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Gulf Oil Spill: $32 Billion, For Now

BP said today that it's taking a charge of $32.2 billion to pay for the Gulf oil spill. And, the company suggested, it could ultimately wind up on the hook for more.

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GLOBAL: Insights into the ever more complex aid system

As the humanitarian “system” becomes more complex, with new actors and overlapping mandates, different definitions of humanitarian aid, and ever-more ambitious goals, humanitarian aid watchdog Development Initiatives outlines some of the needs,...

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Greenpeace shuts down 50 BP petrol stations

Greenpeace activists protesting British Petroleum's (BP) 'reckless' oil pursuit, shut down 50 petrol filling stations in central London Tuesday morning.

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AFGHANISTAN: Mass grave cover-ups undermine justice

Three years after President Hamid Karzai appointed a commission to investigate a mass grave site in the Chimtala plains, north of Kabul city, the site, the commission and the truth are missing.

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