http://www.mail.com/int/subjects/304-general-news.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/subjects/304-general-news.html http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2161852-house-panel-starts-rewrite-child-left.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of the Republican-led House education panel are sending their rewrite of No Child Left Behind to the full House for a vote. The House Education and the Workforce Committee on Wednesday finished work on a rewrite of the sweeping education law. In the revised version, states would have more authority and Education Secretary Arne Du... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:58:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2161852-house-panel-starts-rewrite-child-left.html 2013-06-19T17:58:07Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2162574-us-cuba-to-resume-migration-talks.html HAVANA (AP) — A State Department official says the United States and Cuba have agreed to resume bilateral talks on migration issues next month, in the latest evidence of a thaw in chilly relations. The talks will be held in Washington on July 17. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publically. The two Col... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:49:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2162574-us-cuba-to-resume-migration-talks.html 2013-06-19T17:49:29Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2161516-greek-government-talks-to-tv-crisis.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's governing coalition parties met for a second time in three days to try and end a political crisis triggered by the closure of state broadcaster ERT. Conservative Prime Minister Antonis Samaras was in talks Wednesday with coalition partners — the Socialist Pasok and Democratic Left parties — who have opposed his decision to s... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:40:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2161516-greek-government-talks-to-tv-crisis.html 2013-06-19T17:40:58Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2161116-protesters-brazilian-cities.html SAO PAULO (AP) — Scattered street demonstrations popped up around Brazil Wednesday as protesters continued their collective cry against the low-quality public services they receive in exchange for high taxes and rising prices. In one of several protests, about 200 people blocked the Anchieta Highway that links Sao Paulo and the port city of Santos before ... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:36:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2161116-protesters-brazilian-cities.html 2013-06-19T17:36:57Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/markets/2161556-markets-drift-investors-ready-fed.html LONDON (AP) — Markets drifted lower Wednesday ahead of a keenly awaited policy statement from the U.S. Federal Reserve. The central bank wraps up a two-day policy meeting later 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 money over the... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:33:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/markets/2161556-markets-drift-investors-ready-fed.html 2013-06-19T17:33:57Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2161716-fifa-under-20-wcup-upbeat-despite-demos.html ISTANBUL (AP) — The Under-20 World Cup kicks off Friday in Turkey with FIFA promising the tournament will go off without a hitch despite sometimes violent, anti-government protests that have gripped Istanbul and other Turkish cities in recent weeks. Jim Boyce, chairman of the tournament organizing committee, acknowledged that security has been beefed up f... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:27:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2161716-fifa-under-20-wcup-upbeat-despite-demos.html 2013-06-19T17:27:36Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/uk/2162516-top-uk-court-overturns-sanctions-iranian-bank.html LONDON (AP) — Britain's Supreme Court has quashed sanctions against an Iranian bank penalized over its alleged links to Iran's nuclear weapons program. Bank Mellat, a privately owned commercial bank, was seeking to overturn a 2009 order by the British Treasury barring it from operating in the country. That order, made under counterterrorism laws, shut th... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:23:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/uk/2162516-top-uk-court-overturns-sanctions-iranian-bank.html 2013-06-19T17:23:56Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2161058-obama-renews-calls-nuclear-reductions.html BERLIN (AP) — Appealing for a new citizen activism in the free world, President Barack Obama renewed his call Wednesday to reduce U.S. and Russian nuclear stockpiles and to confront climate change, a danger he called "the global threat of our time." In a wide-ranging speech that enumerated a litany of challenges facing the world, Obama said he wanted to r... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:02:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2161058-obama-renews-calls-nuclear-reductions.html 2013-06-19T18:02:15Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2162496-gyula-horn-hungarian-prime-minister-dies.html BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Gyula Horn, a former Hungarian prime minister who played a key role in opening the Iron Curtain, has died at the age of 80. Horn's death on Wednesday was announced by the Hungarian government and confirmed by the Socialist Party, which he led to victory in the 1994 elections. Horn had been hospitalized in Budapest for several year... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:14:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2162496-gyula-horn-hungarian-prime-minister-dies.html 2013-06-19T17:14:14Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/2162506-world-food-prize-to-3-biotech-scientists.html DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — This year's World Food Prize is going to a Belgian scientist and two researchers in the United States for their innovations that brought the world genetically modified crops. The prize organizers say the technology that allows for the stable transfer of genes into plant cells has improved yields, resistance to insects and disease, ... