Play4min 15secPresident of Somalia making rare visit to Twin CitiesOctober 1, 2009 3:00 AMBy Laura YuenMinnesota's Somali community is rolling out the red carpet for newly-elected Somali President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed (seen above speaking at the U.N.), who is visiting the Twin Cities as part of a stateside tour of cities with large Somali-American populations.
Play4min 12secRep. Ellison says U.S. trying to ensure safe return of missing SomalisJuly 17, 2009 4:19 PMBy Laura YuenMinnesota Congressman Keith Ellison said the U.S. government is trying to ensure the safe return of some of the young Somali-American men believed to be fighting with a terrorist group in their homeland.
Local rally calls for violence to stop in IranJune 24, 2009 2:31 PMBy Greta CunninghamAbout 100 people, many of them Iranian-Americans, rallied in downtown Minneapolis Wednesday to call for the violence against pro-democracy demonstrators in Iran to stop.
Play53min 59secIran's post-election turmoil continuesJune 18, 2009 12:00 AMExperts inside and outside Iran talk about the continuing unrest and the critical role of texting and Facebook in organizing demonstrations.
Ellison says arrest was deliberate actionApril 27, 2009 10:23 AMBy Tom Scheck and Ken PaulmanMinnesota Rep. Keith Ellison acknowledged today that his arrest along with four other members of Congress was a deliberate action designed to draw attention to recent developments in Darfur.
Play5min 36secMissing Somali men may have romanticized their homelandMarch 2, 2009 4:00 PMBy Sasha Aslanian and Laura YuenYoung Somali-Americans try to make sense of the disappearances of about a dozen men from the Twin Cities.
Mosque leaders deny they recruited youth to fightFebruary 10, 2009 5:39 PMBy Sasha Aslanian and Laura YuenLeaders and friends of a Minneapolis mosque deny connection to the recent disappearances of young Somali men from the Twin Cities.
Play53min 54secReal-life hero of 'Hotel Rwanda' tells his storyFebruary 5, 2009 8:52 AMFor 100 harrowing days in 1994, Paul Rusesabagina sheltered 1,268 Rwandan civilians as his country fell into genocide. His story was the basis of the film "Hotel Rwanda," and he spoke recently in Minneapolis.
Liberians hope for reprieveJanuary 12, 2009 3:00 PMBy Toni RandolphLiberians want either President Bush or President-elect Obama to extend their temporary residency in the U.S. That would allow about 1,000 Liberians in Minnesota to remain in the U.S. legally.
Minn. college students safe in BangkokDecember 1, 2008 1:56 PMA group of 18 students and three teachers from Northwestern College in St. Paul is safe after getting stranded in Bangkok, where anti-government protesters have taken over the airport.