http://www.mail.com/locations/1358-north-africa.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/locations/1358-north-africa.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2100702-fbi-ids-benghazi-suspects-arrests-yet.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has identified five men who might be responsible for the attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year, and has enough evidence to justify seizing them by military force as suspected terrorists, officials say. But there isn't enough proof to try them in a U.S. civilian court as the Obama administration prefers. ... Wed, 22 May 2013 01:05:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2100702-fbi-ids-benghazi-suspects-arrests-yet.html 2013-05-22T01:05:19Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2099924-egypt-troops-sinai-sweep-mistakenly-hit-funeral.html CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian troops and police mistakenly fired on a Bedouin funeral in the Sinai Peninsula on Tuesday, security officials said, in the opening salvo of a sweep searching for security personnel kidnapped by suspected militants. The incident illustrated the hazards of the military operations prompted by the kidnapping last week. A heavy handed att... Tue, 21 May 2013 22:11:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2099924-egypt-troops-sinai-sweep-mistakenly-hit-funeral.html 2013-05-21T22:11:23Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2100384-egypt-tax-law-cuts-poor-business-hikes.html CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's president signed a new tax law Tuesday that cuts the amount paid by poorer Egyptians in the latest move aimed at reforming the country's economy. The changes, which are more favorable than the previous tax law for the country's most vulnerable, could boost Islamists in parliamentary elections slated for later this year. The interim pa... Tue, 21 May 2013 21:00:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2100384-egypt-tax-law-cuts-poor-business-hikes.html 2013-05-21T21:00:28Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2100774-algerian-president-leaves-paris-military-hospital.html PARIS (AP) — Officials say Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has left the French military hospital where he has been treated for nearly a month and transferred to another facility. Tuesday's brief statement by the defense ministry health service said Bouteflika "left Val-de-Grace hospital today to go to another establishment to continue his recovery... Tue, 21 May 2013 18:22:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2100774-algerian-president-leaves-paris-military-hospital.html 2013-05-21T18:22:50Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2100668-2-moroccans-tried-homosexuality-4-months.html RABAT, Morocco (AP) — A Moroccan court has convicted two men of homosexuality and public indecency, and sentenced each to four months in prison, in the latest case against gays in this North African nation. Prosecutors at the Temara court near Rabat, the capital, said at Monday's trial that the men, aged 28 and 19, were caught having sex in a car and arre... Tue, 21 May 2013 17:55:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2100668-2-moroccans-tried-homosexuality-4-months.html 2013-05-21T17:55:56Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2099690-tunisia-announces-3-cases-coronavirus-1-death.html RABAT, Morocco (AP) — A 66-year-old Tunisian man has died from the new coronavirus following a visit to Saudi Arabia and two of his adult children were infected with it, the Tunisian Health Ministry reported. His sons were treated and have since recovered but the rest of the family remains under medical observation, the ministry said in a statement Monday... Tue, 21 May 2013 13:50:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2099690-tunisia-announces-3-cases-coronavirus-1-death.html 2013-05-21T13:50:41Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2098236-tunisian-feminist-arrested-alleged-provocation.html TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — A Tunisian feminist who scandalized her country by posting topless photos of herself online has been arrested after allegedly sneaking into Tunisia's holiest city disguised in a veil, then trying to get undressed during a protest. On Sunday, Amina Tyler — a 19-year-old member of the Ukrainian feminist group FEMEN, which uses nudity i... Mon, 20 May 2013 21:17:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2098236-tunisian-feminist-arrested-alleged-provocation.html 2013-05-20T21:17:27Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2097578-egypt-security-beefed-up-sinai-abduction.html CAIRO (AP) — Dozens of Egyptian troops and armored vehicles moved into Sinai Monday as the government beefed up security in the volatile peninsula after the abduction of six policemen and a border guard by suspected Islamic militants. The security deployment comes a day after the release of a video of the captives, blindfolded and with their hands tied be... Mon, 20 May 2013 19:29:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2097578-egypt-security-beefed-up-sinai-abduction.html 2013-05-20T19:29:51Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2098210-dept-reports-anti-semitism-increase.