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New census figures have highlighted a significant change to the racial makeup of the United States. For the first time, there are now more minorities being born in the US than whites. Al Jazeera's Kimberly Halkett reports from Washington, DC.

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In 2010, cross-border trade between the Syria and Turkey was estimated at about $2.5bn. However, the violence in Syria means that this has now dropped considerably. One of the worst hit cities in Turkey is Hatay, a traditional hub for the country's trade with the Middle East. Al Jazeera's Hashem Ahelbarra reports from Hatay.

During her almost 60 year reign - Queen Elizabeth the second has hosted hundreds of lunches for foreign monarchs. Few perhaps in recent years though with such a controversial guest list. The King of Bahrain, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa among those invited to dine at Windsor Castle at a time when Bahrain has come under international pressure over allegations of serious human rights violations. The crackdown against pro-reform demonstrators has drawn disgust and concern in equal measure from campaigners. Al Jazeera's Emma Hayward reports from London.

Mark Zuckerberg has changed his Facebook status to say he has listed a company on NASDAQ. The company's founder rang the market's opening bell remotely from California, and he hopes the share sale will be one of America's biggest, raising more than $16bn. That would value the whole company at around $104bn. But is it worth that much? Scott Heidler reports live from New York, where he interviews Max Wolff, an analyst at GreenCrest Capital.

As analysts start to look at what happens if Greece leaves the euro zone, its wealthier citizens have taken matters into their own hands. Vast amounts of money are heading to countries elsewhere - to Switzerland and to the UK. Al Jazeera's Peter Greste investigates.

Matt Rumsey reports as South Africa's Branden Grace, the world number 65, aims to make it a hattrick of Volvo titles when he takes on six Major winners in the World Matchplay in Andalucia. For more sports news and features go to aljazeera.com/sport. First aired on May 16, 2012.

US president Barack Obama's hometown of Chicago is to be the venue of the NATO summit about the future of the foreign forces in Afghanistan, which commences on Sunday. With more than 60 heads of state to attend the summit and tens of thousands of protesters also expected to converge on the city, this is the biggest event in the US state of Illinois since the 1968 Democratic National Convention which ended brutally. Security is a primary concern and Obama's former chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, now the mayor of the city, is tasked with seeing the event through without incident. Al Jazeera's John Hendren reports from Chicago.

Afghanistan has been ranked as one of the top five most corrupt nations on earth with officials and foreign contractors benefitting from the siphoning of hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign aid. For the people, bribery has become a way of life as the average Afghan is said to spend $156 dollars per year on illegal payments. The government of Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, blames uncontrolled foreign spending on the risings costs associated with daily life in Afghanistan. Last year, however, Karzai fired a prosecutor after a case had charged 17 members of the cabinet of being complicit in graft. Al Jazeera's Bernard Smith reports from Kabul on the calls by the government to have flex more control over spending of hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign aid.

Florida prosecutors have released almost 200 pages of evidence in the case of, Trayvon Martin, the unarmed black teenager killed by neighbourhood watch volunteer, George Zimmerman, last February. The documents and images provide some support for both the shooter- who's claimed self-defence -- and the boy's family which says the killing was racially motivated and avoidable. Al Jazeera's Tom Ackerman reports.