NATO traces path out of Afghanistan

NATO leaders mapped a path out of the unpopular war in Afghanistan on Monday, backing plans to hand Afghans the combat lead from mid-2013 while vowing to stick by them as they seize their own destiny.

In a Chicago summit declaration, US President Barack Obama and his NATO military allies ratified an "irreversible" roadmap to "gradually and responsibly" withdraw 130,000 combat troops by the end of 2014.

But they also ordered military officers to begin planning a post-2014 mission to focus on training, advising and assisting Afghan troops to ensure the government can ward off a resilient Taliban insurgency.

"As Afghans stand up, they will not stand alone," Obama told the gathering of more than 50 world leaders, focused on ending a decade of war that has left over 3,000 coalition soldiers and tens of thousands of Afghans dead.

British Prime Minister David Cameron, whose country provides the second biggest contingent after the United States, declared: "We will not desert them."

But in a sign of growing frustrations with the dragging conflict, France's new President Francois Hollande said his country had done "more than its duty."

And a row over re-opening Pakistan supply routes into Afghanistan to NATO convoys also lingered, although Obama and NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen said they were optimistic the issue would be resolved.

"We are actually making diligent progress on it," Obama told journalists at the final press conference ending the two-day unprecedented summit.

French officials said a calendar for withdrawing French troops by the end of 2012 -- a year early -- would be drawn up within the next 10 days, while Hollande signalled reluctance to stump more cash for the Afghan security forces.

"In principle we can look at it, but we haven't fixed a sum, and we are not bound by what Germany and other countries may do," he said.

NATO allies are being asked to contribute towards the $4.1 billion annual costs to help support the Afghan security forces.

The 28 NATO leaders and their 22 partners in the war, as far afield as Australia, Georgia and South Korea, issued a final statement saying Afghans will be in "lead for security nationwide" by mid-2013.

Though NATO troops will gradually shift focus to training and support, alliance officials stressed that foreign soldiers would still participate in combat operations when needed until late 2014.

The summit gave Obama a platform to show a war-weary American public that he has global support for his plan to end the war ahead of a tough re-election campaign against Republican Mitt Romney in November.

With the Taliban still resilient after a decade of war, NATO leaders sought to reassure Afghan President Hamid Karzai that the international community would not abandon his country after combat troops are gone.

The 50 nations involved in the war endorsed a US plan to provide $4.1 billion in annual security aid to Afghanistan and reduce the size of Afghan forces from a peak of 352,000 to 228,500.

The United States has offered to pay half the bill while the international community is expected to stump up the rest. But the summit declaration makes clear that the security aid will not last forever.

The declaration says the Afghan government's share of the bill will increase progressively from $500 million in 2015, "with the aim that it can assume, no later than 2024, full financial responsibility for its own security forces."

Canada agreed to continue funding Afghan forces until 2017, officials said, contributing some $108 million annual for three years after the troops withdraw.

"Canada will honor its commitment and complete its current training mission but our country will not have any military mission in Afghanistan after March 2014," Prime Minister Stephen Harper said.

Obama also met briefly with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, in a bid to try to resolve the issue of access to the supply routes into Afghanistan closed in November after a botched US air raid that left 24 Pakistani soldiers dead.

To ferry troops, food and equipment into Afghanistan, NATO has relied on cargo flights and a more costly northern route network through Russia, Central Asia and the Caucasus.

Zardari suggested to the summit that his government wanted to resolve the issue, saying officials had been told to "conclude negotiations."

Chicagoans Monday were also relieved as days of tight security was finally lifted, and protests which turned violent on Sunday were wound down.

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Conservative donors slow to back Romney's campaign

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Republican frontrunner Mitt Romney and his party raised a sizable $40 million last month from donors who want him to replace President Barack Obama. But even as Romney solidifies his position as the eventual GOP nominee, many supporters who backed his primary election challengers have not yet come to his aid.

An Associated Press review of campaign finance data found that only a few hundred donors who contributed to candidates like Newt Gingrich or Rick Santorum have changed course and gave to Romney's campaign or the Republican Party in April. That's as GOP stalwarts and some former rivals have called on supporters to rally around Romney's White House run.

Romney is hardly hurting for cash, having reported more than $61 million in the bank by the end of April. But financial reports released Sunday reveal a potential struggle for Romney in persuading his party's more conservative donors to open their wallets for him, although there are still more than five months until Election Day.

