CHICAGO — President Obama met here Sunday morning with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, just hours before opening a NATO summit where the alliance plans to formalize plans to turn over primarily responsibility for the war to Afghanistan’s security forces next year. Read full article > >

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Scientists identify thousands of sites in the Arctic where methane stored for millennia is bubbling out, potentially accelerating global warming.

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Families at service for new Falklands War Memorial

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Former chancellor Ken Clarke says Europe’s banking system is “in tatters” and warns the UK is “heavily exposed” to potential problems.

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Leaders will focus on war in Afghanistan.

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NATO Summit Opens in Chicago

Labour’s Ed Balls warns the world economy faces a “catastrophe” unless Germany abandons pressure on eurozone countries to cut public spending.

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When President Obama joins other NATO leaders Sunday and Monday, the full extent of how his Afghan strategy has changed — from “war of necessity” to withdrawal on his terms — will be apparent.

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At first, Ross Detwiler didn’t look as Nick Markakis ’s two-run home run in the fifth inning sailed toward the right field seats. He then did, the shoulders of his lanky 6-foot-5 frame slouched, arms at his sides, his face sporting an utterly blank stare as he looked out into those same stands. Hours after his place on the pitching staff seemed solidified Saturday, his start was coming unraveled. Read full article > >

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A service takes place later to dedicate a new memorial at Britain’s National Memorial Arboretum to the 255 Britons who died in the Falklands War.

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As the presidential campaign ramped up earlier this year, Michelle Obama presented poet Maya Angelou with an award and a hug at the BET Honors award show. Two days later, she danced on an episode of iCarly , a tweens sitcom. Read full article > >

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Prizes, not patents. That could be the slogan for a radical idea that leading economists say would lower the price of new drugs for treating HIV/AIDS. Treating AIDS costs tens of thousands of dollars per patient annually in the United States, and more and more patients are unable to afford the life-saving drugs, according to figures from the AIDS Drug Assistance Program. The waiting list for the program, which is jointly funded by federal and state governments and provides medicines to low-income patients, now stands at 2,759, up from 361 in 2010.  Read full article > >

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‘Radical’ bill seeks to reduce cost of AIDS drugs by awarding prizes instead of patents

The prospect of high student debt and increased pension contributions could discourage young people from entering medicine, a senior doctor warns.

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Sri Lanka marks three years since the end of its civil war with a military parade, as the government is reportedly set to free Sarath Fonseka from prison – the man who led the army during the war

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The Washington Nationals began their first interleague series of the season with a 2-1 loss to the Baltimore Orioles on Friday night courtesy of Nick Markakis ’s home run in the 11th inning before 36,680 at Nationals Park. Read full article > >

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Doctor Who producer and Sherlock co-creator Steven Moffat is to receive a special prize at this year’s Bafta TV awards, organisers announce.

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