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• Managing mediation
  An expert on mediation says conflict resolution doesn't always have a happy ending. And he says forcing a resolution can be the worst thing for parties in a dispute.February 11, 2005
• What do college kids know about fighting terrorism?
  Minnesota native Michael Hurley, senior director of policy at the 9/11 Public Discourse Project, says that young people need to focus their energy and talents on preventing future terrorist attacks. Hurley, who served as senior counsel and counter-terrorism policy team leader with the 9/11 Commission and has worked with American operations in Bosnia and Afghanistan, spoke Tuesday at the University Center Rochester.February 7, 2005
• Was Iraq's vote a turning point?
  The people of Iraq went to the polls by the millions on Sunday and cast ballots in the country's first democratic elections in half a century. At least 35 people were killed in 10 suicide attacks--a level of violence characterized as "light" by military officials. Were the elections a turning point, a baby step or a lucky break?January 31, 2005
• Minnesota soldiers get rousing homecoming
  A group of Minnesota soldiers is back home from Iraq. About 75 members of the 477th medical company of northeastern Minnesota have been on active duty since 2003, transporting medical supplies and the injured. Lt. Jeremy Doesken of Cloquet told MPR's Cathy Wurzer the homecoming this past weekend was unbelieveable.January 31, 2005
• Sen. Mark Dayton
  Sen. Mark Dayton, D-Minn., was one of 13 Senate Democrats to vote against the confirmation of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Wednesday. Several of the senators criticized Rice's role in the run up to the Iraq war, but only Dayton directly accused the Bush administration of lying about the reasons for the war. Why did Dayton decide to escalate his criticism of the Bush administration?January 28, 2005
• Iraqis at home and abroad ponder: to vote or not to vote
  Iraqi expatriates living in the U.S. and elsewhere begin casting their votes in the Iraqi parliamentary elections Friday. And while fears of violence and questions of legitimacy may keep some people living in Iraq away from the polls on Sunday, absentee voter turnout is expected to be low chiefly for logistical reasons.January 28, 2005
• Building democracies in Iraq and beyond
  Absentee voting begins on Friday in the Iraqi parliamentary elections, but the real test will be Sunday: election day in Iraq. Insurgent groups are vowing to disrupt the vote and the U.S. has responded by banning most vehicle traffic on Sunday. Will the elections be the turning point the U.S. is hoping for? What are the broader implications of President George W. Bush's inaugural vow to spread democracy across the globe?January 27, 2005
• Should we stay or should we go?
  Some say the United States should shift its focus to training more Iraqi soldiers rather than fighting insurgents. Midmorning discuses the situation for troops in both Afghanistan and Iraq.January 25, 2005
• Iraq shadows Bush's second term, but gets no mention
  President Bush's inaugural address contained 2,000 words of passion and promise for his second term, but no direct mention of the war that could sink it. The conflict in Iraq, win or lose, could define his presidency. Bush knows this as well as anyone, which explains his startegic omission.January 20, 2005
• No Place to Hide
  In the 1990s, the data industry mushroomed. Vast computer systems quietly gathered staggering amounts of personal information about virtually every American adult, mostly for business and marketing purposes. After the 9/11 attacks, national security officials reached out to data companies for help in finding potential terrorists. "No Place to Hide," a new documentary from American RadioWorks, tracks the dawning of this brave new world of private and government surveillance.January 13, 2005
• Cass Lake soldier dies in Iraq
  People on the Leech Lake Indian Reservation are mourning the loss of a Minnesota soldier killed in Iraq. Army Spc. Dwayne James McFarlane, Jr., 20, grew up in Cass Lake. Friends and family members remember McFarlane as an ambitious and caring young man who was proud of his American Indian heritage.January 11, 2005
• Charting the Palestinian future
  Palestinians voted overwhelmingly to elect Mahmoud Abbas as president of the Palestinian Authority. Amid hopes for peace, Abbas is under pressure to control militants.January 10, 2005
• An electoral dispute
  A small group of House Democrats, joined by Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., is submitting a challenge to the electoral vote count in Ohio, citing alleged voting irregularities. The congressional count of electoral votes is interrupted by the challenge, and the two houses of Congress will go to their respective chambers for up to two hours of debate. National Public Radio provides coverage of this unusual event.January 6, 2005
• Alberto Gonzales confirmation hearings
  Alberto Gonzales, President George W. Bush's nominee for attorney general, promised to respect all international treaties governing the treatment of prisoners at his Senate confirmation hearing Thursday. Gonzales has been criticized for a January 2002 legal memo in which he argued the War on Terrorism rendered the anti-torture provisions of the Geneva Conventions "obsolete." National Public Radio has live coverage of his confirmation hearings.January 6, 2005
• Will Gonzales be the next attorney general?
  The Senate Judiciary Committee begins hearings on the confirmation of White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales as the next attorney general of the United States.January 6, 2005

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