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• Arab expert on Middle East crisis
  President Obama is expected to visit Turkey during his first Middle East visit. Turkey's government has offered to mediate with Iran. Better relations with Iran is just one of the ways in which the Obama administration is trying to change direction in the Middle East.Midmorning, March 11, 2009
• Officials: Terror worries tied to Midwest Somalis
  Senior counter-terrorism officials say an East Africa-based terrorist group that is recruiting young Somalis from Minneapolis has ties to al-Qaida insurgents.March 11, 2009
• Klobuchar seeks reprieve for Liberians
  U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, along with six other Democratic senators, is asking Pres. Barack Obama to grant thousands of Liberians living legally in the U.S. a reprieve from imminent deportation.March 8, 2009
• Online tools may have been used to recruit young Somalis
  A new study warns about the threat of Islamist radicalization and says online chat rooms are gaining strength. The report sheds some light on how recruiters could lure Americans to fight in a holy war.March 6, 2009
• The escalating war in Afghanistan
  A new report from the U.S. Institute of Peace says better training of troops and police, cultivation of local leaders, and fighting corruption will be the keys to stability in Afghanistan.Midday, March 6, 2009
• Clinton calls for Fargo journalist's release
  U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is calling for the release of an Iranian-American journalist being held prisoner in Iran.March 5, 2009
• News Cut: Is Saberi caught in the middle?
  Reza Saberi, the father of U.S. journalist Roxana Saberi, who is being held by Iranians for allegedly violating Iranian law, spoke to All Things Considered today about the situation.March 3, 2009
• Iran confirms arrest of US journalist
  Iran's judiciary spokesman confirms that Roxana Saberi, a U.S. journalist who grew up in Fargo, N.D., was detained about a month ago and is being held in a prison north of the capital, Tehran.March 3, 2009
• How the insurgency shifted U.S. strategy in Iraq
  As a military correspondent covering the war in Iraq, Tom Ricks got a firsthand view of how the U.S. military changed its approach to the Iraqi insurgency and transformed the situation on the ground.Midmorning, March 3, 2009
• Missing Somali men may have romanticized their homeland
  Young Somali-Americans try to make sense of the disappearances of about a dozen men from the Twin Cities.March 2, 2009
• Journalist, a Fargo native, arrested in Iran
  Iran said Monday that journalist Roxana Saberi, a native of Fargo, was recently detained in the country for engaging in "illegal" activities because she continued working after the government revoked her press credentials in 2006.March 2, 2009
• Obama: U.S. combat in Iraq to end in 18 months
  Declaring "I have come to speak to you about how the war in Iraq will end," President Barack Obama on Friday announced that all U.S. combat troops will be withdrawn by the end of August 2010.February 27, 2009
• Army: Enemy fire caused copter collision in Iraq
  Enemy fire caused two U.S. Army helicopters to collide in Iraq last month, killing four American pilots including one from Minnesota.February 27, 2009
• President Obama outlines plan for Iraq troop withdrawal
  President Barack Obama outlines his plans for the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq, during a speech at Camp LeJeune Marine Base in North Carolina. The administration now considers Aug. 31, 2010, the end date for Iraq war operations.Midday, February 27, 2009
• Mosque opens doors to help dispel rumors
  Leaders of a Minneapolis mosque have been vigorously fighting accusations linking them to a number of missing Twin Cities men -- men that some believe have returned to Somalia to fight in that country's civil war. Last night they took a different approach by hosting an open house at the mosque.February 26, 2009

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