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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 )

Pirates Beware: The U.K. Is Handing Over Your Loot

Staff / Truthdig Dec 24, 2012 The government of the United Kingdom plans to allow copyrighted material to be copied for personal use; Julian Assange gives kudos to Bradley Manning from the balcony of the Ecuadorean Embassy in London; meanwhile, South Africa's ruling party has called for an official boycott of Israel. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Internet Turf War

Staff / Truthdig Dec 13, 2012 At the World Conference on International Telecommunications in Dubai, governments are trying to get their hands and handcuffs on the Internet; some scientists have posited that homosexuals inherit the trait from their opposite-sex parent; meanwhile, Italy's disgraced Silvio Berlusconi prepares to run again. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Ailing Hugo Chavez Names Successor

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Dec 11, 2012 Although he was only recently elected to a fourth term as Venezuela's president, Hugo Chavez has flown to Cuba for yet another surgery to address malignant cancer. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Read It and Weep: Jail Time for Debunking Crying Jesus Myth

Staff / Truthdig Nov 30, 2012 The man who pointed out that a crying Jesus statue in Mumbai wasn't a miracle was threatened with imprisonment and death; Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan have inspired erotic fan fiction; meanwhile, Finland has found the key to effective education reform: equity. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Arafat Exhumed: Was the Palestinian Leader Poisoned?

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Nov 27, 2012 Swiss, French and Russian scientists will conduct tests on samples taken from the body of Yasser Arafat, the first Palestinian Authority president whose official cause of death eight years ago is listed as stroke, but whose personal items were found to contain traces of polonium-210. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )