US veterans to return medals as NATO protesters march

Anti-war protesters from across the country will march on downtown Chicago on Sunday, hoisting signs, chanting slogans and observing veterans returning their war medals as world leaders open the NATO summit.

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Brother: Lockerbie bomber Megrahi has died in Libya

The former Libyan intelligence officer convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie, Scotland, bombing that killed 270 people has died, his brother said on Sunday. He was 59.

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Great-grandma: Ready to ‘lose’ my life protesting

Nan Wigmore brought her walker and packed her sign, “Grateful Great Grandmas Circle The Wagons, Support Occupy,” and rode on a bus for some three days, sleeping in the same clothes, to make it to the NATO protests in Chicago.

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Report: Taliban, Afghan troops forge agreements

Members of the Afghan army are forging secret alliances with the Taliban, threatening to undermine the ability of Afghan authorities to maintain control just as NATO troops prepare to hand over power to the country’s security forces, Britain’s Sunday Times reported.

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Solar Eclipse Day! Time for a ‘Ring of Fire’

Science editor Alan Boyle’s blog: Put on your eclipse glasses, or scout out a sun-watching website: The first annular solar eclipse to pass through the United States in 18 years is on its way.

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