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Bargain-hunting helped Asian stock markets edge upward Monday, but gains were limited as investors remained unconvinced that the world's major economies nailed a solution to the European debt crisis following a summit in Washington. Publ.Date : 2012-05-21T06:00:56Z
Yahoo reaches agreement to sell half of its stake in Alibaba for about $7.1 billion. Publ.Date : 2012-05-21T02:55:27Z
Protesters clashed with riot police as an anti-NATO protest turned ugly in Chicago when a few hundred demonstrators demanding an end to war ignored orders to clear the streets. Publ.Date : 2012-05-21T04:05:56Z
More than 2,000 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. Publ.Date : 2012-05-21T04:12:27Z
A long-time governing party official took the lead late Sunday in vote counting from the Dominican Republic's presidential election, leading a brash ex-president whose last term ended with the deepest economic crisis in the country's modern history. Publ.Date : 2012-05-21T03:56:56Z
The Phoenix Coyotes weren't about to go quietly into the night as long as captain Shane Doan had a say in the matter. Publ.Date : 2012-05-21T03:29:21Z
CHICAGO (Reuters) - NATO will hand over the lead role in combat operations to Afghan forces across the country by mid-2013, alliance leaders said on Sunday as they charted a path out of a war that has lost public support and strained budgets in Western nations. A NATO summit in Chicago on Monday will formally endorse a U.S.-backed strategy for a gradual exit from Afghanistan, a move aimed at holding together an allied force scrambling to cope with France's decision to withdraw its troops early. ... Publ.Date : 2012-05-21T03:12:24Z
Today is Monday, May 21, the 142nd day of 2012. There are 224 days left in the year. Publ.Date : 2012-05-21T04:01:00Z
With his carefully tended hair, tight trousers and perfect harmonies, Robin Gibb, along with his brothers Maurice and Barry, defined the disco era. As part of the Bee Gees — short for the Brothers Gibb — they created dance floor classics like "Stayin Alive," ''Jive Talkin'," and "Night Fever" that can still get crowds onto a dance floor. Publ.Date : 2012-05-21T03:15:01Z
Pakistan blocked the social networking website Twitter for several hours because it refused to remove tweets considered offensive to Islam, said one of the country's top telecommunications officials. Publ.Date : 2012-05-21T04:20:02Z
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