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Iranian dancer’s traumas and triumphs told in life story
When you visit Leili Tajadod Pritschet's home for the first time and see framed photographs of her and the Shah of Iran on the wall, you might suspect that you have just met an extraordinary Holland neighborhood resident. MORE »
A U.S. citizen survives political prison in Ethiopia
Okwa Omot is sleeping safely in a warm bed at his home in Washington, D.C. this week.
That is something of a miracle considering that only a week ago – and for 107 days before that – he was sleeping on freezing cold concrete floors in Ethiopian prisons, accused of treason and threatened with execution.MORE »
Liberia: The untold stories
One morning in October 1990, Ahmed Sirleaf woke up early and prepared to leave. Charles Taylor's rebels had come, again and again, and the village was not safe. Sirleaf needed to leave Makpouma, and leave Liberia. The country was in the grip of a civil war that would last another 13 years.
He ate a large breakfast of cassava, his only meal on a long day of walking.MORE »
Health care bill "not perfect", but Rep. Oberstar supports
The House passed an historic health care reform bill Saturday night. Congressman Jim Oberstar (DFL-MN) points out the bill is not perfect, but outlines why he supports it.
Transcript:
Madame Speaker, I have been a proponent of a national health care system as long as I have been in Congress, today we take a bold step towards that goal.
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Anti-torture protests at Condoleezza Rice speech
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in the Twin Cities tonight to find a couple of dozen protesters outside where she was speaking at the Beth El Synagogue in St Louis Park. The protesters were upset that Rice had said the US did not support torture even though prisoners were tortured while Rice served during the Bush administration. A You Tube video of Dr.MORE »
Tie a Yellow Ribbon: The endless war comes home again
In the mid-1960s, when American cities erupted in rioting that left dozens dead and billions of dollars of devastation, many people rightly perceived the events as a sign that the unprecedented violence of the War in Vietnam was "coming home to roost."
What better way to perceive the killings this week at Fort Hood?MORE »
FREE SPEECH ZONE | Letters to President Obama by 140 Minnesota Tibetan children
St Paul, October 31, 2009: Today the school and the subjects taught were quite different at the Tibetan Cultural School in Minnesota. It was not a Halloween surprise, rather the 140 children aged between 5 yrs to 15 yrs were asked to send a message to the US President Mr. Barack Obama, before his first presidential visit to China.
MUSIC | Yasmin Levy enchants at the Ordway
The Ordway is a classically beautiful place to see a show and Yasmin Levy is a passionate beauty with a classically trained voice: the two are a perfect fit. Levy is an Israeli singer who enchants the audience with songs in Spanish, Arabic, and the dying language Ladino. Her mission is to spread this language through her songs to aid in its survival. The artist explained at the concert that fewer than 150,000 people speak Ladino worldwide. With the help of Levy's poignant singing, this language may be around a lot longer.MORE »
Minnesota Tibetans rally at the State Capitol in Memoriam of the "Fallen Four"
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October 30, 2009 • On a rainy and cloudy morning, about 200 grieving Tibetans and supporters dressed in black gathered at the footsteps of the State Capitol of Minnesota to mourn the executions of Lobsang Gyaltsen, 27, Loyak, 25, Penkyi, 21, and an unidentified Tibetan who were executed in Toelung, near Lhasa, Tibet by the Chinese Government. The dark skies seemed to reflect their collectMORE »
Aging movement and new blood at Minneapolis anti-war protest
"Get up, Get Down - There's an anti-war movement in this town" chanted more than 300 marchers as they made their way north on Hennepin Avenue from Walker Community Library to Loring Park in the bright afternoon sunlight on October 17.MORE »
