Subject: World Politics

• 6/14: Morning Communique

  June 14, 2005

• Iraq: Secret UK memo says US weighing troop drawdown

  July 11, 2005

• India offers U.S. expertise in large scale disasters

  September 5, 2005

• 1/6: Morning Communique

  January 6, 2006

• Quixotic Prexy

  April 19, 2005

• From Russia with friendship

  November 16, 2005

• The Dark Side

  December 4, 2007

• Daniel Ellsberg: Beyond the Pentagon Papers

  February 22, 2008

• Anti-War Protesters Gather at State Capitol

  July 9, 2008

• Guthrie's Government Inspector: worth bribing someone to get in

  July 29, 2008

• Slow Food Nation's new blog

  November 13, 2008

• Cheesy bailout: Italy aids Parmesan-makers

  

  In the US, we favor banks over cars; in Italy they revere their cheese.

  December 15, 2008

• Cargill rice facility threatened by Hugo Chavez

  The Venezuelan president has taken control of some of the country's rice facilities. Minnetonka-based Cargill's plant could be next.

  March 3, 2009

• Klobuchar asks UN to help free U.S. journalist in Iran

  Roxana Saberi grew up in Fargo and graduated from Concordia College in Moorhead. She hasn't been heard from since Feb. 10 when she called her father in Fargo to tell him she was detained in Iran.

  March 3, 2009

• Pawlenty flip-flops on Cuba just in time to cozy up to McCain

  Is Gov. Tim Pawlenty's change of heart politically motivated?

  June 11, 2008

• Professor recalls "nightmare" corruption in Iraq

  St. Cloud State teacher Abbas Mehdi saw realities of the occupation as a member of Iraq's government

  February 13, 2008

• Iranian Football

  Top gridiron recruit Willie Mobley has one eye on the Big Ten and the other on geopolitics

  December 12, 2007

• Suddenly Saddam

  It should be remembered that the first plant Saddam used to make chemical weapons was built by the American multinational Bechtel with money supplied by the U.S. Agriculture Department.

  November 19, 1997

• The Death of Father Kaiser

  Was it a Kenyan assassin who killed the Minnesota-reared missionary—or was it madness? Seven years later, the verdict is in.

  October 24, 2007

• Banning Desmond Tutu

  Put off by his controversial words on Israel, the University of St. Thomas snubs a Nobel Laureate

  October 3, 2007

• Let Them Eat Whatever

  The press was a royal pain in the neck for the privileged maker of 'Marie Antoinette'

  October 18, 2006

• Blows Against the Death Penalty

  Local attorney Sandra Babcock recently won a major international court decision

  June 9, 2004

• Fables of the Reconstruction

  A Coalition memo reveals that even true believers see the seeds of civil war in the occupation of Iraq

  April 21, 2004

• Before the Campus Burned

  On the eve of the U of M's hockey championship, Castro came calling

  April 17, 2002

• The Bosom of Abraham

  Ethiopian Jews return to the Promised Land at the Mixed Blood; Leopold and Loeb kill again at the Actors Theater of Minnesota

  March 28, 2001

• P.W.'s Big Adventure

  Dodging hyperbole and herbicide in Colombia with U.S. Sen. Paul Wellstone

  December 13, 2000

• Heading South

  December 23, 1998

• Drawn Out

  December 16, 1998

• No Place to Hide

  Plastics-related toxic chemicals are finding their way into everything--including baby milk

  June 1, 1998

• Rumer Godden: Cromartie V. The God Shiva Acting Through The Government of India

  December 10, 1997

• The Israel Exception

  March 12, 1997

• October Surprises

  November 6, 1996

• Foreign Affairs

  Bill Clinton's Indonesian connection brought him campaign cash in exchange for influence--and continued inaction on the country's notorious human rights abuses.

  October 16, 1996

• Atun Alba:

  Cocaine, Tuna, and Free Trade

  June 26, 1996

• A Stake through the Heart of Three Gorges:

  A Global Win for Greens

  June 12, 1996

• Naftashock

  The Giant Sucking Sound Revisited

  November 29, 1995

• Teens accused of killing deer with bat, screwdriver

  Monday's five most fascinating stories printed on wood pulp.

  April 20, 2009

• Minnesota's legislators didn't get Obama's Mideast memo

  June 10, 2009

• Rush Limbaugh compares Al Franken win to corrupt Iran elections

  Would you expect anything less from Mr. Big Fat Idiot?

  June 30, 2009

• Bastille Day Celebration

  July 8, 2009

• Ellison in Sudan to discuss relief effort and peace plans

  Rep. Keith Ellison will be in Sudan this week meeting with officials to discuss the ongoing humanitarian situation in Darfur and plans for the implementation of a peace agreement.

  August 4, 2009

• Tony Sutton: Savior of Minnesota's Republican Party?

  August 26, 2009

• Obama speech scheduled for Target Center Saturday

  Obama will speak at 12:30 p.m. at the rally, which is free and open to the public. Access is first come, first served.

  September 9, 2009

• Trapped Inside Burma

  September 16, 2009

• Trapped Inside Burma

  September 16, 2009

• DNC: Pawlenty's PAC "recycling" failed Bush advisers

  DNC says Pawlenty is showing he is just more of the same failed Republican policies. Weren't the Democrats criticizing Republicans last year for picking inexperienced and "mavericky" Sarah Palin? Can't argue both sides.

  October 1, 2009

• Newt gives Pawlenty thumbs-up for 2012 presidential run

  He basically stopped short of full-out endorsing him three years before the election. That's some passion for another man.

  October 5, 2009

• Ouch: Pawlenty takes last in latest GOP 2012 poll

  There's a new poll out from Rasmussen Reports on 2012 GOP candidates and Gov. Tim Pawlenty came in at a depressingly low 4 percent of the vote.

  October 16, 2009

• Pawlenty's road show heads to Florida

  If it's Friday it must be Florida: Gov. Tim Pawlenty will continue racking up the frequent flyer miles when he puts in an appearance Nov. 13 at The Forum Club of Southwest Florida in Palm Beach, north of Miami.

  November 10, 2009

• Michele Bachmann: Crazy like a fox

  November 18, 2009