http://www.mail.com/int/people/21700-osama-bin-laden.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/int/people/21700-osama-bin-laden.html http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2107698-obamas-drone-speech-improve-pakistan-ties.html ISLAMABAD (AP) — President Barack Obama's decision to impose more restrictive rules governing U.S. drone strikes and his prediction that they will be used less could pave the way for better relations with the new government of key ally Pakistan, officials and analysts said Friday. Obama fell short of Pakistani demands to announce an end to the attacks, bu... Fri, 24 May 2013 17:19:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2107698-obamas-drone-speech-improve-pakistan-ties.html 2013-05-24T17:19:25Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2102882-piers-morgan-writing-book-life-cnn.html NEW YORK (AP) — Piers Morgan is going behind the scenes. The host of CNN's "Piers Morgan Live" has a deal with Gallery Books for "Shooting Straight: Guns, Gays, God, and George Clooney." Gallery, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, announced Wednesday that the book is scheduled for October. Morgan, in a statement issued by Gallery, promise... Wed, 22 May 2013 14:48:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2102882-piers-morgan-writing-book-life-cnn.html 2013-05-22T14:48:35Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2100078-deal-bin-laden-evidence-wikileaks-case.html FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — Lawyers in the court-martial of an Army private who sent more than 700,000 classified U.S. documents to WikiLeaks said Tuesday they have reached a deal that may eliminate the need for testimony from a member of the military team that killed Osama bin Laden. Prosecutors also agreed to accept Pfc. Bradley Manning's guilty plea to a lesser version of one ... Tue, 21 May 2013 21:49:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2100078-deal-bin-laden-evidence-wikileaks-case.html 2013-05-21T21:49:20Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2096316-ap-ceo-calls-records-seizure-unconstitutional.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The president and chief executive officer of The Associated Press on Sunday called the government's secret seizure of two months of reporters' phone records "unconstitutional" and said the news cooperative had not ruled out legal action against the Justice Department. Gary Pruitt, in his first television interviews since it was revealed ... Sun, 19 May 2013 20:47:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2096316-ap-ceo-calls-records-seizure-unconstitutional.html 2013-05-19T20:47:05Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2095976-karzai-seeks-indian-military-aid-amid-pakistan-row.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan President Hamid Karzai will seek increased military aid from India during a three-day visit starting Monday and will discuss recent cross-border clashes with Pakistan, India's archrival, an aide said. The comments follow a weekend report by the Times of India that said Afghanistan's ambassador to India had said the country... Sun, 19 May 2013 14:39:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2095976-karzai-seeks-indian-military-aid-amid-pakistan-row.html 2013-05-19T14:39:01Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2085106-holder-played-role-ap-phone-subpoena.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday defended the Justice Department's secret examination of Associated Press phone records though he declared he had played no role in it, saying it was justified as part of an investigation into a grave national security leak. The government's wide-ranging information gathering from the news cooperati... Tue, 14 May 2013 22:26:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2085106-holder-played-role-ap-phone-subpoena.html 2013-05-14T22:26:52Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2082656-govt-obtains-wide-ap-phone-records-probe.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what the news cooperative's top executive called a "massive and unprecedented intrusion" into how news organizations gather the news. The records obtained by the Justice Department listed outgoing calls for the wo... Tue, 14 May 2013 02:55:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2082656-govt-obtains-wide-ap-phone-records-probe.html 2013-05-14T02:55:32Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2079858-pakistans-sharif-resounding-election-victory.html LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif looked poised to return to office with a resounding election victory — a mandate that could make it easier to tackle the country's daunting problems, including growing power outages, weak economic growth and shaky government finances. Questions remain, however, about Sharif's stance on a... Mon, 13 May 2013 03:53:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2079858-pakistans-sharif-resounding-election-victory.html 2013-05-13T03:53:48Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2077916-man-sentenced-us-plot-terror-witness.html RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) — A man was sentenced Friday to four life terms for plotting to behead federal witnesses whose testimony helped convict him for his role in an earlier plot to slaughter U.S. servicemen and their families. Hysen Sherifi, 29, was one of six Muslims convicted in 2011 of planning to attack the Marine base in Quantico, Virginia, an... Sat, 11 May 2013 03:32:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2077916-man-sentenced-us-plot-terror-witness.html 2013-05-11T03:32:15Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2073262-hard-line-islamists-to-gains-pakistan-vote.html MARDAN, Pakistan (AP) — The imposing, black-bearded politician in a striking white turban takes the stage at a campaign rally in northwest Pakistan as a song about Islamic holy war blares over loudspeakers. Before a chanting crowd, he praises the Afghan Taliban and blasts Pakistan's government for not protecting Osama bin Laden from U.S. commandos. Maulan... Thu, 09 May 2013 06:21:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2073262-hard-line-islamists-to-gains-pakistan-vote.html 2013-05-09T06:21:02Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2058078-afghan-policeman-killed-pakistan-border-clash.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan border policeman was killed in an exchange of fire with Pakistani troops along the country's contested eastern border, an Afghan security official said Thursday, in an incident that threatens to further inflame tensions between the neighboring countries. Pakistani forces fired artillery rounds late Wednesday at Afghan b... Thu, 02 May 2013 13:49:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2058078-afghan-policeman-killed-pakistan-border-clash.html 2013-05-02T13:49:42Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2054218-france-jihadist-convert-arrested-mali.html PARIS (AP) — French troops in Mali have arrested a French citizen who converted to Islam, took on the jihadist cause and threatened his native country in a video last fall, the military spokesman said Tuesday. Col. Thierry Burkhard said Gilles Le Guen was arrested this week north of Timbuktu, the fabled city in Mali's northern desert that had been his bas... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:35:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2054218-france-jihadist-convert-arrested-mali.html 2013-04-30T20:35:22Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2046294-american-jihadi-somalia-tweets-kill-attempt.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A most-wanted American jihadi in Somalia said Friday that the leader of Islamic extremist rebels in Somali was starting a civil war, just hours after an assassination attempt left the Alabama native with a neck wound. Omar Hammami posted on Twitter about what he labeled an assassination attempt late Thursday as he was sitting in a te... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:15:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2046294-american-jihadi-somalia-tweets-kill-attempt.html 2013-04-26T16:15:20Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2038728-limping-al-qaida-offshoot-rearms-with-twitter.html Battered by a French-led military campaign in Mali, al-Qaida's North African arm is trying something new to stay relevant: Twitter. The PR campaign by the terror network seeks to tap into social grievances and champion mainstream causes such as unemployment, all in bid to reverse decline and win new followers. The hearts-and-minds approach echoes an outre... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:41:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2038728-limping-al-qaida-offshoot-rearms-with-twitter.html 2013-04-23T12:41:41Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2037550-nicaragua-nabs-us-most-wanted-child-porn-suspect.html MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Police in Nicaragua have detained a former U.S. school teacher who was on the FBI's 10 most-wanted fugitives as a suspect in a child pornography investigation, authorities confirmed Monday. Eric Justin Toth was detained Saturday in Esteli, a city near Nicaragua's border with Honduras, and will be immediately deported to the Unite... Mon, 22 Apr 2013 23:13:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2037550-nicaragua-nabs-us-most-wanted-child-porn-suspect.html 2013-04-22T23:13:22Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2010696-bin-laden-raid-member-wikileaks-witness.html FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — A military judge cleared the way Wednesday for a member of the team that raided Osama bin Laden's compound to testify at the trial of an Army private charged in a massive leak of U.S. secrets to the WikiLeaks website. Col. Denise Lind ruled for the prosecution during a court-martial pretrial hearing for Pfc. Bradley Manning at Fort ... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 21:17:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2010696-bin-laden-raid-member-wikileaks-witness.html 2013-04-10T21:17:05Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1983926-israel-reopens-gaza-border-crossings.html JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Thursday fully reopened its border crossings with the Gaza Strip that were closed following militant rocket fire during President Barack Obama's visit to the region last week, the military said. Hours before the U.S. leader visited the West Bank, Palestinian militants fired two rockets from Gaza into a southern Israeli city, cau... Thu, 28 Mar 2013 09:25:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1983926-israel-reopens-gaza-border-crossings.html 2013-03-28T09:25:51Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1982156-uk-govt-loses-court-challenge-to-deport-preacher.html LONDON (AP) — A radical Muslim cleric thwarted another effort by Britain to have him deported to Jordan after a court accepted arguments Wednesday that he would face testimony obtained by torture. Britain wants to deport Abu Qatada to Jordan, where he was convicted in absentia for terror plots in 1999 and 2000. Successive British governments have been try... Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1982156-uk-govt-loses-court-challenge-to-deport-preacher.html 2013-03-27T14:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1976088-musharraf-heads-to-pakistan-amid-death-threats.html DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf ended more than four years in self-exile Sunday with a flight to his homeland, seeking a possible political comeback in defiance of judicial probes and death threats from Taliban militants. The journey from exile in Dubai to the Pakistani port city of Karachi is intended as the... Sun, 24 Mar 2013 07:15:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1976088-musharraf-heads-to-pakistan-amid-death-threats.html 2013-03-24T07:15:35Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1969956-will-5m-bring-tweeting-rapping-us-jihadi.