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:14:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/2162506-world-food-prize-to-3-biotech-scientists.html 2013-06-19T17:14:06Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2162458-czech-speaker-named-candidate-prime-minister.html PRAGUE (AP) — The dominant party in Czech coalition has named the parliamentary speaker as its candidate for prime minister after Petr Necas resigned amid a spy and bribery scandal. Miroslava Nemcova was approved Wednesday by the conservative Civic Democratic Party. Nemcova has also been acceptable to two other coalition partners, the conservative TOP 09 ... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:08:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2162458-czech-speaker-named-candidate-prime-minister.html 2013-06-19T17:08:16Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2162454-irans-electoral-watchdog-approves-election-result.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's state TV is reporting the country's election overseer, the Guardian Council, has approved Friday's presidential election result, affirming a first-round victory by a relative moderate. The report Wednesday said Hasan Rowhani won the election by taking nearly 51 percent of votes. Since he won more than half, that eliminated the n... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:07:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2162454-irans-electoral-watchdog-approves-election-result.html 2013-06-19T17:07:39Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/2162048-palace-sheds-light-kates-baby-plans.html LONDON (AP) — With Prince William and the former Kate Middleton expecting their first child in mid-July — and much of the world interested in the birth of a future monarch — the royals' office has released some of the couple's plans, although many details are still being kept private. Kate has made several public appearances recently but is expected to keep a low profile in ... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:06:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/2162048-palace-sheds-light-kates-baby-plans.html 2013-06-19T17:06:27Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2162430-commerzbank-confirms-cutting-5200-jobs-2016.html BERLIN (AP) — Germany's second-largest bank has finalized an agreement to cut 5,200 jobs over the next three years. Struggling Commerzbank AG on Wednesday said some 1,800 positions will be cut in its retail banking division, with the remainder spread across multiple departments. It says the management and the workers' council reached agreement on the rest... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:53:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2162430-commerzbank-confirms-cutting-5200-jobs-2016.html 2013-06-19T16:53:49Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2162432-john-paul-ii-moves-step-closer-to-sainthood.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope John Paul II has moved a step closer to sainthood. A Vatican official says a commission of theologians approved a miracle attributed to his intercession, clearing a key hurdle. The case now goes to a commission of cardinals and then Pope Francis. John Paul's canonization is possible in autumn to coincide with the 35th anniversary ... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:48:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2162432-john-paul-ii-moves-step-closer-to-sainthood.html 2013-06-19T16:48:45Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2161740-palestinians-toughen-israel-talks.html RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinian president and his Fatah movement on Wednesday signaled a tough line on talks with Israel, casting new doubt on U.S. efforts to revive long-stalled negotiations. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is returning to the region next week, his fifth attempt this year to bridge wide gaps between the Palestinian leader, ... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:48:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2161740-palestinians-toughen-israel-talks.html 2013-06-19T16:48:41Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/markets/2161980-dutch-government-2014-deficit-target.html AMSTERDAM (AP) — Dutch finance minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem said Wednesday the country's government plans to cut spending again in 2014 but acknowledged that the Netherlands may breach European deficit targets again anyway. EU rules require countries to limit budget deficits to 3 percent of annual gross domestic product. The European Commission granted th... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:45:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/markets/2161980-dutch-government-2014-deficit-target.html 2013-06-19T16:45:02Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2162414-mueller-fbi-uses-drones-very-seldom.html WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director Robert Mueller (MULL-er) says the law enforcement agency uses drones for surveillance but does so rarely. In an appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Mueller says the bureau is developing guidelines for drones and that the privacy implications of using drones are, in Mueller's words, worthy of debate and legislat... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:44:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2162414-mueller-fbi-uses-drones-very-seldom.html 2013-06-19T16:44:44Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2161582-twa-flight-800-investigators-want-probe.html MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — Former investigators are pushing to reopen the probe into the 1996 crash of TWA Flight 800 off the coast of New York, saying new evidence points to the often-discounted theory that a missile strike may have downed the jumbo jet. The New York-to-Paris flight crashed July 17, 1996, just minutes after the jetliner took off from John F. K... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:38:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2161582-twa-flight-800-investigators-want-probe.html 2013-06-19T16:38:37Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2161356-turkish-official-approves-standing-man-protest.html ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's deputy prime minister gave a nod of approval on Wednesday to a new form of peaceful resistance that is spreading through Turkey. Although police dispersed pockets of protesters who set up barricades in two Turkish cities overnight, the sometimes violent anti-government demonstrations have largely given way to a passive form ... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:36:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2161356-turkish-official-approves-standing-man-protest.html 2013-06-19T16:36:51Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2161792-obama-warns-eu-high-youth-unemployment.html BERLIN (AP) — President Barack Obama raised the prospect Wednesday that Europe might need to adjust its economic policies to tackle high youth unemployment and make sure that some countries don't "lose a generation." Obama warned during his visit to Berlin that, while he was confident the euro area's leaders will resolve their debt crisis, austerity and s... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:36:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2161792-obama-warns-eu-high-youth-unemployment.html 2013-06-19T16:36:32Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2162100-dolce-gabbana-convicted-tax-evasion.html MILAN (AP) — A Milan court on Wednesday convicted the designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana of tax evasion. They were found guilty of failing to declare 200 million euros ($268 million) through a Luxembourg company to authorities and given a one year and eight months suspended jail sentence. They were ordered to pay a penalty of 500,000 euros (abou... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:30:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2162100-dolce-gabbana-convicted-tax-evasion.html 2013-06-19T16:30:07Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2161570-egypt-top-cleric-protests-morsi-permitted.html CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's top Muslim cleric declared Wednesday that peaceful protests against the president are permitted, dismissing declarations by Islamist hard-liners that those behind protests planned for June 30 are heretics. Sheik Ahmed el-Tayeb, the grand imam of the Al-Azhar mosque, said in a statement that "peaceful opposition to the legitimate leade... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:29:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2161570-egypt-top-cleric-protests-morsi-permitted.html 2013-06-19T16:29:19Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/markets/2162394-swiss-lawmakers-reject-deal-banking-secrecy.html GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland's lower house of parliament has for the second time rejected a government proposal on relaxing Swiss banking secrecy laws, a move that would have helped the country's banks avoid facing U.S. criminal charges for shielding tax cheats. Switzerland's National Council, by a vote of 123-63 with four abstentions, Wednesday put to rest ... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:28:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/markets/2162394-swiss-lawmakers-reject-deal-banking-secrecy.html 2013-06-19T16:28:48Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/us/2162106-us-senators-seek-cost-cuts-f-35-fighter-jet.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators sought cost-cutting opportunities Wednesday in the Pentagon's $400 billion program for the next-generation F-35, a fighter jet with a troubled testing record that military leaders said America couldn't afford not to build. Chairing the hearing, Sen. Dick Durbin lamented that the F-35 already has cost taxpayers billions more than... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:27:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/us/2162106-us-senators-seek-cost-cuts-f-35-fighter-jet.html 2013-06-19T16:27:11Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/markets/2162244-comparison-mass-protests-brazil-turkey.html Large-scale protests have engulfed Turkey and Brazil, which are thousands of miles apart, but share some traits such as being new democracies with a growing middle class. Here's a look at the protests in both countries, highlighting the similarities and differences in how they started and developed: WHAT SPARKED THE PROTESTS? ... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:18:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/markets/2162244-comparison-mass-protests-brazil-turkey.html 2013-06-19T16:18:41Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/markets/2162318-unmanned-aircraft-struggle-to-drone-image.html LE BOURGET, France (AP) — Unmanned aircraft have helped rescue stranded hikers, worked to contain wildfires and gathered data at nuclear accidents. One helped a Russian tanker find its way through Arctic ice to bring oil to a stranded Alaskan community. These remote-controlled planes have many more potential peacetime uses. But unmanned aircraft have an i... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:15:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/markets/2162318-unmanned-aircraft-struggle-to-drone-image.html 2013-06-19T16:15:35Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2162300-elizabeth-taylors-wedding-dress-up-sale.html LONDON (AP) — The gown Elizabeth Taylor wore at the first of her eight weddings is for sale. You'll need at least 30,000 pounds ($47,000) to buy it and a tiny waist to wear it. Christie's auction house is offering the seed pearl-encrusted satin dress — compete with waist-cinching built-in corset — designed by costume designer Helen Rose. Taylor was 18 whe... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:15:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2162300-elizabeth-taylors-wedding-dress-up-sale.html 2013-06-19T16:15:15Z