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BP Posts $24 Billion Net Earnings Tuesday As Criminal Trial Looms

 BP Tuesday posted net earnings of $23.9 billion as the British energy giant prepares for a criminal trial linked to the Gulf oil spill disaster. BP and its partners are set to face trial February 27 in New Orleans that consolidates a host of lawsuits seeking damages for financial losses, injuries and environmental violations. Read More

Russia Sells Arms with One Hand, Gives Peace Sign with the Other

 Russia's foreign minister said he told Syrian President Bashar al-Assad Tuesday Moscow wants peace in the Arab world. Russia and China blocked a UN Security Council resolution Saturday calling for Assad to step down. Meanwhile Syrian forces resumed bombarding Homs, a hub of protest and rebellion. Russia is a major arms provider to the Syrian regime. Read More

Thousands of Malian Refugees in Niger in Need of Food and Water

 housands of people in western Niger who’ve fled a rebellion in Mali are suffering a severe shortage of food and water. The UN Refugee Agency estimated Tuesday 22,000 people have fled to neighboring countries to escape fighting between government troops and heavily armed Tuareg rebels, courtesy of Colonel Qaddafi’s extensive arsenal. Read More

Palestinians agree to Form Unity Government

 Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will lead an interim government to prepare for upcoming elections, under the "Doha Declaration" signed Monday by rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas. The new government will also be responsible for overseeing reconstruction in Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said there’ll be no peace between Israel and a government that includes Hamas, considered a terrorist group by Israel and the US. Read More

Romanians Oust PM over Austerity Measures

Romania's president appointed Mihai Ungureanu prime minister Monday. The former chief of foreign intelligence was named PM after Emil Boc resigned amid protests at austerity measures and declining living standards. Thousands of Romanians took to the streets in January to protest salary cuts, higher taxes and the perception the government didn’t care about its citizens. Read More

Catholic Church Holds Summit to Address Child Sexual Abuse

Pope Benedict Tuesday called for a ''profound renewal'' of the Catholic Church to prevent child abuse, as the Church held its first-ever summit on the issue in the Vatican. In recent years it has emerged the Church covered up sexual abuse cases for decades involving thousands of minors worldwide. Victims’ families protested the summit. Sue Cox, from Survivors Voice, called the summit a “PR stunt.” Read More

US-made bomb killed Iran expert

 A report by Resalat, the Islamic Educational Foundation, states the US provided the bomb used to assassinate Iranian scientist Mostafa Roshan last month. Resalat said Monday two bombs were handed to the Party for Free Life of Kurdistan in the Iraqi city of Arbil by the US. The first bomb killed Roshan, but the second was discovered by security personnel near Resalat Square in Tehran. Read More

297  9/11 NYPD cops diagnosed with cancer

Two hundred and ninety seven New York city police officers who were at Ground Zero on and after 9/11 have been diagnosed...  with cancer. Fifty six have died. Their average age was 44. The latest numbers come from a study published by the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, which says the number of cancer deaths in the last decade is growing in “astronomical numbers.” Lung cancer is the most predominant. Read More

In Afghanistan, a new approach to teaching history: Leave out the wars

 Afghan officials believe they’ve found a way to teach Afghan history without widening the fractures among long-quarreling ethnic and political groups: Leave out the past four decades. The new history lessons will be taught even in villages controlled by insurgents. Wardak, the education minister, said: “We’re talking about community-building through education, and that includes the insurgency,” adding: “This curriculum needs to appeal to all Afghans.” Read More