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Next Stop, Pedophilia

Staff / Truthdig Mar 5, 2013 According to Rush Limbaugh, since the left has normalized gay marriage, now it will do the same with pedophilia; the U.K. government has found a way to take British citizenship away from certain people who were then mysteriously killed by drones; meanwhile, a computer programmer in India may make teachers redundant as he shows how children can and should teach themselves. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Israeli Soldiers Open Fire on Palestinian Protesters

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Feb 26, 2013 Two teenagers were hospitalized Monday after Israeli soldiers tried to end a Palestinian demonstration near Bethlehem by firing on the crowd, The New York Times reports. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

German Spies’ Sex for Secrets Replaced by Free Love

Staff / Truthdig Feb 18, 2013 The location of a former training camp where Stasi operatives were taught to retrieve secrets through sex now houses a free-love commune; filibuster reform was blocked and now, for the first time in history, a secretary of defense nomination has been filibustered; meanwhile, Al-Jazeera has been accused of developing a political agenda since the Arab Spring. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Super Size Your Paycheck

Staff / Truthdig Feb 11, 2013 A union in New Zealand got fast food chains such as McDonald's and Starbucks to raise their workers' wages by 50 percent; Palestinian books don't indoctrinate children against Jews after all; and perhaps, rather than fear Massive Online Open Courses, we should embrace this opportunity for cheap widespread online education. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ahmadinejad: I’ll Negotiate When You Pull the Gun Away From My Face

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Feb 11, 2013 The Iranian president has offered to negotiate personally with the United States over his country's nuclear program -- with one proviso. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

British Lawmakers Say Aye to Gay Marriage in Parliamentary Vote

Staff / Truthdig Feb 6, 2013 Members of Britain’s Parliament ruled in favor of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill on Tuesday, and in case the name of this particular piece of legislation doesn’t make it clear, the vote brings gay marriage ever closer to a state-sanctioned reality in the U.K. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Richard III’s Remains Found Six Feet Under British Parking Lot

Staff / Truthdig Feb 5, 2013 It’s hardly the kind of vaunted resting place various other British royals have enjoyed, but the earth beneath a municipal parking lot in Leicester, England, is where the remains of King Richard III were recently discovered. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Dozens Killed in Attack on Iraqi Police Headquarters

Staff / Truthdig Feb 4, 2013 On Sunday morning, a suicide car bomber disguised as a policeman attacked the police headquarters in the Iraqi city of Kirkuk, killing 36 people and wounding 105 in the blast, according to The New York Times. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Marxist Group Claims It Bombed U.S. Embassy in Turkey

Staff / Truthdig Feb 3, 2013 A Marxist group called the Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party-Front claimed responsibility Saturday for a suicide bombing the previous day at the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Gay Marriage Gets a Boost in French Parliament

Staff / Truthdig Feb 3, 2013 Gay marriage is close to getting the government's official nod in France, as Saturday a majority of the country's National Assembly members approved a key article in a bill aiming to allow same-sex couples to wed. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Jordan’s King Abdullah Sees a ‘New Taliban’ Rising in Syria

Staff / Truthdig Jan 31, 2013 As he watches neighboring Syria "implode," the king of Jordan worries that the country will fracture and become a hotbed of religious extremism. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Hostages Taken at Algerian Gas Field

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 17, 2013 Militant Islamists killed at least two people and took 20 hostages, including Americans, at a foreign-owned gas field in Algeria early Wednesday, the country’s state-run news agency said. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )