http://www.mail.com/int/organizations/254-united-government.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/int/organizations/254-united-government.html http://www.mail.com/int/news/us/2161568-obama-nsa-programs-saved-lives.html BERLIN (AP) — President Barack Obama says lives have been saved by sweeping surveillance programs run by the National Security Agency. Obama says at least 50 threats have been averted because of phone records and Internet information the agency was able to access. He says those threats were not just in the U.S. but also in other countries like Germany. ... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:14:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/us/2161568-obama-nsa-programs-saved-lives.html 2013-06-19T11:14:01Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/markets/2161556-markets-steady-investors-ready-fed.html LONDON (AP) — Markets were fairly flat-footed ahead of a keenly awaited policy statement from the U.S. Federal Reserve. The central bank wraps up a two-day policy meeting later Wednesday and investors are looking to see if policymakers are moving towards any change in its monetary policy stance. The Fed's strategy of super-low interest rates and easy mone... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:00:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/markets/2161556-markets-steady-investors-ready-fed.html 2013-06-19T11:00:06Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2161074-karzai-suspends-talks-with-us-taliban-move.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Afghan president on Wednesday suspended talks with the United States on a new security deal to protest the way his government was being left out of initial peace negotiations with the Taliban meant to find a way to end the nearly 12-year war. The move by Hamid Karzai raises tensions significantly and could derail the peace pr... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:38:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2161074-karzai-suspends-talks-with-us-taliban-move.html 2013-06-19T10:38:45Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2161058-obama-to-renew-calls-nuclear-reductions.html BERLIN (AP) — President Barack Obama will renew his call Wednesday to reduce the world's nuclear stockpiles, including a proposed one-third reduction in U.S. and Russian arsenals, the White House said. Obama will make his case during a speech at Berlin's iconic Brandenburg Gate. His address comes nearly 50 years after John F. Kennedy's famous Cold War spe... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:12:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2161058-obama-to-renew-calls-nuclear-reductions.html 2013-06-19T10:12:32Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/us/2161056-oil-rises-99-barrel-bernanke-speaks.html BANGKOK (AP) — The price of oil rose Wednesday, before the conclusion of a U.S. Federal Reserve meeting. Benchmark oil for July delivery rose 48 cents to $98.92 per barrel at late afternoon Bangkok time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract rose 67 cents to close at $98.44 a barrel on the Nymex on Tuesday. ... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:59:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/us/2161056-oil-rises-99-barrel-bernanke-speaks.html 2013-06-19T09:59:28Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2161110-obamas-berlin-speech-history-raises-stakes.html BERLIN (AP) — Five years and 50 years. As President Barack Obama revisits Berlin, he can't escape those anniversaries and the inevitable comparisons to history and personal achievement. With his own 2008 speech at Berlin's Victory Column and former President John F. Kennedy's 1963 historic denunciation of the Soviet bloc as markers, Obama will use an addr... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:47:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2161110-obamas-berlin-speech-history-raises-stakes.html 2013-06-19T08:47:59Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/markets/2156772-asia-markets-investors-eye-fed.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Asian markets opened mostly lower Wednesday as investors waited for an update on the U.S. economy from the Federal Reserve and for some clarity from the Fed about its future course. The results of a two-day Fed policy meeting will likely ripple through stock markets once investors learn whether there will be changes in the U.S. c... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:31:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/markets/2156772-asia-markets-investors-eye-fed.html 2013-06-19T03:31:42Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2158690-us-taliban-to-start-talks-afghan-war.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban and the U.S. said Tuesday they will hold talks on finding a political solution to ending nearly 12 years of war in Afghanistan, as the international coalition formally handed over control of the country's security to the Afghan army and police. The Taliban met a key U.S. demand by pledging not to use Afghanistan as a ... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:23:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2158690-us-taliban-to-start-talks-afghan-war.html 2013-06-18T23:23:16Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/us/2159592-us-spy-chief-plot-wall-street-foiled.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. foiled a plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange because of the sweeping surveillance programs at the heart of a debate over national security and personal privacy, officials said Tuesday at a rare open hearing on intelligence led by lawmakers sympathetic to the spying. The House Intelligence Committee hearing provided a venue ... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:42:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/us/2159592-us-spy-chief-plot-wall-street-foiled.html 2013-06-18T21:42:45Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2160294-g-8-notebook-cameron-tweets-wwii-bomb-g-8-site.html ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (AP) — Well, that was close. Or was it? Shortly after wrapping up one of the most peaceful Group of Eight summits in recent memory, Prime Minister David Cameron let a cat out of the bag. "Now #G8UK is over I can reveal a bomb was found in Lough Erne," he posted on Twitter. "It was American from WW2. Apparently they had a practice mortar range here!" Not to worry, h... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:45:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2160294-g-8-notebook-cameron-tweets-wwii-bomb-g-8-site.html 2013-06-18T20:45:31Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2159316-mccaskill-endorses-ready-hillary-group.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Claire McCaskill endorsed an outside political group encouraging Hillary Rodham Clinton to run for president in 2016, saying it was important for Democrats to build a groundswell of support for the former secretary of state. The Missouri Democrat's support of the Ready for Hillary PAC on Tuesday marked the first time a member of Con... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:26:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2159316-mccaskill-endorses-ready-hillary-group.html 2013-06-18T20:26:30Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/uk/2158648-obamas-influence-limitations-display-g-8.html BERLIN (AP) — Now a veteran of the international summit scene, President Barack Obama wielded significant influence over the agenda at this week's Group of Eight meetings, but had only modest success in achieving the results he sought. It was Obama's recent move to arm Syria's rebel fighters that catapulted the two-year civil war to the top of the agenda ... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:53:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/uk/2158648-obamas-influence-limitations-display-g-8.html 2013-06-18T19:53:10Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2159090-poland-germany-probe-nazi-led-unit-commander.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Prosecutors in Poland and Germany said Tuesday they are reviewing files on a Minnesota man who was a commander of a Nazi-led unit to see if they have enough evidence to press charges and request his extradition from the United States. An Associated Press investigation revealed that Michael Karkoc, 94, entered the U.S. in 1949 by lyin... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:48:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2159090-poland-germany-probe-nazi-led-unit-commander.html 2013-06-18T19:48:40Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2159934-obama-opens-24-hour-trip-to-germany.html BERLIN (AP) — President Barack Obama is opening a 24-hour visit to Germany, the culmination of which will be a speech Wednesday at Berlin's iconic Brandenburg Gate. Obama will also hold meetings with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other government officials. He arrived in Berlin following a two-day summit of the Group of 8 industrial nations in North... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:23:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2159934-obama-opens-24-hour-trip-to-germany.html 2013-06-18T18:23:57Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2159526-obama-focuses-agreement-hollande-meeting.html ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (AP) — President Barack Obama says he and French President Francois Hollande agree they have strong evidence of chemical weapon use by the Syrian government. But he's not publicly mentioning their current differing positions over whether to arm rebels. Obama said the two leaders agree on the need to build a strong opposition ... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:38:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2159526-obama-focuses-agreement-hollande-meeting.html 2013-06-18T15:38:32Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2156678-g8-exposes-rift-leaders-syria.html ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (AP) — Deep differences over Syria's fierce civil war clouded a summit of world leaders Monday, with Russian President Vladimir Putin defiantly rejecting calls from the U.S., Britain and France to halt his political and military support for Syrian leader Bashar Assad's regime. But there were also fissures among the three West... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:10:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2156678-g8-exposes-rift-leaders-syria.html 2013-06-17T23:10:48Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/2158100-us-official-solar-plane-to-help-ground-energy-use.html CHANTILLY, Virginia (AP) — The plane parked outside the airport looks more like a giant exotic insect or maybe an outsized toy. When it's in flight, there's no roar of engines. It's strangely quiet. And as it crisscrosses the U.S., the spindly plane doesn't use a drop of fuel. Day, and even night, it flies on the power of the sun. It's... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:38:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/2158100-us-official-solar-plane-to-help-ground-energy-use.html 2013-06-17T22:38:05Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2157526-911-accused-guantanamo-court-trial-distant.html GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) — Five Guantanamo Bay prisoners accused of helping orchestrate the Sept. 11 terror attack returned to court Monday as arguments resumed over preparations for a trial that remains distant. It was the first time the five prisoners had been in court since February and they sat calmly through a morning's worth of dense leg... