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  • Bin Laden's death 'satisfying' for Minnesota military families
    More than 2,000 U.S. troops have been killed in Afghanistan since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, including several Minnesotans.May 2, 2011
  • Not guilty plea for Minnesota man in Somali case
    A Minnesota man accused of helping young Somalis travel from the U.S. to fight in their homeland has pleaded not guilty.May 2, 2011
  • US, NATO: Bin Laden death won't end Afghan mission
    The leaders made the statement in the wake of a U.S. operation that killed the al-Qaida leader.May 2, 2011
  • Reactions from around Minnesota about Osama bin Laden's death
    Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, has been killed by U.S. forces in Pakistan. Minnesota Public Radio News has reached out to our Public Insight Network for thoughts and reactions of the news.May 2, 2011
  • The hunt for Osama bin Laden is over
    How did it happen, and what are the implications?Midday, May 2, 2011
  • Minn. political leaders react to bin Laden's death
    Minnesota political leaders are praising the U.S. military forces who killed Osama bin Laden.May 2, 2011
  • NPR special coverage of Osama bin Laden's death
    NPR presents the latest analysis and news on al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's death at the hands of U.S. forces in Pakistan.Midday, May 2, 2011
  • Americans gather joyfully to mark bin Laden death
    Jubilant New Yorkers gathered at the spot where the World Trade Center fell almost 10 years ago, waving American flags, snapping pictures and breaking into song early Monday to celebrate the death of Osama bin Laden.May 2, 2011
  • After bin Laden (hour 2)
    Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, has been killed by U.S. Forces. Midmorning looks at what his death means for the future of al-Qaida and the war on terror.Midmorning, May 2, 2011
  • After bin Laden
    Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the September 11th terrorist attacks, has been killed by U.S. Forces. Midmorning looks at what his death means for the future of al-Qaida and the war on terror.Midmorning, May 2, 2011
  • Bin Laden took a path of fanaticism and terror
    The most intense manhunt in history finally caught up with Osama bin Laden, but his life's story will be told many different ways by different people. Reviled in the West as the personification of evil, bin Laden was admired and even revered by some fellow Muslims who embraced his vision of unending jihad against the United States and Arab governments he deemed as infidels.May 1, 2011
  • US kills Osama bin Laden decade after 9/11 attacks
    Osama bin Laden, the face of global terrorism and architect of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, was killed in a firefight with elite American forces Monday, then quickly buried at sea in a stunning finale to a furtive decade on the run.May 1, 2011
  • NATO strike kills Gadhafi's son but leader escapes
    The missle struck a house in Tripoli where Moammar Gadhafi and his wife were staying on Saturday, missing the Libyan leader but killing his youngest son and three grandchildren, a government spokesman said.April 30, 2011
  • 14-year-old filmmaker recounts the trauma of 9/11
    The eighth-grader's look at the 9/11 he and fellow students experienced gets its debut screening Saturday at the Tribeca Film Festival's Family Festival.April 30, 2011
  • Photos: Soldier killed in Afghanistan laid to rest
    Spc. Joseph A. Kennedy, a native of Inver Grove Heights, was laid to rest in services Thursday. Kennedy, 25, was killed in combat in Afghanistan April 15. After his funeral at the Church of St. Patrick in Inver Grove Heights, Kennedy was buried at Fort Snelling National Cemetery.April 28, 2011

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