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• 'Huge win for victims of sexual assault' in defense budget
  Sexual assaults in the military and the way such cases are handled have been growing problems. The number of such assaults is thought to have increased by a third since 2010. There were an estimated 26,000 cases of unwanted sexual contact in the military in 2012.December 20, 2013
• South Sudanese in U.S. warn against ignoring conflict in their homeland
  Minnesota is among a handful of states with large populations of people with roots in South Sudan. That community here is mobilizing to speak out against the violence erupting in South Sudan. Tom Crann spoke to Augustino Ting Mayai, who came to the U.S. as one of the so-called "lost boys" -- children displaced by the civil war there. Ting Mayai is Director of Research at the Sudd Institute, which advises the South Sudanese government on a variety of topics. He's a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin in Madison and he's spent the last two years living and working in South Sudan's capital.December 20, 2013
• Three trouble spots around the globe
  We check on developments in Ukraine, North Korea and the Central African Republic.The Daily Circuit, December 18, 2013
• Veterans the government won't help
  Those who left the military on bad terms find doors closed to them.The Daily Circuit, December 17, 2013
• America Abroad: Deradicalizing Terrorists
  This program from the America Abroad series explores methods for countering violent extremism by reaching disaffected young males before they become radicalized. With reporting from London and Minneapolis, the city with the greatest number of Somalis in the United States.Minnesota Public Radio News Presents, December 16, 2013
• 200K rally against government in Ukraine
  About 200,000 anti-government protesters converged on the central square of Ukraine's capital Sunday in a dramatic show of morale after nearly four weeks of daily protests, but the rally was shadowed by suggestions that their goal of closer ties with Europe may be imperiled.December 15, 2013
• Photos: Ukrainian opposition presses with massive rally
  About 200,000 anti-government protesters converged on the central square of Ukraine's capital Sunday in a dramatic show of morale after nearly four weeks of daily protests, but the rally was shadowed by suggestions that their goal of closer ties with Europe may be imperiled.December 15, 2013
• White House: Man seized in Iran in 2007 was not working for CIA
  A day after The Associated Press reported that an ex-FBI agent who went missing in Iran seven years ago was on a rogue mission for the CIA, the White House has reiterated its long-held position that Robert Levinson was not on the U.S. payroll when he disappeared.December 13, 2013
• 'Bad paper' military discharges: The challenges of an other-than-honorable exit from service
  Veterans with "other than honorable" discharges lose benefits like the GI Bill for school or a VA home loan. But they also can't get VA health care and disability compensation, even for the PTSD that may have caused the bad discharge. Such veterans have a few avenues of appeal, but none is simple.December 13, 2013
• Missing American in Iran was on unapproved mission
  For years, the U.S. has publicly described a retired FBI agent who vanished in Iran as a private citizen. But that was just a cover story. An Associated Press investigation reveals that Levinson was working for the CIA.December 12, 2013
• Kim Jong Un's uncle, formerly North Korea's No. 2, is executed
  North Korea announced Friday that Jang Song Thaek, the uncle of leader Kim Jong Un and formerly the second most powerful man in the country, has been executed after being found guilty of treason by a military tribunal.December 12, 2013
• Help is hard to get for veterans after a bad discharge
  More than 100,000 troops left the service with other-than-honorable discharges in the last 10 years. The consequences of a bad discharge can last a lifetime, disqualifying veterans from benefits and health care. Host Rachel Martin speaks with NPR's Quil Lawrence about his series on these former members of the military.December 12, 2013
• Minn. family, human rights activists call for release of man jailed in Abu Dhabi
  A Minnesota family and local human rights activists are calling on the United Arab Emirates to release a man who has been jailed since April for his involvement in a parody video.December 10, 2013
• Malala, hailed around the world, controversial at home
  Malala Yousafzai is widely viewed as a heroine in the West, for her brave stand against the Taliban's violent repression of girls' rights to education. But the 16-year-old is the subject of fierce debate in at home in Pakistan, and some worry that she is being exploited for ideological purposes.December 10, 2013
• Other-than-honorable discharge burdens like a scarlet letter
  Eric Highfill spent five years in the Navy, fixing airplanes for special-operations forces. His discharge papers show an Iraq campaign medal and an Afghanistan campaign medal, a good conduct medal, and that he's a marksman with a pistol and sharpshooter with a rifle. None of that matters, because at the bottom of the page it reads "Discharged: under other than honorable conditions."December 9, 2013

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