100 Minnesotans will join NATO protest in Chicago Suburban protesters converge on summit police step up presence for DuPage Airport set to accommodate traffic at Conference sheriff must borrow radios Best ways get around during this weekend Police Protesters prepare Summit Dawn Patrol Cops ready NATO; COD Glen Ellyn going back court marriage courts close Saturday A Strategy Afghanistan beyond 2015 Invites Pakistan Upcoming Afghan France's New Leader Faces First Test Overseas Norwegian General Leads UN Observer Mission Syria US Seeks Help Fund Army Fiery Protests Expected With Turkey Flexes Muscles Before Family Justice 9/11 Victim Putin NoShow Causing Tension Top Agenda Item Members Discuss Greater Defense Integration

NATO protesters occupy Chicago streets Thousands of NATO protesters took to the streets of Chicago Friday chanting "tax Wall Street!" and calling for an end to costly wars so governments can focus on providing social services. NATO's 'Window Dressing' When Western leaders gather in Chicago this weekend for the NATO summit, the public will be inundated with upbeat communiques. The assembled presidents and prime ministers will agree to march in lockstep on the way out of Afghanistan by the end of 2014. They will point to last year's military operation in Libya as a model for future alliance burden-sharing. They will embrace a new "Smart ... NATO's rush for exit risks Afghan collapse: report NATO's rush to get out of a "quagmire" in Afghanistan risks the collapse of the state and strategic failure for the Western alliance in its decade-long war, a former EU adviser has warned. Afghanistan security for less? How low can NATO go? As NATO leaders convene for the weekend summit in Chicago, one pressing issue is whether, and how much, the post-NATO-withdrawal Afghan security forces can be pared down to save money. Afghanistan fundraising goal elusive before NATO summit WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Just days before this weekend's NATO summit, the United States remains short of its goal of raising $1.3 billion in security funds from its partners in Afghanistan, after a money-raising blitz failed to garner immediate contributions from allies facing fiscal and political pressures. Who will pay for Afghanistan's future security will be central when President Barack Obama ... Taliban attack on NATO base in Afghanistan kills two A Taliban rocket attack on a NATO base in the eastern Afghan province of Kunar killed two international soldiers and wounded six, officials said. At Chicago summit, NATO must take stock of its big shoulders The NATO summit in Chicago can overcome the alliance's current woes about Afghanistan and defense cuts by remembering how unique NATO is in history as a club of democracies with shared principles and interests. NATO Protest Weekend Kicks Off in Chicago Friday's march and rally in Chicago, which kicked off a weekend of protests against the NATO summit there, did not rise to the level of chaos seen at past gatherings of world leaders such as the G8 or WTO, but it did portend a rambunctious weekend for the city. Afghanistan fundraising goal eludes as US heads to NATO summit WASHINGTON (Reuters) - On the eve of this weekend's NATO summit, the United States remains short of its goal of raising $1.3 billion in security funds from its partners in Afghanistan, after a money-raising blitz failed to garner immediate contributions from allies coping with fiscal and political pressures. Who will pay for Afghanistan's future security will be central when President Barack ... Pakistani president to attend NATO summit on Afghanistan President Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan will attend the NATO summit meeting about Afghanistan in Chicago this weekend, his office said in a statement Thursday.
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