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Will the allure of a $5 million reward be the downfall of a tweeting, rapping American jihadi who once fought alongside the Somali militant group al-Shabab but now denounces their methods and motivations in online feuds? A U.S. State Department official who specializes in Somalia said Thursday that the new $5 million reward offered f... Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:16:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1969956-will-5m-bring-tweeting-rapping-us-jihadi.html 2013-03-21T15:16:48Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1966836-pakistan-to-hold-nationwide-elections-11.html ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan will hold nationwide parliamentary elections on May 11, said a presidential spokesman on Wednesday. The vote is expected to produce the country's first transition from one civilian government to another. The president approved a proposal finalizing the May date for the upcoming election, said Farhatullah Babar. The Pakistani parl... Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:21:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1966836-pakistan-to-hold-nationwide-elections-11.html 2013-03-20T11:21:08Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1959988-pakistan-government-ends-historic-5-year-term.html ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan's government passed a major milestone Saturday, with the parliament becoming the first democratically chosen body to finish its five-year term in a country that has faced three military coups and persistent political turmoil. But after years of militant attacks, worsening electricity blackouts and faltering economic growth, the p... Sat, 16 Mar 2013 20:25:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1959988-pakistan-government-ends-historic-5-year-term.html 2013-03-16T20:25:38Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1954392-pakistanis-linked-to-cia-bin-laden-plot-reinstated.html ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani court reinstated in their jobs on Thursday 17 health workers who were fired last year for allegedly participating in a CIA scheme to confirm the presence of Osama bin Laden in a town in northwest Pakistan, a defense lawyer said. Lawyer Javed Awan said the court order affected 16 female health workers and one male wh... Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:45:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1954392-pakistanis-linked-to-cia-bin-laden-plot-reinstated.html 2013-03-14T16:45:44Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/us/1938316-us-court-charges-al-qaida-spokesman-911-crimes.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior al-Qaida leader and member of Osama bin Laden's inner circle was charged Thursday with conspiring to kill Americans in his role as the terror network's top propagandist who lauded the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 — and warned there would be more. Officials said Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, who was born in Kuwait and was bin Laden's son-in-... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 00:41:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/us/1938316-us-court-charges-al-qaida-spokesman-911-crimes.html 2013-03-08T00:41:35Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1929638-afghan-president-lashes-pakistan.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan President Hamid Karzai lashed out once again at his supposed ally, Pakistan, saying Monday that a statement by a Pakistani cleric endorsing suicide bombings in Afghanistan shows the neighboring country is not sincere in efforts to fight terrorism. "Afghanistan wants a real struggle against terrorism and wants the Pakistani... Mon, 04 Mar 2013 15:45:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1929638-afghan-president-lashes-pakistan.html 2013-03-04T15:45:42Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1892142-timbuktu-al-qaida-left-manifesto.html TIMBUKTU, Mali (AP) — In their hurry to flee last month, al-Qaida fighters left behind a crucial document: Tucked under a pile of papers and trash is a confidential letter, spelling out the terror network's strategy for conquering northern Mali and reflecting internal discord over how to rule the region. The document is an unprecedented window into the te... Fri, 15 Feb 2013 01:17:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1892142-timbuktu-al-qaida-left-manifesto.html 2013-02-15T01:17:11Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/1881142-argo-named-best-film-britains-oscars.html LONDON (AP) — Iran-hostage drama "Argo" continued its journey from awards-season outsider to favorite Sunday, winning three prizes, including best-picture, at the British Academy Film Awards. Ben Affleck was named best director for the based-on-reality story of a longshot plan to rescue a group of American diplomats from Iran after the 1979 Islamic Revolu... Sun, 10 Feb 2013 22:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/1881142-argo-named-best-film-britains-oscars.html 2013-02-10T22:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1874498-french-try-to-root-would-be-jihadists.html PARIS (AP) — France, waging war against Islamist extremists in Mali, is on the hunt for would-be fighters at home, fearful that they will join militants in the conflict in its former African colony or take radical action on French soil. With Iraq and Afghanistan no longer magnets for foreign fighters, officials say they worry that some angry youth among t... Thu, 07 Feb 2013 18:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1874498-french-try-to-root-would-be-jihadists.html 2013-02-07T18:18:00Z