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Silicone Buttocks Injections Are Killing Venezuelan Women

Staff / Truthdig Sep 17, 2013 In a nation that is famous for its gorgeous women—Venezuela holds the Guinness World Record for the country with the most winners of worldwide beauty pageants—people go to extremes to attain an impossible standard. And this obsession with aesthetic perfection is starting to take lives. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Teresa Forcades: No Nonsense Nun

Staff / Truthdig Sep 17, 2013 Many have joined the Spanish sister's anti-capitalist Catalan independence movement; Wharton business school is now offering large parts of its MBA courses online for free; the NSA hasn't figured out how to treat Mexico. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Top Afghan Policewoman Killed

Staff / Truthdig Sep 16, 2013 In the latest in a series of attacks against women in power, Sub-Inspector Negara was shot dead Sunday by a couple of unknown gunmen. The two shot at the admired official’s neck while she was purchasing grass for her lamb. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Andrew Cockburn

BLANK Sep 15, 2013 In reporting on decades of U.S. sanctions against Iran, Harper’s Magazine’s Washington editor fully uncovers a mass destruction and murder scheme on a Napoleonic scale. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Chris Hedges on Obama’s Intent With Syria

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 14, 2013 How does Obama's decision to delay a congressional vote on a military strike fit into the U.S. government's overall mission there? Are American leaders simply interested in weakening the Syrian government through a prolonged civil war? Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

On Chelsea Manning and Privacy, Cumberbatch Still Sides With Authority (Updated)

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 14, 2013 After reading Benedict Cumberbatch's full, unedited remarks on the punishment of Chelsea Manning and government destruction of privacy, published Monday at The Guardian, I believe his meanings as originally reported remain intact. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Kerry: U.S. and Russia Make Chemical Weapons Deal

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 14, 2013 The U.S. and Russia have agreed that Syrian chemical weapons will be put under international control and destroyed beginning one week from now, The Guardian reported Saturday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Left, Right & Center’: The Syrian Drama, Extreme Inequality

Staff / Truthdig Sep 14, 2013 Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other "Left, Right & Center" panelists asked Friday whether President Obama just succeeded at diplomacy with Syria by accident? Are we rolling out the "Mission Accomplished" banner too soon? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Parts of Europe Heating Faster Than Global Average

By Paul Brown, Climate News Network Sep 13, 2013 Climate change hits different regions in different ways. As Europe's climate warms, some areas are already trying to adapt. New crops are being planted and there's a call for buildings that don't overheat in warm weather. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Five Ways a Wider Syrian War Could Go Nuclear

Staff / Truthdig Sep 13, 2013 In the wake of an apparent break in the march to a wider war, the reality of a nuclear dimension in Syria remains largely unspoken. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Exceptional, You Bet

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Sep 13, 2013 As I read Vladimir Putin's sanctimonious op-ed article about U.S. policy in Syria, I imagined the Russian president sitting at the keyboard in a lovely pink negligee. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Bloomberg Says Candidate’s Interracial Family Part of a ‘Racist’ Campaign

Staff / Truthdig Sep 13, 2013 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: The latest developments in Syria, Michael Bloomberg cries racism, the uncompassionate detention of Lynne Stewart and Robert Scheer remembers the late Saul Landau. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )