath of this cataclysmic earthquake, haiti has decided that their first priority is to identify the children that have been separated from their families and work to locate those families and reunite the children with their families, rather than -- >> larry: any indication -- i'm sorry, go ahead. >> well, rather than focusing in the first instance on thinking about sending the children away from the locations where family members would be searching for them. >> l...

A copper smelting plant as protests against it against it turn violent at least eleven people have been killed in two days of demonstrations demanding the closure of the site in tamil nadu activists and residents say that emissions from the plant dangerous health risk. officials in sri lanka say heavy rains a landslide difficult at least nine people displaced around a thousand authorities are asking people to take precautions as more thunderstorms are forecast hundreds of police and soldiers have been deployed to carry out rescue and relief work. dramatic pictures have emerged of the moment a ...