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Staff / Truthdig Jan 4, 2010 The dirty little secret of the consumer electronics boom is that a lot of the sexy little gadgets you use every day are made from minerals that help fund what this video says is "the deadliest conflict in the world since the holocaust." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

150,000 Yemenis Displaced in Conflict

Staff / Truthdig Sep 25, 2009 An escalating conflict between Shiite rebels and Sunni government forces has displaced at least 150,000 people in the northern part of Yemen. Aid agencies are struggling to absorb the stream of civilians as a lack of supplies and internal politics exacerbate the problem. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

War Is Over! (If You Say So)

Staff / Truthdig Aug 27, 2009 The U.N. military commander in Sudan has announced that the war in Darfur -- which has killed more than 300,000 people -- is over. Three million Sudanese remain displaced as the conflict ostensibly shifts from full-blown war to mere "security issues." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Taliban Gain Ground, Color on Map

Staff / Truthdig May 13, 2009 A new map produced by the BBC succinctly demonstrates the weakness of the Pakistan state in combating Taliban militants in the country's North West Frontier Province (NWFP). The map shows only 38% of Pakistan's NWFP to be under government control, while the balance of the region experiences either Taliban presence or control. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Mexico Militarizes Border Town

Staff / Truthdig Mar 4, 2009 The confrontation between the Mexican state and violent drug gangs is escalating, with the Mexican government moving to stomp out the bloody drug-related conflict in the border town of Ciudad Juarez. The first of some 7,000 troops have moved in to try to take control of the city. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Sri Lanka’s Civil War Takes a Toll

Staff / Truthdig Feb 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 )

Israel Sends Tanks Back to Gaza

Staff / Truthdig Jan 28, 2009 Israel launched an airstrike and ground assault into Gaza after a bomb on the Israeli side of the border killed a soldier. The troops pulled back into Israel soon afterward, according to the BBC. The raid was of a smaller scale than the fighting that ended just 10 days ago, but shows the difficult work ahead for George Mitchell, the new U.S. envoy, who is headed to the region. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Gaza’s ‘Critical Emergency’

Staff / Truthdig Jan 3, 2009 The United Nations marked Israel's seventh day of aerial attacks by warning of a "critical emergency" in the Gaza Strip, as Palestinians endure food and medical supply shortages and distribution problems even as estimates of dead and wounded Palestinians continue to rise. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Believe It or Not, 2008 Was Relatively Nonviolent

Marie Cocco / Truthdig Jan 2, 2009 Peace is not at hand, at least not as Americans define it. Yet peace has been breaking out all over. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Amid Tensions, Pakistan Moves Troops

Staff / Truthdig Dec 27, 2008 In a rebuke to U.S. interests in the region and amid growing tensions between two nuclear powers, Pakistan is moving its forces from its border with Afghanistan -- where Pakistani troops are fighting against the Taliban -- and restricting soldiers from going on leave, as fears of conflict with India continue to grow. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Tutu, Obama and the Middle East

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Nov 26, 2008 As President-elect Barack Obama focuses on the meltdown of the U.S. economy, another fire is burning: the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Congolese Ethnic Violence Worsens

Staff / Truthdig Oct 31, 2008 The chaos in the Democratic Republic of Congo escalated Friday as a refugee camp of 50,000 people reportedly was looted and burned, probably by Tutsi rebel groups. The violence is rooted in the colonial ethnic divisions that led to the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )