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Unrest

Minnesota vigils mourn Mahsa Amini, whose death sparked protests in Iran

Minnesota vigils mourn Mahsa Amini, whose death sparked protests in Iran

Demonstrators plan to gather in downtown Minneapolis on Saturday to protest the death of a 22-year-old woman in Iran in police custody earlier this month. That's after a vigil for Mahsa Amini was held at the University of Minnesota on Thursday.
by Michelle Wiley

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Why Iranian women are burning their hijabs after the death of Mahsa Amini

Why Iranian women are burning their hijabs after the death of Mahsa Amini

Amini, 22, died Friday, several days after she was arrested in Tehran by the country's "morality police" for violating hijab laws. Her death has sparked outrage and protests across the country.
by Bill Chappell and Joe Hernandez

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Minnesota couple helps Afghans escape, build life in America

Minnesota couple helps Afghans escape, build life in America

A Minnesota woman who worked as an agricultural adviser in the hinterlands of Afghanistan has been using her own time and money to get the Afghans who worked for her program out of the country. So far, five of the men and their families have made it out with Caroline Clarin's help.
by The Associated Press

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Jaleel Stallings sues Minneapolis and MPD over excessive force

Jaleel Stallings sues Minneapolis and MPD over excessive force

Jaleel Stallings filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Thursday against the city of Minneapolis and 19 police officers. He says police used excessive force during the unrest following George Floyd’s murder and then lied in their reports that he’d been resisting arrest.
by MPR News Staff

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Dozens of Westerners to fly from Kabul on commercial flight

Dozens of Westerners to fly from Kabul on commercial flight

Afghanistan's Taliban authorities will allow between 100 and 150 Americans to fly out from Kabul in the coming hours, Qatari officials said on Thursday, marking the airport's first such flight since U.S. forces withdrew from the country.
by The Associated Press

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