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• 11 dead in Afghan NATO chopper crash
  A Taliban spokesman says fighters for the group shot down a NATO helicopter in the country's south. The international coalition says 11 people were killed in the crash.August 16, 2012
• Iraq: Bombs kill 10 north of Baghdad
  Iraqi authorities say three bomb blasts shortly before sunset north of Baghdad have killed 10 people and wounded 31.August 15, 2012
• European settlers caught in the middle of the US-Dakota War
  This week marks the 150th anniversary of the start of the US-Dakota War of 1862. Historian Annette Atkins from the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's Univeristy talks with Morning Edition host Cathy Wurzer about the white settlers who found themselves caught between government corruption and desperate Indians.August 15, 2012
• President Lincoln's role in the US-Dakota War of 1862
  The conflict between the Dakota people and European settlers had been building long before the first shots were fired in the Dakota War. Dave Nichols, author of 'Lincoln and the Indians,' discussed this chapter in history with Morning Edition host Cathy Wurzer.August 14, 2012
• Expansion of treatment court sought for outstate Minn. veterans
  Two years after Hennepin County launched a Veterans Treatment Court, more than 100 veterans have avoided jail time and gotten the help they needed. The Minneapolis court has become a model -- and now, advocates say something like it is needed outside the metro area to help veterans there.August 13, 2012
• Web series focuses on military sex assault
  The enormous obstacles and emotional torment a female solider confronts in reporting a sexual assault in the military is the focus of the three-part Web series "Lauren" debuting Monday on YouTube's new channel WIGS.August 12, 2012
• Storied 101st Airborne marks 70th anniversary
  This week, thousands of soldiers and veterans are gathering to honor the 101st Airborne Division.August 12, 2012
• America's moral obligation to Afghanistan
  Washington Post reporter Rajiv Chandrasekaran recounts the history of America's longest and most complicated war. The author of "Little America: The War Within the War for Afghanistan" told a Commonwealth Club audience there is no confidence that Afghanistan will not fall back into chaos, but America has an ongoing moral obligation to the people of Afghanistan.Minnesota Public Radio News Presents, August 10, 2012
• Documentary: Religious minorities in the Middle East
  From the America Abroad series, a new documentary about the rise of Islamist governments in the Middle East and the rights of religious minorities.Minnesota Public Radio News Presents, August 8, 2012
• The Week in Commentary
  A summary of the past week's commentaries and some of the comments offered in reply.August 4, 2012
• Kofi Annan to step down as Syria envoy
  Kofi Annan said Thursday he will step down from his high-profile role as special envoy for Syria at the end of the month, delivering blistering criticism of world powers' failure to unite over the country's escalating violence.August 2, 2012
• A safer Mogadishu beckons Somali-Americans
  Once regarded as one of the world's most dangerous cities, the Somali capital of Mogadishu is seeing a bit of a revival. Increased security has helped lure some young Somali-Americans to the city of their birth for the first time since civil war erupted 21 years ago. But the peace is fragile.July 31, 2012
• US vets mix regret, detachment on Iraq violence
  Some worry their sacrifices may have been for nothing. Others have put all news of Iraq behind them as they focus on their civilian lives. Some take a long view and say history has yet to decide the war's outcome.July 31, 2012
• A serving of Spam, seasoned with survivor's guilt
  Her father saw it as salvation. She saw it as disgusting.July 31, 2012
• Aspen Ideas Festival: The US role in stopping genocide and mass slaughter
  When there are people in harm's way anywhere on the globe, what is the US responsibility to stop it? Do the American people have a moral responsibility to protect other people from genocide, civil war, mass slaughter, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity?Minnesota Public Radio News Presents, July 30, 2012

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