Out of more than 50,000 donors who gave to other GOP candidates like Gingrich, Santorum and Texas Gov. Rick Perry since the start of the nomination race, fewer than 600 appeared to write checks to Romney in April, the AP's review of Federal Election Commission reports found. Roughly the same number contributed to the Republican National Committee, which is now helping Romney's campaign.

Romney has been aggressively courting conservatives, speaking out recently against China's "one-child policy" and addressing graduates at the evangelical Liberty University. Last month, Romney told the website Breitbart.com that the news media were involved in a "vast left-wing conspiracy to work together to put out their message and to attack me."

Wealthy donors like former Santorum supporter Foster Friess are now supporting Romney, realizing that his sizable delegate count and financial strength all but guarantee his nomination this summer. Other eventual Romney donors had already given early to his rivals, partly to support a spirited debate during the primary season.

Willis J. Johnson, founder of auto dealer Copart USA, contributed to Perry and Gingrich last year because he personally liked Perry and admired Gingrich's insistence on quizzing Romney during debates. "I think this administration is trying to take money away from small businesses," Johnson said, in part through tax hikes.

Other conservatives, however, have been warier. One blog post last week on the conservative RedState.com, referring to Romney's Liberty speech, asked: "Mr. Romney said that marriage is between one man and one woman. He got deafening applause. But where was he when it mattered?"

About a quarter of Romney April-turnaround donors gave checks of $2,500 or more, including amounts up to the maximum $30,800 legally allowed to a political party. In March ? just before Romney started raising general election cash ? about 300 former Santorum and Gingrich supporters contributed to the former Massachusetts governor's campaign.

Santorum dropped out of the race in April and Gingrich in May, even though Romney's momentum was growing before then. A report detailing the contributions of Romney's joint-fundraising committee is due out this summer.

A Romney spokeswoman did not immediately respond to requests seeking comment late Sunday.

April's financial reports, due to the FEC by midnight Sunday, showed that Obama and the Democratic Party brought in a combined $43.6 million last month. Obama's campaign has had to raise funds aggressively to answer ads from conservative "super" political committees.

Indeed, Romney's fundraising bounty doesn't include the hundreds of millions of dollars flowing into GOP super PACs. On Sunday, the Romney-supportive Restore Our Future said it raised $4.6 million last month, leaving the group with $8.2 million cash on hand.

Super PACs can raise and spend unlimited amounts of cash but can't coordinate with the candidates they support. GOP groups have largely outraised their Democratic counterparts, although Obama has a strong financial position that traditionally comes with being an incumbent.

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GLASS HAMMER If music review by kev rowland

5 stars Over the years the duo of Steve Babb and Fred Schendel have had a somewhat rotating door policy to musicians and styles, but here they have gone back to what nay fans are going to love, namely classic progressive rock in the style of Yes. Now, it is in the style of as opposed to going out and copying what has gone before ? and surely they have been paid the ultimate accolade by that band, as not only has Jon Anderson appeared on a previous album but the vocalist on this 2010 release is Jon Davidson ? who is currently the newest member of Yes, replacing Benoit David for the 2012 Australasian tour. Now, as I was lucky enough to see Yes in Auckland recently I know just how good Jon D is in a live environment, so it is of course no surprise to hear him to be more than up to the task in the studio.

They may not have a Roger Dean cover, but in Tom Kuhn they have someone who again has prepared something in the style of as opposed to just rehashing something that came out thirty or more years ago. I read one review where a comparison is made between Glass Hammer and Citizen Cain and that makes quite a bit of sense ? when CC was releasing albums in the early Nineties there was quite a lot of flak as it was stated that they were just doing what Gabriel had done with Genesis, but it has to be remembered that Peter had long left the band and the Genesis of 1992 wasn't anything like CC. Now, I really like 'Fly From Here' but this probably has more in common with the traditional Yes sound than that ? and after 20 years GH still has the same two people at it's heart yet it took far less time than that for Chris Squire to go through two drummers, three keyboard players, two singers and three guitarists.

Anyone playing this or writing about this is going to compare Glass Hammer to Yes, but that isn't a bad thing. The question is not why does that have to take place, but more why on earth isn't this band better known and spoken about with the same reverence? This is a great album, whatever name is on the cover ? if you like Yes then this is five stars and essential, if you don't then don't bother, but it is your loss.

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Airport Show Comes to Dubai - Business Review Europe

LONDON, ENGLAND, May 20, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Held at the Dubai International Convention And Exhibition Centre, the Airport Show is the pinnacle of networking and conference events in aviation. The state of the art location, the Airport Show is held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, who is also president of the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, amongst other things.

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The Airport Show also covers every aspect of airport operation you can imagine. Construction, services, security, flights, technology and the actual operation of an airport are all covered in various workshops. The latest, cutting-edge technology is also showcased at conferences and seminars which had a positive response from attendees last year.

The Airport Show is also a great networking opportunity at all levels. Speakers from the 2011 event included the Vice-President of Flight Operations for Emirates whilst the Airport Show has been responsible for helping fund and develop airport projects around the world which is expected to reach a value of $90 billion in the coming years.

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Lockerbie bomber dies more than two years after release | MyFOX8 ...

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TRIPOLI, Libya ? Abdelbeset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi, the only person convicted in connection with the Lockerbie airline bombing that killed 270 people, died Sunday, the Libyan government and family members said. He was 60.

The former intelligence officer, who had suffered from prostate cancer, will be buried Monday, according to a Libyan foreign ministry spokesman.

Al Megrahi?s cousin, Omer al-Gharyani, told CNN he was at a Tripoli hospital with al Megrahi when he died.

His death came more than two-and-a-half years after he was freed from a life sentence in Scotland because he was said to be dying.

His brother said the family refers ?to the deceased as ?the convicted innocent.??

?May God bless his soul,? he added.

Relatives of those killed in the bombing expressed relief and, in some cases, anger.

?He was a mass murderer. I feel no pity,? said Susan Cohen, whose daughter was among the 189 Americans killed.

Lockerbie victims? families: Relief, anger

The destruction of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988 was the deadliest act of air terrorism targeting Americans until the September 11, 2001, attacks, according to the FBI.

American and British investigators who painstakingly pieced together the wreckage concluded it was destroyed by a bomb.

Authorities in those nations claimed al Megrahi ? once the security chief for Libyan Arab Airlines ? and Al Amin Khalifa Fhimah were Libyan intelligence agents who planted the explosive. They were charged in November 1991 on 270 counts of murder and conspiracy to murder.

That indictment set off the first battle over al Megrahi, until Libya handed him and Fhima over in the face of international pressure.

Eight years after his trial and conviction, a fresh uproar arose when he was released from a Scottish prison because he was battling terminal prostate cancer. He received a hero?s welcome upon arriving home in Libya.

And last year, as rebel fighters advanced and, ultimately, toppled Moammar Gadhafi and his regime, the debate was revived as some called for al Megrahi?s extradition back to Britain or to the United States. But even after new leaders took power, he remained in Libya.

CNN Senior International Correspondent Nic Robertson tracked al Megrahi down last August at the palatial villa Gadhafi had built for him.

Apparently in a coma and near death, al Megrahi?s family said then that his son and mother were trying to care for him with oxygen and an intravenous drip, but with no medical assistance.

His death may make it impossible ever to get the full story behind the Lockerbie bombing.

In an interview with Reuters last October, al Megrahi vowed ?new facts? would come to light. The truth will come out ?one day, and hopefully in the near future,? he said.

2011: Convicted Lockerbie bomber says truth will eventually come out

Reacting to news of the convicted killer?s death, British Prime Minister David Cameron on Sunday reiterated his belief that ?he should never have been released from prison.?

?Today is a day to remember the 270 people who lost their lives in what was an appalling terrorist act,? Cameron at the NATO summit in Chicago. ?Our thoughts should be with them and their families for the suffering they?ve had.?

Scotland?s First Minister Alex Salmond ? the top Scottish political figure ? likewise expressed sympathy for the attack?s victims, while asserting that al Megrahi?s death puts ?to rest some of the conspiracy theories which have attempted to suggest that his illness was somehow manufactured.?

Despite widespread criticism, ?extensive scrutiny? has found that Scotland released al Megrahi on ?compassionate grounds alone,? Salmond said in his statement.

His release ? and the celebrations that greeted him in Libya ? sparked condemnation from the United States and British governments, and from some victims? families.

