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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 )

Prude Power Hits Britain

Staff / Truthdig Oct 11, 2011 British Prime Minister David Cameron and four of the country's Internet service providers are bending over backwards to accommodate parents concerned with the allegedly corrosive influence of titillating adverts and porn sites on youth, because teenagers never thought about sex before billboards were invented. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Twitter Tries to Cash In

Staff / Truthdig Oct 6, 2011 Twitter is trying to become a profitable business; the Pentagon is giving Afghanistan's riches to China; and Icelanders are egging their leaders. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Breakdown of the European Union

Staff / Truthdig Sep 21, 2011 The demise of the European Union has begun with riots; scholars afraid of repression are creating alternate Internets; meanwhile, the Occupy Wall Street protests are starting to get some traction with the mainstream. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Concern in New Egypt as Police Raid Al-Jazeera

Staff / Truthdig Sep 12, 2011 Egyptian police raided the Cairo offices of the news network Al-Jazeera on Sunday in what is being interpreted by some of Egypt's revolutionaries as a crackdown on free expression and a continuation of some of the autocratic practices of the regime of ousted dictator Hosni Mubarak. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

No, Thank You — Don’t Come Again

Staff / Truthdig Sep 12, 2011 Moqtada al-Sadr, who is either the sharpest thorn in the side of US forces in Iraq or the linchpin of an Iraqi parliament frequently on the verge of coming apart -- or both -- has ordered his followers not to attack U troops in order to make sure the occupiers leave as quickly as possible. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Documents Show Close CIA Relationship to Gadhafi Regime

Staff / Truthdig Sep 4, 2011 The CIA had a close relationship with Libyan intelligence under the regime of Moammar Gadhafi, according to documents seized from Libyan intelligence headquarters. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Turkey Ousts Israeli Ambassador

Staff / Truthdig Sep 3, 2011 Turkey downgraded its diplomatic ties with Israel on Friday, announcing that the Israeli ambassador is no longer welcome and that it would sever military ties between the two countries. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )