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27 Miners Missing in New Zealand

Staff / Truthdig Nov 20, 2010 Twenty-seven miners have been declared missing after an explosion in New Zealand's South Island, jogging our collective memory of the Chilean miners who were trapped underneath the ground for 69 days. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Somalia Tops Corruption List

Staff / Truthdig Nov 18, 2009 File this one under Dubious Honors of the World: An organization with the fun name of Transparency International has created a list ranking nations according to "perceived levels of corruption in the public sector," as the BBC put it, and Somalia appears to be the worst of the bunch. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Everest Legend Hillary Dies

Staff / Truthdig Jan 11, 2008 Sir Edmund Hillary is dead at 88 after suffering a fall. Famous for being the first climber, along with Tenzing Norgay, to reach the summit of the world's tallest mountain, Hillary was also a champion of the Nepalese Sherpas who helped him get there and over the years he built schools and clinics for them. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.N. Throws Native People a Bone

Staff / Truthdig Sep 14, 2007 After 22 years of debate and opposition (not to mention centuries of exploitation and genocide), the United Nations has finally approved the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, a nonbinding treaty meant to promote the human, territory and resource rights of native people around the world. Only four nations voted against the measure: the U.S., Australia, Canada and New Zealand. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )