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• UN condemns Somali bombing at Mogadishu cafe
  The U.N. Security Council has condemned "in the strongest terms" a suicide bombing that killed 14 people at a Mogadishu cafe frequented by politicians and journalists.September 21, 2012
• Family: Minn. Somali left to join al-Shabab
  A Minnesota man recently traveled to Somalia to join al-Shabab, a spokesman for his family said, renewing fears that the terror group is continuing to recruit Somalis living in the U.S. to return to their homeland to fight. Above, African Union troops search for al-Shabab forces in Somalia.September 21, 2012
• The key to getting along in the world is to show respect
  A little cultural competence can go a long way.September 21, 2012
• Obama: Extremists used video as 'excuse' to attack
  President Barack Obama said Thursday that extremists used an anti-Islam video as an excuse to assault U.S. interests overseas, including an attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans.September 20, 2012
• US surge troops have left Afghanistan
  U.S. officials announced Thursday that all of the 33,000 troops sent to Afghanistan two years ago to stem Taliban violence have left the country.September 20, 2012
• Roundtable: Amid Middle East protests, a look at free expression
  As protests continue in the Middle East over an online video that mocked the Prophet Muhammad, our panel will look at the debate over art and free expression, and what happens when art provokes violence.The Daily Circuit, September 20, 2012
• Actress in anti-Muslim video wants it down
  Attorneys for Cindy Lee Garcia plan to seek the injunction Thursday against the 14-minute YouTube trailer for "Innocence of Muslims" in a Los Angeles court.September 20, 2012
• US ambassador in Morocco, a Minnesotan, sees no sign of unrest
  A Minneapolis-based attorney currently serving as the U.S. ambassador to Morocco said Wednesday that violent protests sparked by an anti-Islam Internet video produced in the United States have not reached the north African country.September 19, 2012
• A look at U.S. defense spending amid looming automatic cuts
  The presidential candidates have unique visions of the money that should be increased - or decreased - for our national defense. So how much does the U.S. spend on military and defense, and what areas deserve more focus?The Daily Circuit, September 18, 2012
• Uproar over video offers a warning about what happens when fundamentalism wins
  A tide pool may be like the ocean, but it would be a mistake to think it's the same thing.September 18, 2012
• Coptic Christians, Muslims denounce film, violence
  California Coptic Christian and Muslim leaders denounced an anti-Islamic movie that has sparked violence in the Middle East, as the filmmaker and his family left their suburban home and went into hiding.September 17, 2012
• Antietam, the 'lost dispatch,' and the bloodiest day in US history
  From as far away as Minnesota, Colorado and Ohio they came, more than 30 members of the Bloss and Mitchell families who converged on the hallowed Civil War fighting grounds of rural Maryland.September 17, 2012
• As new vets go online, VA and others follow
  Many men and women who served in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are gravitating to websites open only to them. But not all the changes are happening online: The VFW's oldest chapter, Post 1 in Denver, is reorganizing around the needs of the new veterans.September 16, 2012
• Ellison: Complex situation in Libya
  In the wake of the attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Libya, U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., says Americans need to understand the complexities of the political situation in the north African country.September 16, 2012
• Did battle, and US future, hang on thread of fate?
  From as far away as Minnesota, Colorado and Ohio they came, more than 30 family members who converged on the hallowed Civil War fighting grounds of rural Maryland. One descendant said he wanted the younger generation to "understand the sacrifices that were made" at Antietam on Sept. 17, 1862, the single bloodiest day in U.S. history.September 15, 2012

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