Wednesday,  June 13, 2012 • Vol. 12--No. 335 • 21 of 30 •  Other Editions

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• 9. How the University of North Dakota avoided NCAA sanctions
• Voters decided to let the state's flagship college dump a controversial Fighting Sioux nickname.

• 10. Thunder take game 1 in NBA finals
• Kevin Durant scored 17 of his 36 points in the fourth quarter to lead Oklahoma City to a 105-94 win over the Heat.


AP News in Brief

Somali capital is losing 'World's Most Dangerous City' designation after mostly peaceful year

• MOGADISU, Somalia (AP) -- Mogadishu is losing a label it never wanted in the first place: The World's Most Dangerous City.
• The seaside Somali capital is enjoying a peace that, except for the infrequent attack, has lasted the better part of a year. Somalis who fled decades of war are coming back, as are U.N. workers who long operated out of Nairobi, the capital of neighboring Kenya.
• Embassies are reopening and a U.S. assistant secretary of state visited here on Sunday, the highest-ranking U.S. official to set foot in Mogadishu since the infamous Black Hawk Down battle of 1993.
• Minnesota resident Abdikhafar Abubakar fled Somalia in 1992, leaving behind

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