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Though the NATO Summit starts May 20, protestors are already filling the streets of the host city, Chicago. Friday was originally supposed to be the opening day protest rally of the G8 meeting in the city.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and French Foreign Minister, Laurent Fabius, during their meeting in New York.

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At least seven people, including six policemen, were killed and 13 wounded when a suicide bomber attacked a governor's compound in western Afghanistan Thursday, officials said.

Iran has threatened legal action against Google for not labelling the body of water between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula on Google Maps.

Iran is continuing to export arms to the Syrian government in violation of an international ban on weapons sales, according to a confidential United Nations report.

New French President Francois Hollande has chosen a 34-member team comprising mostly moderates, including half of them being women, for his cabinet.

Debt-hit Greece Wednesday announced new elections on June 17 with a senior judge being appointed to head a caretaker government to oversee the ballot.

NATO has invited Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari to the upcoming Chicago summit on Afghanistan, in what could be seen as a sign of Islamabad preparing to reopen its western border to the U.S. and NATO military supplies.