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Phone: 612-673-4488

Email: ashah@startribune.com

Allie Shah writes about immigration and refugee issues in Minnesota.

Finding refuge in St. Cloud

A new office helps resettle a fresh wave of immigrants from Somalia and Iraq.

Updated: January 19, 2011, - 06:33 AM

Hmong in Minnesota, around world grieve for a leader

As the Hmong community mourned for Gen. Vang Pao, they remembered him as icon.

Updated: January 07, 2011, - 09:33 PM

Somalis turn to smugglers to flee

Desperate Somalis are turning up in the Twin Cities seeking asylum after enduring a treacherous journey.

Updated: January 05, 2011, - 11:54 PM

Minneapolis teacher deal restarts debate over deadline

Settlement in Minneapolis after 1 1/2 years of talks raises questions over state's drop-dead date for reaching agreement and who pays the penalty for missing it.

Updated: December 28, 2010, - 09:00 PM

Refugees from southern Sudan scramble on secession vote

With only a few days left before their deadline, a mad scramble is unfolding for leaders of Minnesota's southern Sudanese community. They have until Wednesday to transport people hundreds of miles to register for a historic election that may divide Africa's largest country into two.

Updated: December 17, 2010, - 10:24 PM

He's lovin' it: St. Paul man has a mission at McDonald's

Paul Dickison's supersized mission has him poised to visit his 15,000th McDonald's this weekend. If snow doesn't stop him.

Updated: December 11, 2010, - 11:17 PM

Helen Drummond, hospice care pioneer

Veteran nurse at Fairview Southdale helped change the way patients are cared for at the end of their lives.

Updated: December 09, 2010, - 10:30 PM

Somalis bring fears for their youth to radio

Discussion in a Minneapolis restaurant will be heard by Somalis worldwide via the Internet.

Updated: December 01, 2010, - 11:22 PM

New alarm among Somalis in Minnesota

Portland bombing plot lends a fresh urgency to their efforts to reach out to young people and to fight extremism.

Updated: November 29, 2010, - 10:00 PM

Courting the global shopper this year in St. Paul

Retailers aren't the only ones gearing up for the holiday shopping season. This year, the folks at Neighborhood House in St. Paul are joining the frenzy -- hoping to entice shoppers tired of the usual mall gifts to visit their first "Unique Cultural Boutique."

Updated: November 26, 2010, - 09:35 PM