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• Star Tribune reporter, photographer escape death in Iraq
  A Star Tribune reporter and photographer escaped an attempt by two Iraqi fighters to kill them near the northern oil city of Kirkuk. After hiding throughout the afternoon in a bunker mostly shielded by smoke from a burning oil well, two fighters "decided to take their death ride" and attack the two American journalists. Reporter Paul McEnroe describes the incident to MPR's Greta Cunningham.April 11, 2003
• Tikrit: the last major holdout of Saddam's regime
  An entire Iraqi army corps disappeared Friday in northern Iraq's largest city, leaving Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit as the last major holdout of his regime. In a step toward a formal victory proclamation, the top U.S. commander, Gen. Tommy Franks, told his troops, "The Saddam regime has ended." Updated news coverage of the war in Iraq.April 11, 2003
• Star Tribune of Minneapolis reporter, photographer escape death in Iraq
  A Star Tribune reporter and photographer escaped an attempt by two Iraqi fighters to kill them near the northern oil city of Kirkuk. In a dispatch from Kirkuk published Friday, reporter Paul McEnroe said he and photographer Richard Sennott managed to flee a grenade-toting fighter Thursday and later watched as the other fighter died of a gunshot wound.April 11, 2003
• Changing the Iraqi regime
  Residents of Saddam City, a densely populated Shiite Muslim district, say they are breathing the air of freedom now that Saddam Hussein's regime ceased to rule in the Iraqi capital. Long suppressed by Saddam's clique of minority Arab Sunnis, Iraq's majority Shiites stand to benefit the most from a new order. Although it's the Americans who won them this freedom, some of them say they'll resist U.S. occupation if they overstay their welcome. Gary and his guest discuss sudden "regime changes" and what we can learn from the experiences in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union.April 11, 2003
• Turkey and the Kurdish question
  Kurds together with U.S. special forces moved easily into the northern oil city of Kirkuk. The Kurds left soon after, once Turkey made clear it would consider Kurdish presence in Kirkuk a declaration of war. But the situation points to a delicate balance between long-standing hatreds and the current conflict.April 11, 2003
• Amid war, White House keeps eye on Bush re-election
  When war ends in Iraq, President Bush will quickly shift focus to his 2004 re-election campaign and the issue that kept his father from winning a second term: a weak economy. The money, message and much of Bush's political machine are already in place.April 11, 2003
• Mixed signals for regional air service
  This week Minnesota's main regional airline, Mesaba, announced plans for job cuts and a wage freeze. But travel from Minnesota's smaller airports is up, and there are signs Mesaba may emerge from the war in Iraq in better shape than its big brother, Northwest.April 10, 2003
• Current events in Iraq
  Looters surged through Baghdad and government buildings were set on fire Thursday as U.S. troops fought fierce gunbattles with pockets of Iraqi forces. Several artillery shells hit the U.S.-held Old Presidential compound as night fell. In and around the capital, skirmishes blazed between American troops and holdout Saddam Hussein loyalists. Bursts of gunfire and explosions echoed across the city nearly a day after the people of Baghdad danced in the streets over the fall of Saddam.April 10, 2003
• Al-douri: the game is over
  Iraq's U.N. ambassador said Wednesday "the game is over" - and that means the war is over. Mohammed Al-Douri expressed hope that the Iraqi people will now be able to live in peace. His comments were the first admission by an Iraqi official that U.S.-led forces had overwhelmed Iraqi forces after a three-week campaign.April 10, 2003
• As war continues, a Minneapolis bridge becomes Minnesota's town square
  The war in Iraq may be entering its final phases, with U.S. troops wresting control of Baghdad from Saddam Hussein. But the weekly anti-war demonstrations on the Lake Street bridge between Minneapolis and St. Paul will continue. Peace activists who gathered there Wednesday night say the issues surrounding the conflict haven't disappeared. They say they'll continue protesting what they calling imperialist foreign policy objectives.April 10, 2003
• Governing Iraq
  Though both President Bush and British Prime Minister Blair pledge to turn Iraq over to the people, it's an open question as to what the government will be. A Western-style democracy may not be possible. And opinions differ on the UN's role.April 10, 2003
• Continuing coverage of the war in Iraq
  U.S. special operations troops and Kurdish peshmerga fighters seized a strategic mountaintop in northern Iraq early Wednesday, eliminating a crucial air defense installation near the government-held city of Mosul. Celebrations broke out in at least two cities in the Kurdish autonomous region, as people took to the streets to celebrate what they believe is the end of President Saddam Hussein's regime.April 9, 2003
• Saddam has lost control of Baghdad
  U.S. intelligence had solid information from multiple sources that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein went inside a building and didn't leave before it was struck by an American bomber Monday, U.S. officials said. Saddam Hussein's government is no longer in control of Baghdad, but coalition forces are planning for resistance in other cities, a U.S. military spokesman said Wednesday. Updated news on the war in Iraq.April 9, 2003
• Live coverage continues from Iraq
  More from the BBC on U.S. forces in Baghdad.April 9, 2003
• Live coverage from Baghdad
  BBC coverage of Coalition troops in Baghdad's city center and other war news.April 9, 2003

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