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NATO summit demonstrations peaceful despite terrorism charges
Los Angeles Times
By Dalina Castellanos On the day three men were charged with conspiracy to commit terrorism at President Obama's campaign headquarters and other Chicago-area sites, protests on the first day of the NATO summit on Saturday have been vigorous and noisy …
Police: 3 terror suspects at NATO summit were plotting to hit Obama's campaign HQs CNN International
3 Charged with Terrorism Ahead of NATO Summit Voice of America
3 in Chicago Face Terrorism Charges Tied to NATO Protests New York Times
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Obama opens up Camp David for rustic VIP sleepover
Reuters
By Laura MacInnis | CAMP DAVID, Maryland (Reuters) – Eight of the world's most powerful people spent Friday night in the woods. In a sort of VIP sleepover, G8 leaders bedded down in rustic cabins in rural Maryland, where the US presidential retreat, …
World Leaders at US Meeting Urge Growth, Not Austerity New York Times
Obama Hosts World Leaders At G8 Summit NPR
G-8 leaders agree on need to promote economic growth USA TODAY
Atlanta Journal Constitution
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Chinese Rights Activist Chen Guangcheng on Flight to US
BusinessWeek
By Bloomberg News on May 19, 2012 Chinese human-rights activist Chen Guangcheng, whose case overshadowed high-level US-China talks earlier this month, left Beijing for the US with his wife and two children, headed for Newark, New Jersey.
Dissident Leaves China For US NPR
Standoff over blind legal activist ends as China's Chen flies to US MiamiHerald.com
Chen Guangcheng comes to the US, but what about other dissidents? Christian Science Monitor
Chicago Tribune
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Tropical Storm Alberto forms in the Atlantic
CNN International
By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) — Tropical Storm Alberto, the first named storm of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season, formed Saturday off the coast of South Carolina. As of 5 pm, the storm was located about 140 miles east-southeast of Charleston, …
First tropical storm of the season forms off SC San Francisco Chronicle
Season's 1st Atlantic tropical storm forms off S.Carolina Reuters Africa
Tropical Storm Alberto, first storm of 2012, forms off South Carolina coast. Central Florida News 13

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Student dies, 7 hurt in blast near Italian school
The Associated Press
By FRANCES D'EMILIO, AP – 2 hours ago ROME (AP) — A bomb exploded Saturday outside an Italian high school named after a slain anti-Mafia prosecutor, killing a student and wounding several others, officials said, and rattling a country already tense …
Bomb kills 1 student, wounds 7 in Italy Atlanta Journal Constitution
STOP THE MAFIA: Italians take to the streets following school bombing Herald Sun
Bomb outside Italian school named for wife of judge slain by Mafia kills 1 … Chicago Tribune
Reuters - Telegraph.co.uk
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Facebook Stalls in Public Debut After Record $16 Billion IPO
San Francisco Chronicle
(Updates with SEC statement in sixth paragraph. See EXT5 for Facebook IPO news.) May 18 (Bloomberg) — Facebook Inc. hovered near the initial public offering price in its trading debut, following a record IPO that made the social network more costly …
Facebook Gold Rush: Fanfare vs. Realities New York Times
Facebook IPO Underwhelms PCWorld
United States Stocks Tumble as Facebook IPO let down Dice News
San Jose Mercury News - BusinessWeek - Telegraph.co.uk
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Car bomb in eastern Syrian city kills 9
The Associated Press
By BASSEM MROUE, AP – 2 minutes ago BEIRUT (AP) — A car bomb in the parking lot of a Syrian military compound killed at least nine people Saturday, the latest in increasingly frequent bombings in the country's major cities to target the regime's …
Suicide blast in Syria hits military compound Dickinson Press
Car bomb hits Syrian city of Deir al-Zour BBC News
Syria bomb kills 9, Damascus blames foreign plot euronews
Los Angeles Times
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Massachusetts priest elected to succeed Robinson as NH's next Episcopal bishop
Washington Post
CONCORD, NH — A Massachusetts priest will succeed Bishop Gene Robinson as New Hampshire's next Episcopal bishop. A delegation of clergy and lay people chose the Rev. A. Robert Hirschfeld of Grace Church in Amherst from a field of three nominees.
NH church elects Mass. priest for Episcopal bishop The Associated Press

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