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Kansas National Guard troops headed to South Korea
About 145 National Guard troops from the 35th Infantry Division in Leavenworth will deploy to South Korea this week for annual training.
Peace pipeline: KU’s Peace Corps week offers prospective volunteers a glimpse of adventure
The village of Mörön is approximately 6,250 miles from Lawrence in northern Mongolia. Its 40,000 inhabitants are served by an airport with two runways, one of which is paved with gravel.
Indelible impressions
Couple witnessed Haitian destruction firsthand
Many tears were shed Monday afternoon when a Lawrence couple greeted their families after escaping the aftermath of the earthquake that devastated Haiti last week. But Adam and Karen Buhler, both Kansas University students, couldn’t be happier to be back home.
Kansas couple loses medical clinic in Haiti
At first Jim and Sandy Wilkins thought the shaking was coming from the generator for their second-floor apartment in Gressier, Haiti. Then ceiling tiles began to drop and the floor cracked apart. They leaped to safety through a hole that had opened in the wall.
Struggle to get aid to Haitians as looters roam
Hundreds of U.S. troops touched down in shattered Port-au-Prince overnight as U.N. and other aid organizations struggled Friday to get food and water to stricken millions. Fears spread of unrest among the Haitian people in their fourth day of desperation.
Kansas Air National Guard to assist with Haitian crisis
Kansas Air National Guard members are helping assess personnel and equipment at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as part of the nation's effort to respond to the earthquake in Haiti.
How to help Haiti earthquake victims
Looking to help victims of the recent earthquake in Haiti? The best and securest way to help is through a national organization such as the Red Cross or the Salvation Army.
Devastating earthquake jolts Haiti
Death toll expected to be in thousands
Haitians piled bodies along the devastated streets of their capital Wednesday after a powerful earthquake flattened the president's palace and the main prison, hospitals, schools and thousands of homes. Untold numbers were still trapped.
Lawrence families connect with loved ones stuck in Haiti after earthquake
As a 7.0 magnitude earthquake devastated Haiti on Tuesday, it left people in northeast Kansas with no reliable way to contact loved ones still in the country. Beth Buhler, a Lawrence resident, and her family were calling anyone they could Tuesday night looking for information on their son, Adam Buhler, 24, a Kansas University student, and his wife, Karen.
Mo., Kan., charities rushing aid to Haiti
Midwest charities are rushing to help after the massive earthquake in the impoverished country of Haiti.
Kan. delegation mixed on detainee prison
Kansas Sens. Pat Roberts and Sam Brownback say they are relieved that suspected terrorist detainees won't be coming to Kansas. And they still think bringing the detainees to the United States is a bad idea.
The plan for Afghanistan
Obama outlines strategy
Announcing a major expansion of the war in Afghanistan, President Barack Obama on Tuesday said the swift deployment of 30,000 troops would be enough to break the Taliban before the soldiers begin coming home in mid-2011 — a bet he is making because the U.S. cannot afford a drawn-out, costly campaign.
Bunting spends holiday with troops in Egypt, Kosovo
Major General Tod Bunting spent the Thanksgiving holiday with Kansas troops stationed overseas.
Manhattan citizens helping Iraqi children read
A Vietnam veteran is doing his part to help kids overseas get an education.
Kansans heading to China on trade mission
Fresh from a trade mission to Taiwan, Kansas Gov. Mark Parkinson is returning to Asia on a similar trip to mainland China.
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