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• Attacks threaten Iraq election
  The violence in Iraq is causing some political leaders there to question the timing of the January 30th elections. National Public Radio reporter Mike Shuster shares his insight on the situation in the war-torn country.January 5, 2005
• Violence and crisis in Islam
  Every day brings new headlines of horrific violence perpetrated in the name of Islam. This program from American Public Media's Speaking of Faith unit asks: What makes the Muslim religion such a potent vehicle for violence and danger at this moment in time?December 30, 2004
• Tracking terrorists
  Midday takes a look at terrorist movements around the world and gets the latest on the hunt for Osama Bin Laden.December 30, 2004
• Witnesses to Terror
  During an 18-month investigation, the 9/11 Commission heard extraordinary testimony about the terrorist attacks on America. Witnesses told stories of lucky breaks and deadly errors. The commission pieced together new evidence and new details to tell the most complete story to date of the al Qaeda plot. This American RadioWorks documentary presents highlights from the commission's hearings.December 29, 2004
• Soldier survival rate jumps
  A recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine says soldiers in Iraq are surviving devastating injuries that in previous wars would have killed them. Midmorning's guests look at what's behind the survival rate and recovery. Photo by Erica Mater/U.S. Navy/Getty ImagesDecember 29, 2004
• Minnesota soldier recovers after being injured in Iraq
  Some 1,300 soldiers have been killed in the war in Iraq. The number injured is much higher -- nearly 10,000. One of those soldiers returned to his hometown of Pierz, in central Minnesota. Because of his injuries, he faces an uncertain future.December 29, 2004
• American gulag?
  Information continues to surface about the abuse of detainees in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay. Hundreds of pages of Army records released by the American Civil Liberties Union indicate that superiors did not take charges of mistreatment seriously. Photo from AFP/Getty ImagesDecember 28, 2004
• A witness to democracy in Ukraine
  The outcome of the presidential election in Ukraine is still unclear. Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko declared victory in Sunday's runoff election, although Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych has so far refused to concede defeat. Former Minnesota Congressman Arlen Erdahl monitored the election in Ukraine, and he spoke to MPR's Phil Picardi from Kiev.December 27, 2004
• The mood in Iraq
  Even as violence continues in Iraq, a new poll from the non-profit, U.S. government-funded International Republican Institute, shows nearly 54 percent of Iraqis feel their country is on the right track. Does the optimism suggested in the institute's study bode well for January's elections?December 23, 2004
• Rating Rumsfeld
  A new survey finds that a narrow majority of Americans thinks Donald Rumsfeld should resign. Some Republicans are also criticizing the Secretary of Defense, but the White House defends the Pentagon chief. Photo by Shaun Heasley/Getty ImagesDecember 22, 2004
• Is there hope for Middle East peace?
  President George W. Bush says he is "hopeful right now"--if guardedly so--about the prospects for peace in the Middle East. But violence in the region flared up over the weekend, and interim Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas called Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's pledge to hold onto West Bank settlements and all of Jerusalem a "disaster" for the peace process.December 21, 2004
• Red Runs the Vistula: The Warsaw Uprising of 1944
  In August 1944, five years after the start of World War II, the people of Warsaw, armed with just a few guns and gasoline bombs, rose up against the German occupation of their city. In the two months that followed, a quarter of a million people were killed and the Polish capitol was razed to the ground. This documentary from American RadioWorks tells the story of the Warsaw Uprising from the point of view of those who were there.December 16, 2004
• Why weren't all the Humvees armored?
  The U.S. Military pledged Wednesday that it would spend $4 billion in the next six months to armor all its vehicles in the Iraqi war zone. Is the armor shortage brought to light last week at a "town hall meeting" between Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and U.S. troops a matter of poor war planning? Or, is it--as the Defense Department claims--that the Iraqi insurgency has changed its tactics?December 16, 2004
• Reservists could get health care, loans under DFL plan
  Reservists and Minnesota National Guard members deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan would be eligible for state health care coverage and zero-interest loans under a proposal outlined Wednesday by Attorney General Mike Hatch and DFL legislators.December 15, 2004
• Hamline students vote to bar military recruiters from campus
  The vote was prompted by a recent circuit court ruling in Pennsylvania saying colleges could deny recruiters access to campus without fear of losing federal funding. But, for now, Hamline's doors remain open to recruiters.December 14, 2004

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