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What does U.S. involvement mean for the credibility of the protest movement and the future of Hong Kong? How should Hong Kong activists respond? Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 13, 2011
New fighting erupted in Sudan’s recently declared autonomous southern half when rebel forces staged an attack on the city of Malakal. The battle comes as South Sudan counts down to its official secession on July 9. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 11, 2011
It was just last month that Sudan’s southern half voted to secede from its northern neighbor, but bloody clashes between south Sudan’s army and fighters loyal to a renegade soldier have reportedly left almost 140 people dead, most of them civilians. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigJan 31, 2011
While the outcome may have been a foregone conclusion, the official results are finally in: South Sudan has voted, with 99.57 percent in favor, to secede from the north. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 12, 2010
Iraq, or more poignantly Kurdistan, is back in the news after a prominent Iraqi Kurdish leader insisted on the Kurds’ right to self-determination, an issue that has roiled the region’s politics for the past … well, forever it seems. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 15, 2010
Who says you can't mix politics and pleasure? The former chairman of Barcelona's football (soccer) team has created a new Catalonian separatist party. His strategy is to use the Barcelona team's fame and the support of the area's most popular porn star to win an upcoming regional election. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 28, 2010
Even as the Basque separatist ETA signals a willingness to move toward peace, one of its top leaders -- whom many are calling the "most senior" -- has been arrested in France before a commando operation that allegedly was to be carried out in Spain. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 21, 2010
In a potentially historic development for Spain, the political wing of the ETA -- the Basque separatist group -- has announced it will call for the organization to lay down its arms after 40 years. Leaders of the wing are urging the organization, which has been in decline, to focus on bringing the issue of separatism back to the center of Basque politics. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 13, 2009
After an estimated 10,000 civilian deaths or injuries in only two months, the U.N. has called on the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tiger rebels to immediately suspend fighting, suggesting that actions by both parties may constitute violations of international human rights law. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 13, 2009
The toll in the recent spate of clashes in the decades-long battle between Tamil Tiger rebels and the Sri Lankan government has been officially estimated: 40 civilians are being killed every day, with more than 100 wounded, as artillery shells and gun battles between the two sides devastate the Sri Lankan northeast. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 1, 2009
In a continuation of the decades-long struggle between the Spanish government and those calling for independence of the Basque territories, a car bomb went off near a Bilbao television station Wednesday. No one was injured in the blast, which authorities believe was set off by the ETA, a militant Basque independence group. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 3, 2008
Russia announced Wednesday its willingness to withdraw its remaining troops from Georgia if, and only if, some conditions were met: one, bring international peacekeepers in to replace Russian soldiers and, two, Georgia must sign nonaggression pacts with South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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