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NEWS DAY | World/National news, 11/13/09 | Selling cheap, making money; Pakistan bombing
Selling cheap, making money During what the media now calls the Great Recession, WalMart has made big money as other stores falter and fail.MORE »
NEWS DAY | General vs. General on Afghan quagmire
Retired General Karl Eikenberry, now the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan and formerly commander of U.S.MORE »
From Cannon Falls to Iraq, kids write of family and fears
"My name is Kati," the letter begins.MORE »
NEWS DAY | War Reports, 11/10/09
White House: No decision yet on troops to Afghanistan After reports that President Obama has decided to send 30,000 (McClatchey) or 40,000 (CBS) additional troops to Afghanistan, White HoMORE »
NEWS DAY | War Reports, November 9, 2009 | Afghanistan, Pakistan
Afghanistan A report in the London Telegram says that Afghan police have been penetrated by the Taliban at every level, and that the recent reduction in training time from eight weeks MORE »
Israel's nuclear weapons not so secret
On September 25th "President Barack Obama and the leaders of France and Britain accused [Iran] of clandestinely building an underground plant to make nuclear fuel that could be used to build an atomic bomb." The President said that "Iran is breaking rules that all nations must follow" and, as the media reported, he and the other leaders "demanded that Iran open all nuclear sites for inspectionsMORE »
NEWS DAY | World News | Iran protests; Italy convicts CIA agents
Iranian protests On the 30th anniversary of the seizure of the U.S. embassy in Tehran, Iranian security forces clashed with demonstrators, reports NPR. While the government traditionally uses the celebration to stir up anti-U.S.MORE »
NEWS DAY | Burma: Engagemenet
The U.S. policy of engagement in Burma (Myanmar) has sent two high-ranking diplomats for a two-day visit. They will talk with both government and opposition representatives, including a meeting with jailed Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi. NPR reports:MORE »
University hosts Palestinian who advocates boycotting Israel
This Wednesday, November 4th, several University of Minnesota academic departments are partnering with the anti-Israel organization Teachers Against Occupation to bring anti-Israel activist Omar Barghouti to campus to speak in 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.
