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Alex regains tropical storm strength in Gulf

A palm tree yielding in a tropical storm

Tropical depression Alex picked up speed over the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday, regaining tropical storm strength, and keeping two key Mexican oil ports closed.

The storm was not an imminent threat to BP's clean-up operation in the Gulf, the US Coast Guard said.

Shell has had to shut subsea production at the Auger and Brutus platforms in the Gulf due to the

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