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, a New York Democrat, accused ?the Scottish government, perhaps with the participation of the British government, (of creating) a major injustice when they let him out.?

?This man was a horrible man,? Schumer told CNN on Sunday. ?It would have been better had he not died in freedom, but died in prison. That?s what he deserved.?

?The only legacy we have is in the memory of all those who were lost,? Schumer added. ??We have to just make sure we continue this battle against terrorism on airplanes. We made great progress and we have to keep it up.?

When Washington and London blamed al Megrahi and Fhimah for the attack, Libya refused to hand them over.

That led the U.N. Security Council in April 1992 to slap sanctions on the north African nation, clamping down on arms sales and air travel. The FBI put the two men on its 10 Most Wanted fugitives list ? the only time officers of a foreign government have ever been so named, spokesman Ken Hoffman said.

Two years later, Libya floated the idea of trying the men in an international court, which the United States and Britain rejected.

Libya made a new proposal in summer 1998: that the men go on trial in the Netherlands, albeit under Scottish law.

By the end of that year, matters came to a head when then U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan met Gadhafi in Tripoli. Ten days later, a U.S. Appeals Court ruled that families of Americans killed in the bombing could sue Libya for possibly sponsoring the attack.

The next day, Libya agreed to let the men face trial.

They were handed over April 5, 1999, to the United Nations, which suspended its sanctions the same day. Two months later, U.S. and Libyan officials met face-to-face for the first time in 18 years. Libya later agreed in 2003 to pay $2.7 billion to victims? families, though Gadhafi was always cagey about admitting official Libyan involvement.

After a nine-month trial, al Megrahi was convicted in 2001 of the murders after prosecutors dropped lesser charges. He was sentenced to life in prison, having to serve a minimum of 27 years. Scotland does not allow the death penalty.

Fhimah was found not guilty.

For his part, al Megrahi continued to fight to clear his name.

In June 2007, the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission allowed one appeal to go forward, ruling it uncovered new evidence and that al Megrahi ?may have suffered a miscarriage of justice.?

Before that appeal was heard, however, it emerged al Megrahi had terminal prostate cancer.

Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill, who had authority over the case because the convicted bomber was jailed in Scotland, ordered him freed in August 2009.

Some family members of Lockerbie victims swiftly complained that, with the legal process ending after al Megrahi dropped his appeal, they?d never know the full truth.

British press, meanwhile, alleged the release was tied to oil deals with Libya.

British and Scottish officials denied that claim, making public more than 100 pages of previously secret documents to make their case.

The papers included a handwritten letter from al Megrahi to MacAskill, pleading that he be allowed to see his family before he died, and continuing to proclaim his innocence.

The documents also showed that senior Libyan officials warned their Scottish and British counterparts it would be ?catastrophic? for British-Libyan relations if al Megrahi died in prison.

Gadhafi?s son, Saif al-Islam, Gadhafi?s son and heir apparent who accompanied al Megrahi back to Libya on August 20, 2009, said Libya was ?very angry? at British efforts to keep al Megrahi out of a separate prisoner transfer agreement. But he said, ultimately, the bomber was released for a different reason.

It was ?not because of business deals,? Saif al-Islam Gadhafi told CNN in early September, two months before he himself was captured in Libya. ?The guy is sick, seriously sick. He has cancer, and, because of that, they made their decision.?

Credit: Jomana Karadsheh, CNN. CNN?s Richard Allen Greene contributed to this report.

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The Basic Features Of The Nintendo 3DS Video Game Console

The Nintendo 3DS video game console is the first one of its kind. It is the pioneer when it comes to portable video game consoles which are capable of bringing top-of-the-line 3D technology to games, videos, music, and photos. It lets people enjoy video games in 3D ? just like how we enjoy 3D movies ? only without the need to wear 3D glasses.

Nintendo has truly reached new heights in bringing 3D video gaming technology to life. Aside from not requiring glasses, the Nintendo 3DS video game console also has an embedded motion and gyroscopic sensors that make the system react to motion, such as tilting. Moreover, this portable gaming device also gives people the opportunity to change the level of 3D that they want to experience (super 3D, medium 3D, low 3D, or none at all) through what is called a ?depth slider?. This feature is very important, especially to children under seven, whose eyesight may be damaged by 3D. Hence, children can be safeguarded from the harmful effects of 3D since it can be turned off as necessary.

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