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• Wahpeton soldier killed in Afghanistan
  The latest North Dakota soldier killed in Afghanistan is a National Guard member from Wahpeton. A Guard spokesman says Cpl. Christopher Kleinwachter, 29, died of injuries in a vehicle rollover Thursday.December 1, 2006
• A new kind of warfare
  A Marine Colonel says the administration has created a disaster in Iraq, but can win the war over time with more troops and more supplies.Midmorning, November 30, 2006
• Bush: al-Maliki is "the right guy for Iraq"
  President Bush said Thursday that there will be no "graceful exit" from Iraq, and he expressed confidence in Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. It was revealed Wednesday that National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley doubts al-Maliki's ability to stem the violence in his country.Midday, November 30, 2006
• Working in a war zone
  The Darfur region of Sudan has been called everything from "a powder keg" to "the next Rwanda." So just who would choose to work there?November 28, 2006
• The crisis in Darfur
  The situation in the Darfur region of Sudan continues to deteriorate, while the world debates what to do. Midmorning talks about the situation on the ground with an aid worker who's recently returned from the region.Midmorning, November 27, 2006
• Minnesota Guard, due home from Iraq in March, may face no more mandatory deployments
  The Minnesota National Guard says 2,600 Minnesota troops deployed in Iraq can expect to return home on schedule in 2007.November 26, 2006
• America's foreign policy challenges
  The United States faces foreign policy challenges in many corners of the globe: from Iraq to Afghanistan, Iran to North Korea.Midday, November 24, 2006
• What would make you pass a note to the pilot?
  Most airline passengers have never reported suspicious activity, as one person did Monday at Twin Cities Airport. What kind of behavior would prompt travelers to notify security as they head for the departure gate?November 22, 2006
• In some Muslim eyes, another case of "Flying while Muslim"
  The police report listed the incident as "Security-Other," but some saw the detention of imams at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport as another case of "Flying while Muslim" - the sense that Muslims come in for extra scrutiny when they fly.November 21, 2006
• Six imams removed from flight at Twin Cities airport, questioned
  The Council on American-Islamic Relations called Tuesday for an investigation into the behavior of airline staff and airport security in the removal of six Muslim scholars from a US Airways flight a day earlier.November 21, 2006
• Lessons learned from Vietnam
  Commentator Chris Steele, a Vietnam War veteran from St. Paul, reflects on President's Bush's recent comments from Vietnam.November 20, 2006
• Mother of kidnapped Minnesotan: 'I want my son back'
  Paul Reuben, a former St. Louis Park police officer, was one of four American private security contractors who, along with an Austrian co-worker, were being held by what Iraqi security officials were calling a criminal gang in the country's Safwan region.November 17, 2006
• In defense of human rights
  William Schulz, the former executive director of Amnesty International USA, discusses his work in a speech Thursday at the Westminster Town Hall Forum in downtown Minneapolis.Midday, November 16, 2006
• The picture of conflict
  Some experts argue that newsrooms are sanitizing images from Iraq and Afghanistan for popular consumption. Midmorning examines the role of graphic war coverage.Midmorning, November 15, 2006
• Tony Blair defends alliance with Bush
  Tony Blair, who will step down as British prime minister next year, outlined a strategy for stabilizing Iraq and the broader Middle East in a speech Monday. He also defended Great Britain's alliances with the U.S. and other European countries.Midday, November 14, 2006

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