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Arrests, tussles as police clash with NATO protesters
May 20, 2012 09:14 
cnn.com
Dozens of people are arrested as protesters clash with riot police outside the NATO summit where leaders are huddling over plans for the future of Afghanistan.
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Outside Sanaa, a struggle for influence grips the new Yemen
May 20, 2012 09:14
washingtonpost.com
In this rugged northern valley ringed by pink-hued mountains, a conflict between Yemeni factions is siphoning away resources from a more significant war against al-Qaeda-linked militants in the country’s restive south. Read full article ...
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Santorum, Gingrich campaigns owe millions
May 20, 2012 09:10
washingtonpost.com
Republican Rick Santorum ended his presidential campaign with $2.3 million in debt while Newt Gingrich owed $4.8 million, new federal filings show. Santorum bowed out in early April, owing $763,000 to top adviser John Brabender’s firm for...
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Lockerbie bomber Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi dies at 60, report says
May 20, 2012 09:06
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Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, a shadowy Libyan intelligence officer who was convicted in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, that killed 270 people, and whose release from prison in 2009 sparked international uproar, died...
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Resolution of Chen crisis indicates possible maturation in U.S.-China relationship
May 20, 2012 08:50
washingtonpost.com
For two nations whose exchanges are perennially fraught with tension and distrust, the arrival of blind activist Chen Guangcheng in New York during the weekend marked a tidy conclusion to a month-long diplomatic drama and an encouraging sign for...
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Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees dies: Fans and celebrities react
May 20, 2012 08:29
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Bee Gees founding member Robin Gibb died Sunday after a “long battle with cancer and intestinal surgery,” his family said in a statement. He was 62. Gibb was in a coma for more than a week this April. After waking up, Gibb’s doctors...
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Video: 5/20: NATO summit, Egypt's Christians, Ping Pong prodigy
May 20, 2012 08:23
cbsnews.com
The growing frustration with the unpopular war in Afghanistan has made an exit strategy the main topic at the NATO summit in Chicago; Then, with Egypt's upcoming presidential election the Christian minority feels their situation will go from bad to...
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As Obama opens NATO summit in Chicago, focus is on winding down Afghanistan war
May 20, 2012 08:10
washingtonpost.com
CHICAGO —NATO leaders began a two-day summit here Sunday that will finalize plans to turn control of Afghanistan over to its own security forces by the middle of next year, a milestone on the way to concluding the alliance’s combat role by the...
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Robin Gibb of Bee Gees dies
May 20, 2012 08:09
cnn.com
Robin Gibb, one of three brothers who made up the disco group the Bee Gees behind "Saturday Night Fever" and other hits from the 1970s, died Sunday, according to a statement on his website.
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Video: 'Ring of Fire' solar eclipse as seen from Japan
May 20, 2012 08:05
cbsnews.com
Japan was one of the few countries able to see the "Ring of Fire" solar eclipse when the moon slid across the sun blocking all but a blazing halo of light. Jeff Glor reports.
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