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• MN National Guard chief on continuing work in Afghanistan
  MPR News' Cathy Wurzer spoke with Major General Rick Nash, who's Adjutant General of the Minnesota National Guard, about the future of the Minnesota National Guard in Afghanistan -- and beyond.January 29, 2014
• Support our troops. Buy some beer?
  In a country where an ongoing war didn't even register a blip as an issue in two consecutive presidential elections, America's corporations have filled the vacuum by tying their products to Americans returning from a war observed by most Americans with magnets on their cars.January 28, 2014
• Violence mars third anniversary of Egypt uprising
  Clashes nationwide killed at least 29 protesters, health officials said. The starkly contrasting scenes reflect the three years of turmoil Egypt has faced since the Jan. 25, 2011, revolution began and ultimately toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak, replacing him with a transitional military council.January 25, 2014
• Photos: Unrest rocks Ukraine as leader offers concessions
  President Viktor Yanukovych has promised a government reshuffle, an amnesty to detained activists and other concessions, after protests against his rule engulfed Ukraine.January 24, 2014
• Russians fear a Sochi Olympics legacy of 'Black Widows,' not gold medals
  Two weeks before the Winter Olympics, Russian security forces are reportedly searching for potential suicide bombers, at least one of whom may already be in the host city of Sochi.January 24, 2014
• South Sudan, rebels sign cease-fire
  The U.N. has warned of atrocities committed by both sides on the battlefield. The fighting has imperiled South Sudan's oil industry, after technical workers fled and rebel fighters took control of the fields for some time.January 23, 2014
• 'They got ambushed,' in Afghanistan, mom of Minnesota Guardsman says
  Kim Schwich says her son Robbie Sheets, of Litchfield, was among the wounded. She talked to him on Monday, and he told her he'd been shot in the back and legs in the attack at a forward operating base.January 23, 2014
• 5 Minnesota Guard members injured in Afghanistan
  The five members are from the 849th Mobility Augmentation Company based in Litchfield, a spokesman said.January 22, 2014
• Hunting for a 'Black Widow' in Sochi
  "She was reportedly spotted in downtown Sochi, which is supposed to be under heavy security in the run-up to the Winter Games. It wasn't clear how the woman was able to get through the security cordon around the city, or why police have been unable to locate her," NPR's Corey Flintoff reports.January 21, 2014
• As Iran shuts down nuclear units, US eases sanctions
  Iran's move was part of a landmark deal struck late last year with the U.S., five other world powers and the European Union to ease concerns over Tehran's nuclear program and provide for the partial removal of some of the economic sanctions that have crippled the Iranian economy.January 20, 2014
• 21 killed In Kabul restaurant attack
  A suicide attack at a Kabul restaurant popular with foreign nationals killed at least 21 people, including a senior official with the International Monetary Fund and four United Nations employees.January 18, 2014
• Benghazi attack was preventable, Senate panel says
  The Senate report spreads blame among the State Department, the military and U.S. intelligence for missing what now seem like obvious warning signs.January 15, 2014
• Gates says he wept each evening over troops' deaths
  The ex-Pentagon chief also fears extended tours of duty contributed to a rise in military suicides.January 13, 2014
• America Abroad: Syria and the Responsibility to Protect
  From the America Abroad series, a special report on the violent upheaval in Syria. More than 100,000 people have died, and millions are refugees. In advance of next week's scheduled peace talks in Geneva, this report considers whether, or how, the US should intervene.Minnesota Public Radio News Presents, January 13, 2014
• U.N. stopped counting, but Syrians keep dying
  It's not just President Bashar Assad's government army versus the rebels. The rebels are also battling rebels, and civilians are often the casualties, including a male nurse from Aleppo.January 12, 2014

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