News Headlines - 03 February 2015

▽Al Jazeera's Mohamed Fahmy gives up Egypt passport

Al-Jazeera journalist Mohamed Fahmy has renounced his Egyptian citizenship, his family says, in a bid to follow his Australian colleague Peter Greste in being released from a Cairo jail.

▽BBC News - UN court dismisses Croatia and Serbia genocide claims

The International Court of Justice has rejected claims of genocide by Serbia and Croatia against each other during the Croatian war of secession from Yugoslavia.

▽BBC News - BP profits hit by lower oil price

BP has reported lower profits and says it will cut spending on exploration because of the fall in oil prices.
Underlying profits in the final three months of 2014 were down 20% on a year earlier at $2.2bn (￡1.5bn). For the full year, profits fell 10% to $12.1bn.

▽Iceland to build first temple to Norse gods since Viking age | The Guardian

Icelanders will soon be able to publicly worship at a shrine to Thor, Odin and Frigg with construction starting this month on the island’s first major temple to the Norse gods since the Viking age.
Worship of the gods in Scandinavia gave way to Christianity around 1,000 years ago but a modern version of Norse paganism has been gaining popularity in Iceland.

▽Japan in new Olympic row over choice of band for 2020 ceremony | The Guardian

Preparations hit by controversy over whether to allow ‘embarrassing’ J-Pop phenomenon AKB48 to perform at opening ceremony