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• Funeral set for Minn. soldier
  Spc. Emilio Campo Jr. will be remembered and buried in his hometown of Madelia on Friday. The 20-year-old died June 6 in a rocket attack.June 14, 2011
• 40 years after leak, Pentagon Papers are out
  Forty years after the explosive leak of the Pentagon Papers, a secret government study chronicling deception and misadventure in U.S. conduct of the Vietnam War, the report is coming out in its entirety on Monday.June 13, 2011
• Al-Qaida's East African leader killed in Mogadishu
  The death of Fazul Abdullah Mohammed -- a man who topped the FBI's most wanted list for nearly 13 years -- is the third major strike in six weeks against the worldwide terror group that was headed by Osama bin Laden until his death last month.June 11, 2011
• Former Fort Snelling administrator named Arlington manager
  James Gemmell, former director of the Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minnesota, has been brought in at Arlington National Cemetery, capping a yearlong struggle to revamp burial procedures and record-keeping after a spate of grave mix-ups that marred the reputation of the U.S. military's most hallowed ground.June 10, 2011
• What happens next in the Arab uprisings?
  The BBC's "World Have Your Say" program broadcasts live from Cairo, Egypt, to reflect on the Arab Uprisings. The program will focus on the international response to the uprisings, and the subsequent changes to the economies of the region.Midday, June 10, 2011
• FBI confirms man allegedly behind Somali suicide bombing as Minn. man
  The FBI confirmed today that a Twin Cities man was one of two suicide bombers who staged an attack in Somalia's capital city last week.June 9, 2011
• Somali man faces terror-related charges in Minn.
  Another Somali man is charged in Minnesota in connection with the travels of young men who are thought to have joined a terror group in their homeland.June 9, 2011
• Gunmen attack Afghan wedding party, killing 9
  Gunmen opened fire on a wedding party in eastern Afghanistan, killing nine people, including the groom, officials said Thursday.June 9, 2011
• DOD: Minn soldier 1 of 5 killed Monday in Baghdad
  The U.S. Department of Defense confirmed Thursday a soldier from southern Minnesota was one of five who died in a rocket attack on a base in Baghdad, Iraq Monday. It was the largest, single-day loss of life for U.S. forces in Iraq in two years.June 9, 2011
• Rep. Walz on Iraq troop withdrawals and role of Red Bulls
  Minnesota 1st District Democratic Rep. Tim Walz is the highest ranking enlisted soldier ever to serve in the Congress. He joins Midday to discuss the dangers involved in the Iraq War troop withdrawal, and what the Red Bulls may face when deployed to this effort in July. The Afghanistan troop drawdown begins this summer as well.Midday, June 9, 2011
• Family and friends remember soldier from Madelia, Minn. killed in Iraq
  Family and friends are mourning the death of a 2009 Madelia High School graduate who was killed in Iraq, though the Defense Department has not yet said how or when Campo died.June 8, 2011
• Remains of Minn. airman recovered in Laos
  The Defense Department has identified remains found in Laos as those of a Vietnam War Air Force pilot from Browns Valley.June 7, 2011
• Yemen claims 30 Islamic militants killed in south
  Government forces killed 30 Islamic militants in Yemen's troubled southern province of Abyan in what appeared to be an escalation of a military campaign to retake areas captured by extremists amid the country's turmoil, the Defense Ministry said Tuesday.June 7, 2011
• Family IDs Minn. man allegedly behind Somali suicide bombing
  Family members have identified Farah Mohamed Beledi as the Minnesota man who African peacekeepers say tried to detonate himself in a suicide bombing last week in Mogadishu.June 7, 2011
• The latest from Syria, Yemen and Libya
  The BBC's "World Have Your Say" turns its attention to the crises in Syria, Yemen, and Libya and the affect they are having on residents who live there. Violent clashes against the government have been reported in Syria and Yemen, and in Libya NATO jets unleashed a series of air strikes on Tripoli.Midday, June 6, 2011

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