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Bloodiest Day Yet of Syrian Protests

Staff / Truthdig Apr 22, 2011 Marking the bloodiest day in a month of ever-escalating anti-government protest, Syrian security forces have reportedly shot dozens of demonstrators as tens of thousands march against the presidency of Bashar al-Assad. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Attack of the Drones Begins in Libya

Staff / Truthdig Apr 22, 2011 On Thursday, Defense Secretary Robert Gates confirmed that President Obama has given the go-ahead for U.S. forces to send armed Predator drones to Libya. Meanwhile, Mitt Romney officially disapproves of Obama's strategy vis-a-vis the Libyan conflict. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Syria Ends Emergency Rule as Opposition Gains Momentum

Staff / Truthdig Apr 20, 2011 Observers say the concessions could mark the beginning of the end for President Bashar al-Assad. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Gaylingual’ Code Invented in Myanmar

Staff / Truthdig Apr 18, 2011 Gay men in Myanmar make up a language, women disappear in new-order Egypt and the Civil War divides Americans in 2011. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

U.K. Courts to Journalists: Stow It

Staff / Truthdig Apr 18, 2011 Parliamentary official John Hemming has drawn attention to a new type of court order forbidding members of Britain's fourth estate to cover cases deemed too sensitive for public consideration The order, known as a super-injunction (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Power Company Predicts 9 More Months of Fukushima Drama

Staff / Truthdig Apr 18, 2011 After five weeks of struggling to avoid a total meltdown at the quake- and tsunami-battered Fukushima nuclear plant, Tokyo Electric Power Co. has announced that it could be nine months before it is able to cool damaged reactors completely. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

World Bank President Sounds a Warning

Staff / Truthdig Apr 18, 2011 With rising food prices and soaring unemployment wreaking havoc across the developing world, World Bank President Robert Zoellick has some dreary news, declaring that the world is "one shock away from a full-blown crisis." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Syria Moves to End Emergency Rule

Staff / Truthdig Apr 17, 2011 After weeks of anti-government protests that show no sign of cooling, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has decided to try to quell the dissent with honey rather than vinegar, overturning a national state of emergency that has lasted nearly 50 years. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Nigerians Picking a President

Staff / Truthdig Apr 17, 2011 Tens of millions of citizens in the most populous African nation headed to the polls on Saturday, marking what could be the country's first legitimate presidential election in decades. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Gadhafi Forces Fire Into Residential Areas

Staff / Truthdig Apr 16, 2011 Reports are in that Moammar Gadhafi’s forces are firing into residential neighborhoods with cluster bombs and ground-to-ground rockets, weapons criticized for their indiscriminate trajectories, as loyalists vow to crush the anti-Gadhafi rebellion in the city of Misurata. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Fukushima Gets Upgraded to Chernobyl-Level Emergency

Staff / Truthdig Apr 12, 2011 Japanese officials have revised the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi plant to level 7, making it the second such disaster in history, the only one since the Chernobyl meltdown. It had previously been described as being on the scale of Three Mile Island, a smaller event. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Meanwhile, in Ivory Coast …

Staff / Truthdig Apr 12, 2011 Libya may get all the attention, but another international effort to oust an African strongman may have reached its conclusion After three months of fighting, former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo was captured by forces loyal to France, the UN, his political opposition or all of the above, depending on who tells it (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )