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How Obama's strategy on Afghanistan war evolved 2012-05-20
The Dallas Morning News

This article is adapted from “Confront and Conceal: Obama's Secret Wars and Surprising Use of American Power,” to be published by Crown on June 5. It was just one brief exchange about Afghanistan with an aide late in 2009, but it suggests how President Barack Obama's thinking about what he once...

photo: USAF / Staff Sgt. Bradley Lail

Facebook owner Mark Zuckerberg marries sweetheart Priscilla Chan 2012-05-20
The Times of India

SHARE AND DISCUSSTweetA file photo of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (R) and his girlfriend Priscilla Chan in Shanghai. PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA: Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg updated his status to "married" on Saturday....

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Conflict in Nuba mountains may lead to devastating epidemics, say doctors 2012-05-20
The Guardian

Health workers warn that UN aid agencies are being prevented from delivering vital supplies of vaccines to the children of refugees fleeing the fighting in Sudan A mother and her child shelter from air strikes in a cave in South Kordofan in the Nuba mountains. Photograph: Adriane Ohanesian/AFP...

photo: UN / Isaac Billy

David Cameron threatens veto on French plan for bankers tax 2012-05-19
The Daily Telegraph

David Cameron held his first meeting with Francois Hollande and threatened to veto the new French president’s plan for a European tax on financial transactions. Downing Street said Mr Cameron delivered a strong message to Francois Hollande over a financial transactions tax Photo: Getty...

photo: AP / Christophe Ena

Largest protests yet in Syria's biggest city 2012-05-19
The Guardian

ZEINA KARAM Associated Press= BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian forces on Friday fired on protesters holding the largest opposition marches yet in Aleppo, a sign of rising anti-regime sentiment in the country's biggest city, which has largely remained supportive of President Bashar Assad throughout the 15-month...

photo: AP / Rodrigo Abd

Yemen's hidden war with al-Qaeda 2012-05-19
BBC News

Since 12 May fierce fighting has been raging in southern Yemen between government forces, backed by US advisers, and Islamist militants allied to al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). More than 130 people have reportedly been killed. Largely unseen by the rest of the world, artillery shells are...

photo: AP / Hani Mohammed

Huge economic challenge awaits Egypt's next leader 2012-05-19
BBC News

When Egyptians joined a popular revolt last year, many were demanding economic change. They were suffering from high unemployment and prices, low wages, widespread poverty and crippling corruption. Over the last 15 months little has changed and many have even seen their finances worsen. On a...

photo: AP / Hussein Malla

Facebook stock closes nearly flat in debut 2012-05-19
STL Today

It was barely a "like" and definitely not a "love" from Facebook investors as the online social network's stock failed to live up to the hype in its trading debut Friday. One of the most anticipated IPOs in Wall Street history ended on a flat note, with Facebook's stock closing at $38.23, up 23...

photo: AP / Richard Drew

Will Being on the Stock Market Change Facebook? 2012-05-18
US News

After the IPO, users may see changes to the site Facebook began trading on the Nasdaq today, priced at $38 a share. This puts the total value of the company at $104 billion, the third largest initial public offering ever after Visa and General Motors. CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg started Facebook...

photo: AP / Paul Sakuma

Gay African refugees face abduction, violence and rape in Uganda and Kenya 2012-05-18
The Guardian

LGBTI people fleeing persecution in home country among most vulnerable and isolated of all refugees, finds study In Uganda, 'public rhetoric demonising homosexuality has been particularly vicious' since an anti-gay bill was introduced, says the study. Photograph: Dai Kurokawa/EPA...

photo: UN / JC McIlwaine