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Students protest Iran elections

Published June 21, 2009

Similar protests have been happening across the world since the elections.

Pilot U course winners discuss Mumbai water work

Published June 15, 2009

The students hope to turn their coursework into a business that would improve water quality and access in Mumbai slums.

WHO raises H1N1 to highest pandemic level

Published June 11, 2009

H1N1 (swine flu) has infected 221 Minnesotans.

U.S.-Norway ties key in future

Published May 6, 2009

The U.S. ambassador to Norway spoke at the Humphrey Institute Wednesday.

H1N1 influenza: what you need to know

Published May 3, 2009

Three new "probable" cases from Hennepin County are being tested.

U.S. sees spike in Pakistan terror attacks

Published April 29, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) âÄî Terrorist attacks in Afghanistan and Pakistan have risen sharply as extremists have consolidated and expanded operations, according to the government and independent analysts....

WHO says swine flu pandemic is imminent

Published April 29, 2009

MEXICO CITY (AP) âÄî Global health authorities warned Wednesday that swine flu was threatening to bloom into a pandemic, and the virus spread farther in Europe even as the outbreak appeared to...

Former child soldier urges UN action

Published April 29, 2009

UNITED NATIONS (AP) âÄî A young woman abducted and repeatedly raped by the Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda told the Security Council on Wednesday how she became a rifle-toting child soldier. She...

World takes drastic steps to contain swine flu

Published April 29, 2009

From Egypt's order that all 300,000 pigs in the country be slaughtered to travel bans and putting the kibosh on kissing, the world is taking drastic âÄî and some say debatable âÄî measures...

All 6 athletes identified in Beijing doping cases

Published April 29, 2009

LONDON (AP) âÄî The gold medalist in one of track and field's glamour races and a silver winner in cycling are among six athletes from the Beijing Games nabbed for blood doping in the latest Olympic...