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A MINNESOTAN IN CHINA Impressed With China
So did my year in China have me looking back with appreciation for its history and spirit? Or were the pollution and big government detractors of my enjoyment? Yes. Days before I left to go to China...
Posted on 10/20/12 at 11:40 AM
PEACE GARDEN MAMA II faith fridays: immaculee enlightens about marian visits in africa
This week, the Catholic Church celebrated the Feast of the Assumption of Mary into heaven. The holy day took on special significance to me this particular summer. For the past five years or so, I've ...
Posted on 8/17/12 at 12:01 AM
MIDDLE AGED PLAGUE The Frugal Fanatic
Saving money and living green are so cool these days. So why isn't it cool when I do it? Sometimes this frugality thing goes too far. So says the Son and Heir, who is singularly unimpressed by the t...
Posted on 2/9/12 at 5:39 PM
THE NEW FORTY Building the capacity to craft solutions...
Tonight was Parent-Teacher Conference night for the 7th grade at STEM - except it wasn't. The 7th grade team decided to try a new approach. They decided that this year theywould take key projects that...
Posted on 11/3/11 at 9:55 PM
GOD TRACKS Healing 16,000 hearts
When Carl and Julie Gaede sold their house and nearly all of their belongings three years ago and moved to Uganda, they didnt know their decision would change 16,000 lives. They only knew that God h...
Posted on 10/25/11 at 1:35 PM
MARILYN HAGERTY: Room for more — from Africa — in Grand Forks homes
5K Walk/Run will help Kim and Dave Adams as they help infant from Uganda The twin girls — Kylie and Jensen — are 4 years old now. Their little brother, Caleb, is over a year. One would think their parents, Kim and Dave Adams, have reached the point where they can sit back and raise their family.
By Marilyn Hagerty , October 01, 2011
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Gadhafi, in hiding, vows no surrender in Libya 
In a fiery broadcast from hiding, Moammar Gadhafi warned Thursday that loyalist tribes in his main strongholds were armed and preparing for battle, a show of defiance hours after rebels extended a deadline for the surrender of the fugitive leader's hometown.
By Ben Hubbard and Maggie Michael , September 01, 2011
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Fargo-based group plans to climb Mount Kilimanjaro
Six people are attempting to climb one of the world’s tallest mountains as a fundraiser for a Fargo-based support group.
By Associated Press , August 29, 2011
'Hundreds of thousands of kids could die' from East Africa's famine, U.S. official says
Hundreds of thousands of Somali children could die in East Africa's famine unless more help arrives, a top U.S. official warned Monday in the starkest death toll prediction yet.
By Jason Straziuso , August 08, 2011
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U.S. says 29,000 Somali children under age 5 dead in famine
The United Nations has said previously that tens of thousands of people have died in the drought, the worst in Somalia in 60 years. The U.N. says 640,000 Somali children are acutely malnourished, a statistic that suggests the death toll of small children will rise.
By Jason Straziuso , August 04, 2011
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Girl gets charity wish met after death in crash
Nine-year-old Rachel Beckwith had hoped to raise $300 to bring clean water to an African village. She was close to that goal when she died after a car crash. Support for her cause has swelled since her death and by Wednesday afternoon, nearly 16,000 people made donations totaling more than $550,000 to "charity: water" in Rachel's honor.
By Donna Gordon Blankinship , July 28, 2011
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Minnesota-based Books for Africa shipments hit 1.9 million
Books For Africa says it has shipped around 1.9 million books to 21 African countries in the past 12 months, a new high for the St. Paul-based nonprofit.
July 26, 2011
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Studies show drug stops HIV among hetero couples
An AIDS drug already shown to help prevent spread of the virus in gay men also works for heterosexual men and women, two studies in Africa found. Experts called it a breakthrough for the continent that has suffered most from AIDS. "This is really a game changer," said Dr. Jared Baeten, the University of Washington researcher who was a leader of one of the studies.
By Mike Strobbe , July 13, 2011
Clinton presses Africa to sever ties with Gadhafi
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton pressed some of the world's last remaining friends of Moammar Gadhafi to abandon Libya's strongman and join the growing international demand for him to cede power. She told African nations that their solidarity with the Libyan people could make the difference for a peaceful future.
By Matthew Lee , June 13, 2011
Ivory Coast strongman Gbagbo captured in bunker
Forces stormed the bunker where Ivory Coast's strongman Laurent Gbagbo hung on to power today, arresting the man whose refusal to hand over the presidency to the election winner left hundreds dead and threatened to re-ignite a civil war in the world's largest cocoa producer.
By Marco Chown Oved , April 11, 2011
Feds question supporters of Ohio Somali leader
Federal authorities have been questioning several U.S.-based supporters of an American citizen originally from Somalia who leads a group that advocates for the rights of people living in the northern part of the embattled African country, The Associated Press has learned.
By Andrew Welsh-Huggins , April 02, 2011
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Ivory Coast forces claim 5th town; crisis deepens
Military officials loyal to Ivory Coast's internationally recognized president claimed today to have seized a fifth town in the country's far west, amid a deepening political crisis.
By Marco Chown Oved , March 21, 2011
1st Gitmo detainee in U.S. civilian trial gets life sentence in embassy plot
A judge sentenced the first Guantanamo detainee to have a U.S. civilian trial to life in prison today, saying anything he suffered at the hands of the CIA and others "pales in comparison to the suffering and the horror" caused by the bombing of two U.S. embassies in Africa in 1998.
By Tom Hays , January 25, 2011
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Gitmo detainee acquitted of all but 1 charge in N.Y.
The first Guantanamo detainee to face a civilian trial was acquitted today of most charges he helped unleash death and destruction on two U.S. embassies in Africa in 1998 — an opening salvo in al-Qaida's campaign to kill Americans.
By Tom Hays , November 17, 2010
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North Dakota National Guard unit training in Congo
Some North Dakota National Guard soldiers are training in the Republic of Congo.
By Associated Press , September 10, 2010
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