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12/28/09 | Hmong refugees forcibly repatriated to Laos / more

By Mary Turck, News Day

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Thailand sent soldiers into a Hmong refugee camp to force 4,000 Hmong back to Laos on Sunday, ignoring U.N. protests and letters from nine U.S. Senators, including both Senator Al Franken and Senator Amy Klobuchar. The Thai forces will first transport the Hmong refugees to a staging area and then into Laos, with plans to complete the entire operation within 24 hours. MORE

Also in today's headlines:

• Mark Dayton talks to Star Tribune about long-term depression, alcoholism, relapse and recovery
• Protesters face off with Iranian government - with deadly consequences
• First U.S. case of highly drug-resistant TB
• Minnesota Olympian Lindsay Vonn injured in Austria - broken arm? MORE

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NEWS DAY | Iran police kill protesters / Mark Dayton on depression / Olympian Lindsay Vonn injured / Drug-resistant TB

By Mary Turck, News Day

In Iran, government forces killed a number of protesters and arrested hundreds Sunday.

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NEWS DAY | Forcing Hmong back to Laos

By Mary Turck, News Day

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Thailand sent soldiers into a Hmong refugee camp to force 4,000 Hmong back to Laos on Sunday, ignoring U.N. protests and letters from nine U.S.

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NEWS DAY | Snow to bombs

By Mary Turck, News Day

Snow-pocalypse, Snowmageddon, call it what you will - The Twin Cities got everything from snow to sleet to rain over the Christmas holiday.

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NEWS DAY | A tale of two sheriffs

By Mary Turck, News Day

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Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher is raising all kinds of ethical issues with a recent fundraising effort, and across the river, Sheriff Rich Stanek's newest initiative seems to b

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NEWS DAY | Reforming health care and the Senate / WCCO changes / Demonstrations around town

By Mary Turck, News Day
Mary Turck

• Reforming health care - and the Senate In two sunrise votes on Tuesday morning, Senators continued the march toward approval of their version of health care reform. Republican opponents can delay a final Senate vote until Christmas Eve - and then comes the conference committee. Paul Krugman says the Senate needs reform, too.  MPR looks at some local impacts of health care reform.

• Big change coming at WCCO CBS mandates merger of radio, TV websites

• Demonstrations everywhere From Minnetonka to the Governor's mansion

News with attitude, mostly from MN but with occasional forays abroad. News Day summarizes, links to, and comments on reports from news media around the world, with particular attention to Minnesota news. 

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NEWS DAY | Reforming health care - and the Senate

By Mary Turck, News Day
Mary Turck

In two sunrise votes on Tuesday morning, Senators continued the march toward approval of their version of health care reform.

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NEWS DAY | Big change coming at WCCO

By Mary Turck, News Day

David Brauer at MinnPost says that

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NEWS DAY | Demonstrations everywhere

By Mary Turck, News Day

Last week, the demonstration was on the ice of Lake Minnet

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NEWS DAY | Bachmann, Keillor and Christmas / Heating aid / FBI gang strike force / NOT writing about ...

By Mary Turck, News Day

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• Bachmann and Keillor - Strange bedfellows Michele and Garrison both weigh in to protect Christmas

• The feds are coming FBI will start a new anti-gang initiative in Minnesota in January
• Feeling the cold Applications for heating assistance are up
• NOT writing about it! Health care reform and COP15

News with attitude, mostly from MN but with occasional forays abroad. News Day summarizes, links to, and comments on reports from news media around the world, with particular attention to Minnesota news.

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