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Papandreou Prepares His Exit

Staff / Truthdig Nov 7, 2011 After his ill-conceived eleventh-hour referendum idea fell through last week, the thread from which Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou was dangling effectively snapped By Sunday, it was apparent that Papandreou was ready to accept defeat (more). Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Irrational Israel Intimidates Iran

Staff / Truthdig Nov 7, 2011 Israel's attempts to threaten Iran are insane; the Sky Watch tower in Zuccotti Park causes more than a little unease; and a new app hints at a future in which phones will replace cash and credit cards. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Syria Strikes Compromise With Help From Arab League

Staff / Truthdig Nov 3, 2011 Remember the conflict in Syria? You know, the one involving President Bashar al-Assad and the protesters in his country clamoring for regime change? It's still happening Some 3,000 Syrians have lost their lives in the struggle, and (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. Makes UNESCO Pay for Admitting Palestinians

Staff / Truthdig Nov 1, 2011 Israeli Ambassador Nimrod Barkan huffed and puffed after his country's Palestinian colony was admitted into the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Monday. Washington, bound by law, promised to cut off all U.S. funding for the organization, whose mission "is to contribute to the building of peace." (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Eurozone Gets a Boost, Finally

Staff / Truthdig Oct 27, 2011 This week's European crisis summit in Brussels has produced an agreement in an effort to mitigate what was looking like an inevitable economic catastrophe, judging by the dire situation in Greece and elsewhere in the eurozone. By Thursday, international markets were registering the results. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

EU Leaders Hold Emergency Huddle

Staff / Truthdig Oct 27, 2011 Greece is hanging by a thread, and its European neighbors scrambled to avoid a similar fate, and stave off even harder times for the Greeks, by holding a summit in Brussels on Wednesday. Here's a look at a couple of action items on the busy agenda for German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French Prime Minister Francois Fillon … (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Argentine Model

Staff / Truthdig Oct 24, 2011 While politicians from Athens to Washington are pushing through devastating austerity programs, Argentines voted in droves Sunday to re-elect their populist, welfare queen of a president, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Questions About Gadhafi’s Death Delay His Burial

Staff / Truthdig Oct 21, 2011 Just as in the case of Osama bin Laden's death last May, some major concerns have cropped up in the international community about the circumstances that led to Libyan leader Col Moammar Gadhafi's end on Thursday Specifically, whether the killing of Gadhafi might have been carried out in (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Basque Separatists Say Armed Conflict Is Over

Staff / Truthdig Oct 21, 2011 After more than 40 years and 800 deaths, the Basque separatist terrorist organization ETA has "decided on the definitive cessation of its armed activity," according to a statement published by the BBC. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Greek Parliament Passes Austerity Package

Staff / Truthdig Oct 21, 2011 While the international media zoomed in on Libya on Thursday, another important story was unfolding in Athens, where two days of strikes and protests failed to sway parliament members from passing a bill of austerity measures the Greek government insisted was necessary to avoid an even more catastrophic economic mess. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Gadhafi Is Reported Killed in Libya

Staff / Truthdig Oct 20, 2011 After months of local turmoil and international military intervention, a major development has occurred that constitutes the end of an era in Libya, as official media in the North African nation reported Thursday that longtime leader Col Moammar Gadhafi is dead Updated (more) Official media in the North African nation reported Thursday that longtime leader Col. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Iran’s Narco-for-Hire

Staff / Truthdig Oct 14, 2011 The Iranian government may have tried to hire a member of the Zetas drug cartel to kill an ambassador; condoms have been made to commemorate the Occupy Wall Street protests; meanwhile, Facebook is after your kids. These discoveries and more, after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )