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War & Conflict

• Reviving the gun debate
  Midmorning discusses new thinking about gun control and violence and what may be behind the the recent spate of school shootings.Midmorning, March 10, 2008
• Director hopes Minnesota-made movie leads to healing
  A movie shot around the Fond du Lac reservation in northern Minnesota will gets its first public screening at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. The film, "Older than America," is an uncompromising drama about Indian boarding schools.March 7, 2008
• Injured soldier wants to return to Minnesota
  Scott Adams is recovering from severe injuries he sustained in a bombing in Iraq. He wants to return to Minnesota by year's end.March 3, 2008
• A strange trip for 'The Band's Visit'
  Director Eran Kolirin's film, "The Band's Visit," which opens in the Twin Cities this weekend, is a bittersweet comedy from Israel. It's been a hit with critics, but simply by being an Israeli film, it's run into controversy too.February 28, 2008
• More than 400 Minnesota soldiers in Kosovo
  The soldiers are in the Minnesota Army National Guard and are aiding in peace-keeping efforts in Kosovo.February 18, 2008
• Minn. Guard troops work to keep peace during Kosovo independence
  Minnesota National Guard soldiers serving in Kosovo are working to make sure the nation's move to declare itself independent doesn't lead to violence.February 18, 2008
• Pakistan's crucial elections
  Benazir Bhutto's assassination may propel her party to victory in parliamentary elections in Pakistan Monday, with her controversial widower as the presidential candidate. The Pakistan elections are seen as a test of President Pervez Musharraf's transition to non-military rule.Midmorning, February 18, 2008
• A day for Vietnam Vets
  A bill creating Vietnam Veterans Day clears Minn. House panel.February 15, 2008
• Federal officials to take second look at reward for Moussaoui
  Federal officials have agreed to take another look at an anti-terrorism reward that excluded two Zacarias Moussaoui tipsters, according to Minnesota's two U.S. senators.February 12, 2008
• News Cut: Captain Bibeau's lesson
  Eighth-grade students in Roseville are learning a lesson this week: Sometimes their favorite teacher has to go to war.February 7, 2008
• U.S., Iraq discuss long-term relationship
  With a year left in office, the Bush administration has begun discussions with the Iraqi government on America's long-term relationship with that country. What that relationship will look like, and what kind of presence the U.S. military will have in Iraq, is prompting debate in Washington.Midmorning, January 29, 2008
• Minnesota soldier killed in Afghanistan
  A soldier from Granite Falls was killed in Afghanistan Saturday. The Pentagon is backing off from its original report that Matthew Ryan Kahler may have died from friendly fire.January 28, 2008
• Letters from the trenches
  A war-zone journalism finds her dispatches to a prominent European magazine don't quite capture what she's feeling as she's reporting. So Carolin Emcke wrote letters to her friends to give them a sense of what conflict really costs.Midmorning, January 25, 2008
• Geraldine Brooks finds mystery in an ancient text
  When Geraldine Brooks covered the Bosnian crisis for the Wall Street Journal, she became fascinated by the disappearance of the Sarajevo Haggadah, a prized medieval text. The story of its recovery launched what was to become Brooks' new novel, "People of the Book."January 24, 2008
• Grandma's Marathon defending champ killed in Kenyan violence
  Grandma's Marathon organizers in Duluth, Minn., reported Monday that two-time men's champion Wesly Ngetich was killed during ongoing violence in Kenya.January 21, 2008

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