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            U.S. President Barack Obama, center, speaks at the start of the first working session of the G8 Summit at Camp David, Md., Saturday May 19, 2012. Seated, clockwise from left, are Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, French President Francois Hollande, Obama, British Prime Minister David Cameron, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, and European Commission President Jose' Manuel Barroso, backs to camera. (AP Photo/Philippe Wojazer, Pool)

            G-8 backs Greece, ramps up pressure on Iran

            By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

            Ratcheting up the pressure on Iran Saturday, leaders of the Group of Eight major economies expressed solidarity in their approach to cracking down on Tehran’s nuclear development program, agreeing to act together to lower oil prices in the coming months if necessary.

            ** FILE ** In this file photo taken Wednesday, May 2, 2012, and released by the U.S. Embassy Beijing Press Office, blind activist Chen Guangcheng, center, holds hands with U.S. Ambassador to China, Gary Locke, at a hospital in Beijing. (AP Photo/U.S. Embassy Beijing Press Office, File)

            Chinese activist who fled house arrest lands in U.S.

            By Didi Tang and Gillian Wong - Associated Press

            A blind Chinese legal activist who was suddenly allowed to leave the country arrived in the U.S. on Saturday, ending a nearly month-long diplomatic tussle that had tested U.S.-China relations.

            Protesters block traffic on Michigan Avenue as they march through the city during a demonstration Friday, May 18, 2012, ahead of this weekends' NATO summit in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

            Prosecutors: Trio planned to attack Obama’s HQ

            By Michael Tarm and Tammy Webber - Associated Press

            Three men accused of making Molotov cocktails had been planning to attack President Barack Obama’s campaign headquarters, Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s home and other targets during this weekend’s NATO summit, prosecutors said Saturday.

            ** FILE ** Sheila Culkin of Chicago, Illinois shields the sun with her sign as she stands hundreds of protesters in Freedom Plaza before marching to the White House. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

            Small band of Occupy protesters denounces NATO

            By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

            A group of Occupy protesters barely had enough members to occupy a small corner of Daley Plaza Saturday as they shouted anti-North Atlantic Treaty Organization slogans under the watchful eyes of dozens of police.

            Mick Jagger, who will be 69 in July, still exudes rock star energy. But after five decades, the Rolling Stones frontman has been underrated for his songwriting and solo efforts. (Associated Press)

            Mick Jagger: Two cheers for an aging frontman

            By Scott Galupo - Special to The Washington Times

            Mick Jagger will close out this season of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” as both host and, along with Foo Fighters and Arcade Fire, musical guest. He does so at a moment when his professional reputation is not exactly at its high water mark.

            Holder

            House GOP leaders order Holder to cooperate on gun-running probe

            By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

            House Republican leaders on Friday sent a letter to Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. demanding he comply with the GOP’s official investigation into Obama administration gun-running operation Fast & Furious, which allowed hundreds of guns to be sneaked across the border to Mexican cartels.

            Protesters block traffic on Michigan Avenue as they march through the city during a demonstration Friday, May 18, 2012, ahead of this weekends' NATO summit in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

            Prosecutors: Trio planned to attack Obama’s HQ

            By Michael Tarm and Tammy Webber - Associated Press

            Three men accused of making Molotov cocktails had been planning to attack President Barack Obama’s campaign headquarters, Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s home and other targets during this weekend’s NATO summit, prosecutors said Saturday.

            French President Francois Hollande, left, listens as U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the start of the first working session of the G-8 Summit at Camp David, Md., Saturday, May 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Philippe Wojazer, Pool)

            G-8 leaders hope Greece remains in eurozone

            By Anne Gearan and Jim Kuhnhenn - Associated Press

            President Barack Obama and other leaders of the Group of Eight industrial nations expressed hope Saturday that Greece will remain in the Eurozone, anxious to keep its economic troubles from spreading around the world. The leaders said all of the nations have an interest in the success of efforts to strengthen the eurozone and help Europe’s economy grow.

            U.S. President Barack Obama, center, speaks at the start of the first working session of the G8 Summit at Camp David, Md., Saturday May 19, 2012. Seated, clockwise from left, are Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, French President Francois Hollande, Obama, British Prime Minister David Cameron, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, and European Commission President Jose' Manuel Barroso, backs to camera. (AP Photo/Philippe Wojazer, Pool)

            G-8 backs Greece, ramps up pressure on Iran

            By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

            Ratcheting up the pressure on Iran Saturday, leaders of the Group of Eight major economies expressed solidarity in their approach to cracking down on Tehran’s nuclear development program, agreeing to act together to lower oil prices in the coming months if necessary.

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