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• America Abroad: Islamism in Africa
  The recent attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi underscores the dangers of extremist groups in Libya, and elsewhere in Africa. The rise of Islamism in Africa -- Mali, Nigeria, Kenya and Libya. A documentary from the America Abroad series.Minnesota Public Radio News Presents, December 19, 2012
• Benghazi review slams State Department
  The leaders of an independent panel that blamed systematic State Department management and leadership failures for gross security lapses in the deadly Sept. 11 attack on a U.S. diplomatic mission in Libya will explain their findings to Congress on Wednesday.December 19, 2012
• Defense Secretary Leon Panetta at National Press Club
  Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta makes a final appearance at the National Press Club to address military budgets and U.S. military priorities around the world. He is just back from Afghanistan, Kuwait and Turkey.Minnesota Public Radio News Presents, December 17, 2012
• ND missile complex sold for $530K
  A missile complex in North Dakota, built in the 1970s to shoot down incoming nuclear missiles, was mothballed shortly it opened. Late Friday, the government sold the property for $530,000 to an unknown buyer.December 15, 2012
• Pentagon to send Patriot missiles, 400 troops to Turkey
  The U.S. will send two batteries of Patriot missiles and 400 troops to Turkey as part of a NATO force meant to protect Turkish territory from potential Syrian missile attack, the Pentagon said Friday.December 14, 2012
• Proposed constitution would take Egypt a step in the wrong direction
  A Minnesotan born in Cairo explains his decision to vote "no."December 14, 2012
• Egypt opposition members calling for 'no' vote on constitution
  Egyptians will vote on a new constitution on Saturday after protests of the referendum dominated the last week.The Daily Circuit, December 13, 2012
• The biggest stories of 2012 you never heard about
  What are the major news stories of 2012 that didn't receive enough media attention? We'll look back on the biggest stories that missed the front page and look ahead to what might dominate the headlines in 2013.The Daily Circuit, December 11, 2012
• US more concerned Syria could use chemical weapons
  The White House says it is increasingly concerned that the beleaguered regime in Syria might be considering use of chemical weapons against its own people and warned that doing so would "cross a red line."December 3, 2012
• Minn. Guard unit returning from Afghanistan
  After ensuring that other deployed U.S. troops got their greetings from afar, a Minnesota National Guard unit is on the final leg of its trip home from Afghanistan.December 3, 2012
• Palestinians euphoric over UN recognition
  Palestinians erupted in cheers, honked car horns and chanted "God is great" after the United Nations endorsed an independent state of Palestine.November 30, 2012
• Awareness of gender violence shouldn't follow the calendar
  To make a difference, it's simple: Oppose any act of violence, at any time.November 29, 2012
• Navy fires grad school president, citing mismanagement
  Navy Secretary Ray Mabus has fired the top two administrators of the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif., for mismanagement and fostering an atmosphere of defying Navy rules and regulations.November 28, 2012
• America's changing diplomacy
  American diplomacy has vastly changed over the past three decades, Robert F. Worth says in his recent New York Times magazine article. The increased emphasis on security for diplomats, he says, has changed the way we negotiate abroad.The Daily Circuit, November 27, 2012
• Salman Rushdie's memoir of his life in hiding as Joseph Anton
  Salman Rushdie delivers a Pen Pals Lecture in Hopkins about his memoir and his nine years living with death threats and a fatwa issued upon the publication of his novel, 'The Satanic Verses.' He lived under the pseudonym Joseph Anton.November 27, 2012

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