http://www.mail.com/locations/1420-russia.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/locations/1420-russia.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2160446-ammunition-fire-rages-russian-military-base.html MOSCOW (AP) — Exploding shells set off a fire that was triggering explosions Wednesday at a military depot in southern Russia, injuring about 30 people and causing the evacuation of more than 6,000 from a nearby village, investigators and emergency workers said. No cause has yet been determined for the fire at the Chapaevsk military depot in the Samara re... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:25:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2160446-ammunition-fire-rages-russian-military-base.html 2013-06-18T21:25:36Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2160372-ap-exclusive-us-war-games-send-signal-to-assad.html ZARQA, Jordan (AP) — Under the watchful eye of stern-faced American advisers, hundreds of U.S.-trained Jordanian commandos fanned across this dusty desert plain, holding war games that could eventually form the basis of an assault in Syria. With the recent deployment of Patriot missiles near the Syrian border, and the mock Syrian accents of those playing ... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:25:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2160372-ap-exclusive-us-war-games-send-signal-to-assad.html 2013-06-18T21:25:31Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2158748-g-8-seeks-unity-syrian-peace-talks-tax-evasion.html ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (AP) — President Barack Obama, Russian President Vladimir Putin and other G-8 leaders attempted to speak with one voice Tuesday on seeking a negotiated Syrian peace settlement — yet couldn't publicly agree on whether this means President Bashar Assad must go. Their declaration at the end of the two-day Group of Eight summit s... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:48:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2158748-g-8-seeks-unity-syrian-peace-talks-tax-evasion.html 2013-06-18T20:48:33Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2158650-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/news/world/2158650-obamas-influence-limitations-display-g-8.html 2013-06-18T19:53:10Z http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/2159748-datsyuk-red-wings-agree-225m-3-year-deal.html DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Red Wings accomplished their No. 1 goal of the offseason Tuesday by agreeing to a $22.5 million, three-year deal with Pavel Datsyuk. "It's a great day for the Red Wings," general manager Ken Holland said in a telephone interview. "He's is a world-class player and there are no moves I can make to find players like Pavel Datsyuk."... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:46:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/2159748-datsyuk-red-wings-agree-225m-3-year-deal.html 2013-06-18T19:46:23Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2159228-lavrov-iran-ready-to-20-percent-enrichment.html MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's foreign minister says Iran is willing to halt its 20-percent enrichment of uranium, which has been a key concession sought in international negotiations over Iran's nuclear program. That is the highest level of enrichment acknowledged by Iran and one that experts say could be turned into warhead grade in a matter of months. In an in... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:12:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2159228-lavrov-iran-ready-to-20-percent-enrichment.html 2013-06-18T13:12:25Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2159188-russia-g-8-declaration-wont-mention-assads-fate.html ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (AP) — The G-8 summit's joint statement on ending the Syrian civil war will not mention whether Bashar Assad must step down from power as part of any peace settlement, a senior Russian diplomat said Tuesday ahead of the document's publication. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told reporters the eight nations hav... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:53:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2159188-russia-g-8-declaration-wont-mention-assads-fate.html 2013-06-18T12:53:50Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2158824-russia-to-close-paper-mill-lake-baikal.html MOSCOW (AP) — Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday that authorities will shut down a paper mill on the shores of Lake Baikal, which environmentalists say is a major pollutant threatening one of the world's largest fresh water lakes. Authorities first closed the Baikal Pulp and Paper Mill in 2008 before it re-opened in 2010. Then Prime Mi... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:58:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2158824-russia-to-close-paper-mill-lake-baikal.html 2013-06-18T08:58:18Z http://www.mail.com/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/news/world/2156678-g8-exposes-rift-leaders-syria.html 2013-06-17T23:10:48Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2156500-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/news/politics/2156500-putin-us-russia-positions-syria-coincide.html 2013-06-17T21:15:04Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2156420-syrias-assad-eu-will-pay-price-arming-rebels.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's president warned that Europe "will pay a price" if it delivers weapons to rebels fighting to topple him, saying in an interview published Monday that arming them would backfire as the "terrorists" return to their countries with extremist ideologies. Bashar Assad also dismissed the U.S. administration's findings that the Syrian army u... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:38:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2156420-syrias-assad-eu-will-pay-price-arming-rebels.html 2013-06-17T19:38:05Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2156554-universe-contest-heads-to-moscow.html LAS VEGAS (AP) — This year's Miss Universe pageant will be held in Russia's capital Moscow. Donald Trump made the announcement Sunday after the Miss USA pageant in Las Vegas. He added that he would be moving Miss USA out of Las Vegas and to his golf resort in Miami for the next three years. Trump said 18 different countries were vying to host Miss Univers... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:01:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2156554-universe-contest-heads-to-moscow.html 2013-06-17T19:01:41Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2156508-report-uk-hacking-diplomats-angers-nations.html LONDON (AP) — A newspaper report that British eavesdropping agency GCHQ repeatedly hacked into foreign diplomats' phones and emails has prompted an angry response from traditional rival Russia and provoked demands for an investigation from Turkey and South Africa. Although spying on diplomats is as old as diplomacy itself, the Guardian's report laid out i... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:12:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2156508-report-uk-hacking-diplomats-angers-nations.html 2013-06-17T17:12:29Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2154548-russian-tycoon-wants-to-move-mind-to-machine.html NEW YORK (AP) — Can the City That Never Sleeps become the City That Never Dies? A Russian multimillionaire thinks so. Dmitry Itskov gathered some of humanity's best brains — and a few robots — in New York City on Saturday to discuss how humans can get their minds to outlive their bodies. Itskov, who looks younger than his 32 years, has an aggressive timet... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:36:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2154548-russian-tycoon-wants-to-move-mind-to-machine.html 2013-06-17T14:36:42Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2155444-obama-takes-economic-foreign-policy-agenda-to-uk.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is taking a security, foreign policy and economic agenda to Northern Ireland for a meeting with heads of the leading industrial nations. He's looking for consensus on Syria while pushing for common ground on trade, economic growth and tax policies. Obama left Washington on Sunday night and is scheduled to arrive in... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 01:51:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2155444-obama-takes-economic-foreign-policy-agenda-to-uk.html 2013-06-17T01:51:46Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/2155900-putin-super-bowl-ring-was-gift.html LONDON (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin is denying insinuations that he stole New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft's Super Bowl ring that's on display in the Kremlin, but says he's ready to buy him another ring as a gift. Putin was reacting Sunday through a spokesman to a New York Post story quoting remarks made by Kraft at an awards gala at the... Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:33:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/2155900-putin-super-bowl-ring-was-gift.html 2013-06-16T23:33:39Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2155474-putin-cameron-hopeful-syria-peace-talks.html LONDON (AP) — The leaders of Britain and Russia said Sunday they're hopeful that Syria's warring factions can hammer out their differences at upcoming peace talks tentatively planned for next month in Geneva. Speaking at British Prime Minister's David Cameron's Downing Street office, Russian President Vladimir Putin said both nations are still pressing fo... Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:29:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2155474-putin-cameron-hopeful-syria-peace-talks.html 2013-06-16T18:29:22Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2155130-g8-faces-uncertain-recoveries-turbulent-markets.html ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (AP) — Europe is mired in debt and recession. Financial markets have hit violent ups and downs on fears that U.S. stimulus efforts may soon be scaled back. Japan is finally looking up after years of stagnation — but it remains an open question if the recovery will stick. That's the global economy that will confront the heads ... Sun, 16 Jun 2013 12:02:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2155130-g8-faces-uncertain-recoveries-turbulent-markets.html 2013-06-16T12:02:24Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2152858-arming-syria-rebels-us-drawn-proxy-war.html President Barack Obama's decision to begin arming Syria's rebels deepens U.S. involvement in a regional proxy war that is increasingly being fought along sectarian lines, pitting Sunni against Shiite Muslims, and threatening the stability of Syria's neighbors. Arming the rebels is bound to heighten U.S. tensions with Russia, a staunch ally of Syrian Presi... Sat, 15 Jun 2013 19:35:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2152858-arming-syria-rebels-us-drawn-proxy-war.html 2013-06-15T19:35:28Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2153960-syrian-troops-capture-damascus-suburb-airport.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian troops pushed forward with their offensive against rebels Saturday, capturing a suburb near the Damascus international airport as the U.S. warned that the alleged use of chemical weapons by President Bashar Assad's forces and the involvement of the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah in the civil war threaten to put a proposed political settlement ou... Sat, 15 Jun 2013 19:24:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2153960-syrian-troops-capture-damascus-suburb-airport.html 2013-06-15T19:24:04Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2153758-russia-questions-syrian-chemical-weapons-evidence.html MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's foreign minister said Saturday that the evidence put forth by the United States of chemical weapons use in Syria apparently doesn't meet stringent criteria for reliability. The Obama administration said this week that it will give lethal aid to Syrian rebels in light of evidence that President Bashar Assad's forces used chemical wea... Sat, 15 Jun 2013 15:25:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2153758-russia-questions-syrian-chemical-weapons-evidence.html 2013-06-15T15:25:15Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2154008-obama-takes-bolder-syria-stand-g-8-talks-open.html WASHINGTON (AP) — After months of caution, President Barack Obama suddenly is positioned more aggressively on Syria than the global leaders he's joining at a summit Monday, now that he has authorized weapons and ammunition shipments to struggling rebels. Obama is expected to push Britain and France to take similar action when talks open in Northern Irelan... Sat, 15 Jun 2013 15:13:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2154008-obama-takes-bolder-syria-stand-g-8-talks-open.html 2013-06-15T15:13:56Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2153842-navalny-aims-to-moscow-mayor.html MOSCOW (AP) — Alexei Navalny, the anti-corruption crusader who has spearheaded opposition to Russian President Vladimir Putin, plans to run for mayor of Moscow. Navalny, one of the leaders of the anti-Putin demonstrations that rose up in late 2011, submitted documents to register his candidacy on Saturday, Russian news agencies cited the city elections co... Sat, 15 Jun 2013 13:17:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2153842-navalny-aims-to-moscow-mayor.html 2013-06-15T13:17:01Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2151424-us-urgency-g-8-call-european-growth.html WASHINGTON (AP) — When leaders of the nation's biggest economies gathered at the presidential retreat of Camp David last year, European elections had rattled the continent with a rejection of austerity measures. President Barack Obama was himself seeking re-election. The sense of urgency was palpable as Obama made an emphatic pitch for Europe's powers to focus more on econom... Sat, 15 Jun 2013 02:39:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2151424-us-urgency-g-8-call-european-growth.html 2013-06-15T02:39:04Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2153338-reaction-cool-to-us-arms-plan-syrian-rebels.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration hopes its decision to give lethal aid to Syrian rebels will prompt other nations to beef up assistance, now that the U.S. has cited evidence that the Syrian government used chemical weapons against its people. But the international reaction Friday ranged from flat-out disbelief of the U.S. intelligence assessments to calls for negot... Sat, 15 Jun 2013 00:03:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2153338-reaction-cool-to-us-arms-plan-syrian-rebels.html 2013-06-15T00:03:59Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2151446-hezbollah-will-fighting-syria.html BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah's leader vowed Friday that his militants would keep fighting in Syria "wherever needed" after the U.S. agreed to arm the rebels in the civil war, setting up a proxy fight between Iran and the West that threatens to engulf more of the Middle East. President Barack Obama has deepened U.S. involvement in the conflict, authorizing leth... Fri, 14 Jun 2013 20:30:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2151446-hezbollah-will-fighting-syria.html 2013-06-14T20:30:50Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2152600-un-climate-talks-marred-decision-making-spat.html BONN, Germany (AP) — U.N. climate talks have hit a stumbling block that some delegates say poses a serious challenge to their already slow-moving attempt to craft a global response to climate change. As the latest negotiation session ended Friday in the German city of Bonn, one track of the talks was paralyzed by a request by Russia, Ukraine and Belarus t... Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:07:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2152600-un-climate-talks-marred-decision-making-spat.html 2013-06-14T18:07:08Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2152176-tereshkova-marks-50-years-historic-flight.html MOSCOW (AP) — It was another Soviet first in space 50 years ago — putting a woman in orbit. And 26-year old Valentina Tereshkova carried her part with grace, shouting "Take off your hat, sky, I'm coming!" as she blasted off. President Vladimir Putin praised her during a meeting at his residence Friday, marking the anniversary of her flight, which came a l... Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:06:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2152176-tereshkova-marks-50-years-historic-flight.html 2013-06-14T18:06:23Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2151404-obama-steps-up-military-aid-to-syrian-rebels.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's authorization of military aid to the Syrian rebels "dramatically" increases U.S. support for the opposition, the White House said Friday, while acknowledging that it will take time for the supplies to reach fighters struggling in their clashes with Syrian President Bashar Assad. U.S. officials said the new aid wo... Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:36:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2151404-obama-steps-up-military-aid-to-syrian-rebels.html 2013-06-14T17:36:05Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2152052-pioneering-russian-womans-spaceflight-marked.html MOSCOW (AP) — On the 50th anniversary of becoming the first woman in space, Valentina Tereshkova has received a prestigious award from Russian President Vladimir Putin. Tereshkova's three-day spaceflight in 1963 was another in a series of firsts that the Soviet Union racked up in the 1960s space race with the United States. On Friday, the 76-year-old Tere... Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:30:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2152052-pioneering-russian-womans-spaceflight-marked.html 2013-06-14T13:30:45Z