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FILE - In this July 16, 2014 file photo Minneapolis police officer Mike Kirchen talks with Mohamed Salat, left, and Abdi Ali at a community center where members of the Somali community gather in Minneapolis. The nationwide effort to stop a new wave of Westerners being recruited by terror groups, this time for Islamic State militant groups in Syria and Iraq, could take some cues from Minnesota. Attorney General Eric Holder said Monday, Sept. 15, 2014 the Justice Department is launching a series of pilot programs to help detect American extremists looking to join terror organizations in countries like Syria and Iraq. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Jim Gehrz, File)

Anti-terror pilot brings hope to Minnesota Somalis

By AMY FORLITI - Associated Press

In this photo taken May 13, 2014, shows a section of the Riverside Plaza apartments where a 15-month-old boy survived an 11-story fall from a balcony in Minneapolis. The child, Musa Dayib, suffered a broken spine and ribs as well as a concussion and a punctured lung. His relatives believe he slipped through the balcony's railing Sunday evening. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Renee Jones Schneider) MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUT.

Boy survives 11-story fall from Minnesota building

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Toddler expected to survive Minneapolis fall

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** FILE ** In this March 10, 2011, file photo, Abdirizak Bihi, director of the Somali Education and Social Advocacy Center, testifies during a hearing of the House Homeland Security Committee, on "the extent of the radicalization" of American Muslims, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Bihi, a spokesman for the family of 21-year-old Omar Farah, said Farah traveled to Somalia to join al-Shabab. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Family: Minn. Somali left to join al-Shabab

By Amy Forliti - Associated Press