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department appointed a special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism Monday as a new report documents a global increase in incidents of anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial. Ira Forman, former CEO of the National Jewish Democratic Council, was named special envoy as the State Department released its annual report on religious... Mon, 20 May 2013 18:01:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2098210-dept-reports-anti-semitism-increase.html 2013-05-20T18:01:18Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2098066-militiamen-attack-gas-complex-western-libya.html TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — A Libyan gas company official says militiamen have attacked a natural gas complex in the country's west, injuring two guards and stealing weapons and military vehicles. The official says the attack took place early Monday and targeted the Mellitah Oil and Gas complex near Zwara, about 110 kilometers (70 miles) from the capital, Tripo... Mon, 20 May 2013 15:56:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2098066-militiamen-attack-gas-complex-western-libya.html 2013-05-20T15:56:03Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2097580-51-die-2-south-sudan-clashes-army-retakes-town.html JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Twenty-four people died in a battle between South Sudan's military and rebel fighters the government believes to be supported by neighboring Sudan, while a tribe-on-tribe cattle-raiding attack elsewhere in the country killed 27 people, officials said Monday. A battle in Jonglei state on Sunday killed 20 rebel fighters and four gov... Mon, 20 May 2013 13:03:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2097580-51-die-2-south-sudan-clashes-army-retakes-town.html 2013-05-20T13:03:34Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2096630-top-libyan-official-benghazi-explosion-accident.html TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Libya's deputy prime minister says an investigation has indicated that a deadly explosion in Benghazi last week was an accident and not an attack. Awd el-Buraasi told reporters in Tripoli Sunday that military officials do not believe that the blast in a busy area of Benghazi was planned. Three people were killed in the incident. Beng... Sun, 19 May 2013 20:48:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2096630-top-libyan-official-benghazi-explosion-accident.html 2013-05-19T20:48:53Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2096296-video-kidnapped-egyptian-security-officers.html CAIRO (AP) — Seven men purported to be the members of Egypt's security forces kidnapped by suspected militants last week appeared in a video posted online Sunday and urged the government to secure their release by meeting their captors' demands. The video, posted on YouTube, is the first sign of the six policemen and one border guard since they were abduc... Sun, 19 May 2013 20:39:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2096296-video-kidnapped-egyptian-security-officers.html 2013-05-19T20:39:58Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2096514-tunisia-security-blocks-salafi-conference-1-dead.html KAIROUAN, Tunisia (AP) — Around 11,000 police officers and soldiers blocked an annual conference Sunday at Tunisia's main religious center by a radical Islamist movement that has been implicated in attacks across the country, prompting clashes with angry youths that resulted in one death. Security checkpoints were in place and patrols conducted throughout... Sun, 19 May 2013 18:44:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2096514-tunisia-security-blocks-salafi-conference-1-dead.html 2013-05-19T18:44:23Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2096380-algerian-editor-accuses-government-censorship.html ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — An editor has accused Algeria's government of censorship after it blocked the publication of his two newspapers. Hicham Aboud, editor of the My Journal and Djaridati newspapers, said that happened after he rejected an order from the Communication Ministry on Saturday night to remove an article from the papers that claimed hospitali... Sun, 19 May 2013 17:24:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2096380-algerian-editor-accuses-government-censorship.html 2013-05-19T17:24:57Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2096264-cairo-airport-baggage-handlers-strike.html CAIRO (AP) — Cairo airport officials say baggage handlers have resumed work after a strike that left passengers on 20 international flights from Europe and Arab countries waiting several hours for luggage. Baggage handlers went on strike Saturday afternoon to demand stronger safety measures after a colleague died when a conveyer belt used to unload luggag... Sun, 19 May 2013 16:05:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2096264-cairo-airport-baggage-handlers-strike.html 2013-05-19T16:05:47Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2094950-why-benghazi-issue-coming.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The night of smoke, chaos, gunfire and grenades that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, is well-documented. Eight months later, it is the decisions made back in Washington that remain murky and in perpetual dispute. Why were a diplomatic outpost and the visiting U.S. ambassador left so poorly protected? Should the Pentagon have ru... Sun, 19 May 2013 12:26:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2094950-why-benghazi-issue-coming.html 2013-05-19T12:26:04Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2095494-20-flights-without-bags-egypt-airport-strike.html CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian officials say baggage handlers in Cairo's airport have gone on strike to protest a colleague's death, leaving passengers on 20 international flights from Europe and Arab countries waiting several hours for luggage. Airport officials say senior officials from the country's national carrier are meeting the baggage handlers to hear thei... Sat, 18 May 2013 21:13:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2095494-20-flights-without-bags-egypt-airport-strike.html 2013-05-18T21:13:01Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2095270-blasts-rock-libyas-capital-eastern-city.html TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Libyan officials say explosions went off in the capital Tripoli and the restive eastern city of Benghazi, but no casualties were reported. A security official says one bombing targeted an abandoned church in Benghazi that had been previously damaged by fire. The explosion damaged only a car parked outside. The official says two other... Sat, 18 May 2013 18:28:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2095270-blasts-rock-libyas-capital-eastern-city.html 2013-05-18T18:28:22Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2095224-ap-photos-palestinians-egypt-exiled-forgotten.html GEZIRAT AL-FADEL, Egypt (AP) — In 1948, Suleiman Mamoudi fled by foot with