Boko Haram Proposes Schoolgirls-for-Prisoners Trade in Nigeria

Here are the stories TIME is watching this Monday, May 12:

• Boko Haram released a video depicting what appears to be the kidnapped girls. Leader Abubakar Shekau demanded the release of Boko Haram prisoners in exchange for the girls.
• Donald Sterling apologized for the racist comments that got him banned from the NBA, calling them a “terrible mistake.”
• Vladimir Putin dominated an exhibition hockey game on the eve of eastern Ukraine’s referendum for succession from the Kiev government.
• Bearded Austrian drag queen Conchita Wurst won the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest.

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