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• Indian forces kill last gunmen in Mumbai
  Indian commandos killed the last remaining gunmen holed up at a luxury Mumbai hotel Saturday, ending a 60-hour rampage through India's financial capital by suspected Islamic militants that killed 195 people and rocked the nation.November 28, 2008
• Massive explosion shakes Mumbai Jewish center
  A fresh battle raged at the luxury Taj Mahal hotel Friday evening as commandos fired grenades at the Mumbai landmark while other forces ended a siege at another five-star hotel.November 28, 2008
• 119 killed as gunmen rampage in India city
  Indian commandoes killed the last three gunman at a landmark hotel late Thursday and were sweeping another luxury hotel in search of hostages and trapped people after suspected Muslim militants stormed targets across Mumbai, leaving 119 people dead.November 27, 2008
• Pilgrims and Abraham Lincoln
  The Thanksgiving edition of Midmorning features conversations with two of the best known writers of history today.November 27, 2008
• Death toll rises, hostages held in Mumbai attacks
  Teams of gunmen stormed luxury hotels, a popular restaurant, hospitals and a crowded train station in coordinated attacks across India's financial capital Wednesday night, killing at least 82 people and taking Westerners hostage, police said. A group of suspected Muslim militants claimed responsibility.November 26, 2008
• Mercenaries: Iraq's parallel army
  Washington Post reporter Steve Fainaru discusses the parallel army of 100,000 that is filling in the gaps in Iraq. He says these privately-hired mercenaries operate outside the rules of engagement.Midday, November 25, 2008
• Painting the beauty and ambiguity of the Iraq war
  Soldiers who've experienced the war in Iraq say no matter how many images people see of the conflict, they can never truly understand what it's like. Knowing this, one Minnesota painter is still seeking to get closer to the truth.November 25, 2008
• A new timetable for U.S. troops
  The status of U.S. forces in Iraq is being debated in the Iraq Parliament and in the United States. NPR's Ivan Watson will join us from Baghdad.November 24, 2008
• UN human rights expert to hear local Hmong testimony
  A United Nations human rights expert has agreed to listen to testimony from Hmong families in the Twin Cities about the desecration of the graves of loved ones back in Thailand.November 18, 2008
• A Duluth vet recalls survival and triumph in the Philippines
  Erling Jonassen, among tens of thousands of men left behind in the Philippines in World War II, survived and took part in a guerrilla war that helped defeat the Japanese.November 11, 2008
• Minn. fund thanks veterans
  Six veterans - including two Purple Heart recipients - will be awarded grants from the Minnesotans' Military Appreciation Fund on this Veterans Day.November 11, 2008
• Covering the Iraq war
  A correspondent who covered the Iraq war talks about his experiences.Midmorning, October 30, 2008
• Star Tribune gets package labeled 'anthrax'
  The Star Tribune of Minneapolis has received a package containing a white powder labeled "anthrax," making it the latest news organization to receive such mail.October 30, 2008
• MIA returns painting stolen by Nazis
  The Minneapolis Institute of Arts has returned an early 20th century painting after determining it was looted by Nazis during the German occupation of France.October 30, 2008
• Looking back on Iraq
  A former commander of the First Brigade of the First Armored Division in Iraq discusses mistakes and progress made at the beginning of the war, and lessons learned for fighting the Iraq war today.Midmorning, October 24, 2008

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