Globe and Mail

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 ...
Protesters march through Chicago to NATO summitThe Associated Press
NATO allies chart course to postwar AfghanistanSan Francisco Chronicle
At NATO summit, warm welcome for most leaders, but not Pakistan'sLos Angeles Times
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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 eclipseLos Angeles Times
Eclipse 'ring of fire' wows Asian, US sky-gazersAFP
World's Largest Solar Eclipse Party Draws Thousands to StadiumSpace.com
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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 UnderwoodMTV.com
Reuters People News SummaryChicago Tribune
Bee Gees' Robin Gibb dies after long cancer battleThe Associated Press
MyCentralJersey.com -Los Angeles Times
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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 riotCNN International
MS prison riot leaves guard dead, 6 hurtCBS News
Inmates riot in Mississippi prison, one guard killedChicago Tribune

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CBS News

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 1989Los Angeles Times

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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 ProblemWall Street Journal
Nasdaq to revamp system after tech problems on Facebook IPO: WSJReuters
Reports: Nasdaq 'embarrassed' at Facebook delayThe Associated Press
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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 reactBBC News
The Chen affair: How it highlighted blind spots in BeijingChristian Science Monitor
Activist Chen and star supporter Christian Bale hope to meet, after violence ...FOX 4 News
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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 ReversedPCWorld
Pakistan blocks Twitter over links considered offensive to IslamToronto Star
Pakistan Blocks Twitter Over Contentious TweetsABC News

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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 MerkelTelegraph.co.uk
Merkel Resists G-8 Spending Pressure as Soccer Breaks the IceBloomberg

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The Star-Ledger - NJ.com

Newark Mayor Cory Booker slams Obama campaign attack on Romney's work for Bain ...
Washington Post
Mayor Cory Booker of Newark, a close ally of President Obama in the upcoming election, slammed the president's campaign Sunday for ads attacking Mitt Romney's work for the private-equity firm Bain Capital. Booker, who noted that many of his ...
Newark mayor: Romney business record is fair gameBoston.com
Booker Backtracks, Now Supports Obama Attacking Romney Over BainRealClearPolitics
Surrogate for Obama Denounces Anti-Romney AdNew York Times

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