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University of Minnesota law professor takes rights battle to global stage
U professor takes her defense of civil liberties to global stage.
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Police: Truck bomb kills 20 in Somalia's capital
A huge explosion from a truck bomb killed 20 people in Somalia's capital, police said Saturday, as shaken residents called it the most powerful blast they'd heard in years.
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Hostage freed from Afghanistan says he'll continue to fight 'injustice' in world
US-Canadian couple Caitlan Coleman and Joshua Boyle landed in Canada late Friday, five years after they were kidnapped in Afghanistan. AP Reporter Martin Benedyk briefly spoke to the couple during their flight home
Kidnapped, held 5 years, US-Canadian family free in Pakistan
Five years after they were seized by a terrorist network in the mountains of Afghanistan, an American woman, her Canadian husband and their children — all three born in captivity — are free after a dramatic rescue orchestrated by the U.S. and Pakistani governments, officials said Thursday.
World
Catalan leader given deadline to decide region's path
Monday deadline to clarify independence declaration.
World
What Americans heard during Cuba sonic attacks
The Associated Press obtained a recording of what some U.S. embassy workers heard in Havana as they were attacked by what investigators initially believed was a sonic weapon. The recording of a high-pitched noise is one of many taken in Cuba since attacks started.
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World Health Organization says there are 124 million obese children worldwide
WHO alarmed by tenfold increase in past 40 years.
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West Metro
Amid Indonesian graft probe, Minn. man kills self after FBI standoff
Johannes Marliem feared for his life after talking to authorities.
US to Americans: Stay away from Cuba after health 'attacks'
The United States delivered an ominous warning to Americans on Friday to stay away from Cuba and ordered home more than half the U.S. diplomatic corps, acknowledging neither the Cubans nor America's FBI can figure out who or what is responsible for months of mysterious health ailments.
World
Scores dead in stampede at India train station
A stampede broke out on a crowded pedestrian bridge connecting two railway stations in Mumbai during the Friday morning rush, killing at least 22 people and injuring another 32, officials said.
Business
China imposes limit on oil supply to North Korea
China announced Saturday that it will limit energy supplies to North Korea and stop buying its textiles under U.N. sanctions imposed over its nuclear and missile development, further reducing support from Pyongyang's last ally.
Nation
Dam failing as scope of Puerto Rico's disaster becomes clear
Puerto Rican officials rushed to evacuate tens of thousands of people downstream of a failing dam and said they could not reach more than half the towns in the U.S. territory as the massive scale of the disaster wrought by Hurricane Maria started to become clear on Friday.
Minneapolis
This weekend, Minnesota celebrates the Finns, with rare visit by president
FinnFest USA returns to Minneapolis on nation's 100th anniversary.
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Facebook to release Russia ads to Congress
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the company is "actively working" with the U.S. government on its ongoing investigations into Russian interference into the 2016 presidential election.
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