his parents and other families from their village of Bir el-Sabae in Palestine. The 28-year-old and his family walked west for several hundred miles, crossing the Sinai Peninsula before settling in an area around 90 miles (145 kilometers) north of Cairo. They had not planned to sta... Sat, 18 May 2013 17:48:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2095224-ap-photos-palestinians-egypt-exiled-forgotten.html 2013-05-18T17:48:24Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2094702-egyptians-targeted-with-blasphemy-charges.html CAIRO (AP) — The pale, young Christian woman sat handcuffed in the courtroom, accused of insulting Islam while teaching history of religions to fourth-graders. A team of Islamist lawyers with long beards sang in unison, "All except the Prophet Muhammad." The case against Dimyana Abdel-Nour in southern Egypt's ancient city of Luxor began when parents of th... Sat, 18 May 2013 13:34:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2094702-egyptians-targeted-with-blasphemy-charges.html 2013-05-18T13:34:37Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2094948-egypt-muslim-christian-clashes-leave-1-dead.html CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian security officials say clashes between Muslims and Christians in the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria left one man dead of a heart attack. Officials say the clashes in the city's el-Dekheila suburb erupted when a Coptic man allegedly sexually harassed a Muslim woman. Residents of the area fired birdshot and threw Molotov cocktai... Sat, 18 May 2013 13:11:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2094948-egypt-muslim-christian-clashes-leave-1-dead.html 2013-05-18T13:11:11Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2093760-benghazi-probe-co-chair-subpoenaed-house-panel.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has subpoenaed the co-chairman of the independent review board that investigated last year's attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, to answer questions about the panel's findings behind closed doors. Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., said in a statement Friday ... Fri, 17 May 2013 21:53:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2093760-benghazi-probe-co-chair-subpoenaed-house-panel.html 2013-05-17T21:53:46Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2094034-egypt-security-forces-clash-with-cairo-protesters.html CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian security forces have fired tear gas at protesters hurling firebombs at them in central Cairo, hours after hundreds of opponents of Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi rallied peacefully in the streets denouncing his rule and demanding early presidential elections. The Friday protests witnessed low turnout but come on the heels of a camp... Fri, 17 May 2013 20:46:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2094034-egypt-security-forces-clash-with-cairo-protesters.html 2013-05-17T20:46:20Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2092738-egypt-police-close-gaza-border-to-protest-kidnap.html CAIRO (AP) — Dozens of disgruntled border policemen forced the closure of Egypt's main crossing point into the Gaza Strip on Friday to protest the abduction of their colleagues by suspected militants, underscoring the lawlessness and crisis of authority in the country two years since the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak. The police protest comes a day ... Fri, 17 May 2013 19:30:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2092738-egypt-police-close-gaza-border-to-protest-kidnap.html 2013-05-17T19:30:56Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2092856-woman-describes-berlusconis-bunga-bunga-parties.html MILAN (AP) — Silvio Berlusconi's private disco featured not only aspiring showgirls performing striptease acts as sexy nuns and nurses, but one woman dressed up as President Barack Obama and a prominent Milan prosecutor whom the billionaire media mogul has accused of persecuting him, according to the first public sworn testimony by the Moroccan woman at the center of the sca... Fri, 17 May 2013 18:37:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2092856-woman-describes-berlusconis-bunga-bunga-parties.html 2013-05-17T18:37:09Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2093128-hints-political-change-horizon-algeria.html ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — The Arab Spring may finally be en route to Algeria. With the president in a French hospital recovering from a stroke, the generation of aging politicians and generals that has run Africa's largest country for a half-century is reaching its end. Adding to the mix, Algeria's overwhelmingly young population is increasingly vocal in it... Fri, 17 May 2013 14:53:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2093128-hints-political-change-horizon-algeria.html 2013-05-17T14:53:49Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2092750-s-sudan-doctors-without-borders-hospital-ruined.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The medical aid group Doctors Without Borders says one of its medical facilities located in a rural but violent region of South Sudan has been ransacked and destroyed. The group said Friday the attack leaves 100,000 people without medical care in South Sudan's Jonglei state. MSF — as the group is also known — said its hospital infras... Fri, 17 May 2013 10:22:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2092750-s-sudan-doctors-without-borders-hospital-ruined.html 2013-05-17T10:22:12Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2092524-coptic-cleric-will-sue-israeli-police.html JERUSALEM (AP) — An Egyptian Coptic cleric who was mistreated during Orthodox Easter services is threatening to sue. Video supplied to The Associated Press shows Israeli police shoving Arsanious el-Orshalimi and putting him in a headlock. The incident took place during Orthodox Christian Holy Saturday in Jerusalem's Old City earlier this month. The event ... Fri, 17 May 2013 06:48:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2092524-coptic-cleric-will-sue-israeli-police.html 2013-05-17T06:48:38Z