 CBC.ca | NATO to endorse Afghan exit plan, seeks routes out Reuters * NATO to pull out most troops by end of 2014 * NATO seeks to dispel fears of rush for the exits * France's Hollande sticks to early withdrawal plan By David Brunnstrom and Missy Ryan CHICAGO, May 21 (Reuters) - NATO leaders will endorse plans to hand ... US-Pakistan rift complicates NATO summit in Chicago Protesters march through Chicago to NATO summit NATO allies chart course to postwar Afghanistan |
 USA TODAY | Rare eclipse crosses Asia, western US USA TODAY ALBUQUERQUE, NM (AP) – Millions of people across Asia and the western United States watched as a rare "ring of fire" eclipse crossed their skies. Ng Han Guan, AP A partial annular eclipse takes place over Beijing, China. Millions looked to the sky for 'ring of fire' solar eclipse Eclipse 'ring of fire' wows Asian, US sky-gazers World's Largest Solar Eclipse Party Draws Thousands to Stadium |
 TIME | Robin Gibb, Bee Gees Co-Founder, Dies at 62 TIME By Catherine Mayer | May 20, 2012 | + The last photographs of Robin Gibb, who died in London on May 20 at the age of 62 from cancer and intestinal problems, show a man almost too frail to support the weight of his trademark blue-tinted glasses. Robin Gibb Mourned By Justin Bieber, Carrie Underwood Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees dies at 62 Reuters People News Summary |
 CBS News | Miss. prison riot leaves guard dead, 6 hurt USA TODAY BRANDON, Miss. (AP) – A prison guard was killed Sunday during a riot that also injured five other correctional officers and hurt at least one inmate at a privately run facility in Mississippi that holds illegal immigrants, authorities said. Authorities try to control inmates in fatal Mississippi prison riot MS prison riot leaves guard dead, 6 hurt Miss. prison riot leaves guard dead, 8 hurt |
 Los Angeles Times | Largest compilation of exonerations ever finds over 2000 falsely convicted ... Washington Post WASHINGTON — More than 2000 people who were falsely convicted of serious crimes have been exonerated in the United States in the past 23 years, according to a new archive compiled at two universities. There is no official record-keeping system for ... Registry tallies over 2000 wrongful convictions since 1989 |
 Sydney Morning Herald | Nasdaq reportedly 'embarrassed' over Facebook delays Fox News NEW YORK – Robert Greifeld, chief executive of Nasdaq OMX Group Inc., on Sunday acknowledged design problems with Nasdaq's technology after the exchange operator was widely seen as bungling the landmark listing of shares of Facebook Inc. on Friday. Nasdaq's Facebook Problem Nasdaq to revamp system after tech problems on Facebook IPO: WSJ Reports: Nasdaq 'embarrassed' at Facebook delay |
 Sydney Morning Herald | RPT-UPDATE 1-Blind Chinese activist Chen rests in NYC Chicago Tribune (Repeats to fix garble. Adds comment from Chinese newspaper) * Chen may scale back political activity while at NYU * Chen could return to China after a year - professor * Chinese newspaper says Chen will be forgotten By Lily Kuo NEW YORK, ... Chen Guangcheng exit: Chinese netizens react The Chen affair: How it highlighted blind spots in Beijing Activist Chen and star supporter Christian Bale hope to meet, after violence ... |
 Los Angeles Times | Lockerbie bomber dies in Libya Los Angeles Times Abdel Basset Ali Megrahi, reported to have had prostate cancer, was the only person convicted in the downing of Pan Am Flight 103. He repeatedly denied a role. Abdel Basset Ali Megrahi, who was found guilty of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, is helped down ... US Lockerbie victim families' reaction to Megrahi death Cameron rejects Megrahi probe plea Lockerbie bomber Megrahi dies in Libya. Full Article |
 Boston.com | Austerity-only cure for crisis out of fashion, but growth rhetoric covers ... Washington Post WASHINGTON — On paper at least, European leaders agree: They need stronger growth measures to help their economies expand out of their 2½-year-old government debt crisis. Figuring out exactly what those new steps might be will be the hard part. More trouble in Europe for Merkel Merkel Resists G-8 Spending Pressure as Soccer Breaks the Ice |
 Toronto Star | Pakistan blocks Twitter over contentious material BusinessWeek The chairman of Pakistan's telecommunications authority says the government has blocked the social networking website Twitter because of material considered offensive to Islam. Mohammad Yaseen says the website was blocked on Sunday because Twitter ... Pakistan's Block on Twitter Over Blasphemous Content Reversed Pakistan blocks Twitter over links considered offensive to Islam Pakistan Blocks Twitter Over Contentious Tweets |
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