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:28:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2157526-911-accused-guantanamo-court-trial-distant.html 2013-06-17T21:28:24Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/uk/2156498-putin-us-russia-positions-syria-coincide.html ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin told President Barack Obama on Monday that their positions on Syria do not "coincide" but the two leaders said during the G-8 summit that they have a shared interest in stopping the violence that has ravaged the Middle Eastern country during a two-year-old civil war. Obama acknowledged ... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:15:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/uk/2156498-putin-us-russia-positions-syria-coincide.html 2013-06-17T21:15:04Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2156682-rowhanis-path-moderation-limits.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's newly elected president showcased his reform-leaning image Monday by promising a "path of moderation" that includes greater openness on Tehran's nuclear program and overtures to Washington. He also made clear where he draws the line: No halt to uranium enrichment and no direct U.S. dialogue without a pledge to stay out of Iranian affairs. ... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:02:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2156682-rowhanis-path-moderation-limits.html 2013-06-17T20:02:11Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2154820-north-korea-changes-tack-tells-us-lets-talk.html PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — After months of threatening to wage a nuclear war, North Korea did an about-face Sunday and issued a surprise proposal to the United States, its No. 1 enemy: Let's talk. But the invitation from North Korea's National Defense Commission, the powerful governing body led by leader Kim Jong Un, comes with caveats: No precondition... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:02:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2154820-north-korea-changes-tack-tells-us-lets-talk.html 2013-06-17T19:02:02Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2157564-us-sees-nkorea-talks-offer.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department says it sees nothing new in North Korea's offer of high-level talks with the U.S. Spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Monday that Pyongyang has made similar offers numerous times over the years. She said Washington would be open to dialogue but it wants North Korea first to take credible steps toward giving up its nuclear wea... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:35:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2157564-us-sees-nkorea-talks-offer.html 2013-06-17T18:35:31Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/uk/2157212-white-house-notebook-obama-putin-nearby-g-8.html ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (AP) — If President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin want some extra quality time together at the Group of 8 meeting, they don't have to go far. The U.S. cottage at the Lough Erne resort where the summit is being held is just a few yards from the Russian cottage, the closest U.S. neighbor of all the G-8 deleg... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:13:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/uk/2157212-white-house-notebook-obama-putin-nearby-g-8.html 2013-06-17T18:13:47Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2157308-summary-supreme-court-actions-monday.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday handed down decisions in five cases and agreed to hear two important appeals in the fall. Among the court's actions: — Struck down, by a 7-2 vote, Arizona's proof-of-citizenship law that asks would-be voters for additional documentation before allowing them to register using a federal form designed to make sig... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:31:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2157308-summary-supreme-court-actions-monday.html 2013-06-17T16:31:27Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2156912-high-court-to-hear-nj-housing-discrimination-case.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to take on another dispute involving race, deciding whether people must prove they were victims of intentional housing discrimination to win lawsuits under federal law. With highly anticipated decisions on affirmative action and voting rights imminent, the justices added a case to their calendar for the fa... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:08:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2156912-high-court-to-hear-nj-housing-discrimination-case.html 2013-06-17T16:08:35Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2156994-court-jury-final-minimums.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says a jury should have the final say on facts that can trigger mandatory minimum sentences in criminal trials. The high court on Monday overturned the sentencing in Allen Alleyne's case in a 5-4 judgment. He was convicted of robbery and firearm possession in Richmond, Va. The jury said Alleyne's accomplice did not bran... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:17:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2156994-court-jury-final-minimums.html 2013-06-17T14:17:25Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2156908-court-will-review-dispute-airline-pilot.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will review a $1.24 million defamation judgment against a Wisconsin airline that reported one of its pilots as mentally unstable and caused him to be arrested. The justices said Monday they will hear an appeal from Air Wisconsin that claims it is shielded under federal law from the defamation claims of veteran pilot Wil... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:42:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2156908-court-will-review-dispute-airline-pilot.html 2013-06-17T13:42:46Z