 Globe and Mail | NATO to endorse Afghan exit plan, seeks routes out Reuters By David Brunnstrom and Missy Ryan | CHICAGO (Reuters) - NATO leaders will endorse plans to hand over combat command in Afghanistan by mid-2013 on Monday and seek practical progress in opening routes to bring an international army of more than 130000 ... Protesters March Thru Chicago to NATO Summit US-Pakistan rift complicates NATO summit in Chicago Protesters march through Chicago to NATO summit |
 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. Eclipse 'ring of fire' wows Asian, US sky-gazers World's Largest Solar Eclipse Party Draws Thousands to Stadium Millions look skyward as eclipse crosses Asia, US |
 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 Reuters People News Summary Bee Gees' Robin Gibb dies after long cancer battle |
 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 |
Mental health worker fatally stabbed in Ore. Atlanta Journal Constitution AP ST. HELENS, Ore. — A man who once pleaded guilty to attempted murder is in custody after an Oregon mental health worker was stabbed to death while visiting him in St. Helens. Police Chief Steve Salle says that Brent Redd, a mental health services ... |
 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 ... |
 The Guardian | 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 blocks Twitter over links considered offensive to Islam Pakistan's Block on Twitter Over Blasphemous Content Reversed Pakistan Blocks Twitter Over Contentious Tweets |
 AFP | 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 |
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