NEW: Chen Guangcheng says he and his family are checked on to a flight to New York
CNN International
Beijing (CNN) — Chen Guangcheng, the Chinese human rights activist who ignited a diplomatic frenzy when he escaped house arrest last month, says he is at Beijing airport Saturday and is getting ready to fly to New York. He and his family checked in …
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Blind Chinese dissident heading to US
Los Angeles Times
BEIJING — Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng was on his way to the United States on Saturday afternoon, said activists who were helping the long-persecuted lawyer in his bid to leave China. The Chinese government notified Chen only a few hours …
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Smartphones could be next on the agenda for Facebook
Sydney Morning Herald
With Facebook now sitting on $US16 billion after its flotation, will we see the massive social network do a Google and develop its own phone? With its flotation, many think that Facebook is now a juggernaut, sitting pretty on $US16 billion of cash and …
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3 protesters charged with conspiracy to commit terrorism
Chicago Sun-Times
Three NATO Summit protesters have been arrested and charged with possession of an explosive device and conspiracy to commit terrorism, police said. The three men were identified as Brian Church, 20, of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; Jared Chase, 24, of Keene, …
NATO summit weekendChicago Tribune
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Baghdad talks: US mulls Iran incentives
Ynetnews
Washington reportedly considering offering Tehran series of trade mitigations as inducement to suspending its nuclear program. Any future measures to exclude oil embargo "The United States and five other major powers are prepared to offer Iran a series …
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Cache of evidence provides little clarity in Trayvon Martin case
Denver Post
By Kyle Hightower and Tamara Lush AP Among the evidence released this week: photographs of George Zimmerman with abrasions and lacerations on his forehead and the back of his head; the handgun used by Zimmerman; and a can of Arizona Watermelon Fruit …
Despite evidence, no answers in Martin shootingCBS News
ABC News Exclusive: Zimmerman Medical Report Shows Broken Nose, Lacerations …ABC News
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Obama opens up Camp David for rustic VIP sleepover
Chicago Tribune
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 known as Camp David is …
Jokes and sympathy — Obama greets his G-8 guestsAlbany Times Union
Obama greets his G-8 guests at Camp David, teasing Hollande and sympathizing …Washington Post
Camp David in the international spotlight with G-8The Associated Press

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SpaceX rocket fueled up for commercial space station trip
msnbc.com
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is all fueled up and ready to go for Saturday's scheduled launch of the first commercial spacecraft bound for the International Space Station. The unmanned rocket is due to blast off from a pad here at …
Rocket set to blast off, open new space era with commercial flight to orbiting …Washington Post
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Romney, GOP governors have differing takes on economy
Detroit Free Press
While Gov. Rick Snyder, left, says Michigan's budget is finally on solid footing, Mitt Romney's take on the US economy is pessimistic. / 2010 photo by PATRICIA BECK/Detroit Free Press By Bob Lewis and Phillip Rawls Associated Press DANVILLE, Va.
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Arizona Secretary of State Bennett seeks verification of Obama's citizenship
Arizona Republic
by Yvonne Wingett Sanchez – May. 18, 2012 01:15 PM Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett says he's not a "birther." In fact, he says, he believes President Barack Obama was born in Hawaii. Yet the state's No.2 elected official has waded into the …
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