http://www.mail.com/locations/22378-belarus.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/22378-belarus.html 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/business/economy/2148976-gms-opel-unit-to-start-building-cars-belarus.html BERLIN (AP) — General Motors Co.'s European Opel unit says it will start assembling cars for Russia and other eastern markets in Belarus next year. Germany-based Opel said GM signed an agreement Thursday to start building its Corsa model at facilities owned by partner Unison in Belarus. The cars will be sold in Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus. Opel says th... Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:58:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2148976-gms-opel-unit-to-start-building-cars-belarus.html 2013-06-13T11:58:14Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2119118-adam-nelson-to-2004-gold-shot.html ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Nine years later, Adam Nelson can finally call himself an Olympic gold medalist. The American was officially elevated Thursday to shot put champion from the 2004 Athens Games, taking the gold that was stripped from a Ukrainian rival for doping. The International Olympic Committee reallocated the medals from Athens events in w... Thu, 30 May 2013 17:33:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2119118-adam-nelson-to-2004-gold-shot.html 2013-05-30T17:33:30Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2115562-beavers-attack-people-belarus-fisherman-dies.html OSTROMECHEVO, Belarus (AP) — The fisherman wanted his photo shot with a beaver. The beaver had other ideas: It attacked the 60-year-old man with razor-sharp teeth, slicing an artery and causing him to bleed to death. It was the most serious in a string of beaver attacks on humans in Belarus, as the rodents have turned increasingly aggressive when confront... Wed, 29 May 2013 06:17:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2115562-beavers-attack-people-belarus-fisherman-dies.html 2013-05-29T06:17:31Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2091086-exit-becks-david-beckham-retiring-seasons.html LONDON (AP) — End it like Beckham. David Beckham, whose curling free kicks, rugged good looks and celebrity marriage made him one of the most famous athletes in the world, is retiring from soccer. Whether striding on the grass, the red carpet or the fashion catwalks, Beckham transcended his sport and became its highest-paid player, with a fortune estimate... Fri, 17 May 2013 07:22:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2091086-exit-becks-david-beckham-retiring-seasons.html 2013-05-17T07:22:19Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2090298-beckham-to-retire-soccer-season.html LONDON (AP) — David Beckham is retiring from soccer, ending a career in which he transcended the sport with forays into fashion and a marriage to a pop star that made him a global celebrity. The 38-year-old midfielder, who recently won a league title in a fourth country with Paris Saint-Germain, said Thursday he will retire after the season. "I'm thankful... Thu, 16 May 2013 15:31:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2090298-beckham-to-retire-soccer-season.html 2013-05-16T15:31:40Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2028564-belarus-court-book-news-photos-extremist.html ASHMYANY, Belarus (AP) — A court in Belarus has branded a book of news photographs "extremist," agreeing with the state security agency that the book set out to humiliate the country. The work consists of photos taken in 2010 that won prizes in the 2011 Belarus Press Photo competition, including images of people protesting against authoritarian President ... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:10:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2028564-belarus-court-book-news-photos-extremist.html 2013-04-18T16:10:07Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2010120-sweden-sends-diplomat-to-belarus-teddy-stunt.html STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Swedish Foreign Ministry says it is sending a diplomat to Belarus after its ambassador was expelled last year following a Swedish advertising agency's stunt air-drop of hundreds of teddy bears into the former Soviet state. Ministry spokeswoman Charlotta Ozaki Macias says the Belarus government announced on Tuesday it had consented to ... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:35:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2010120-sweden-sends-diplomat-to-belarus-teddy-stunt.html 2013-04-10T09:35:52Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1935032-chavez-widely-mourned-hope-change-way.html LONDON (AP) — Some cried, some cheered. Many Latin Americans mourned the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, leaders in Europe and Asia sent condolences, and Iran's president predicted great works in the afterlife. President Barack Obama, meanwhile, focused on "a new chapter" for Venezuela, following 14 years in which Chavez cast himself as a bulwa... Wed, 06 Mar 2013 22:46:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1935032-chavez-widely-mourned-hope-change-way.html 2013-03-06T22:46:08Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1922232-belarusian-artist-money-art.html MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Art is literally money for Belarusian artist Igor Arinich. For several years, Arinich has used Soviet-era banknotes to create artistic images. One work he is particularly proud of is a replica of a painting by early 20th-century Russian artist Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, which took half a year and about 3,000 banknotes to make. ... Thu, 28 Feb 2013 17:47:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1922232-belarusian-artist-money-art.html 2013-02-28T17:47:59Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1909124-us-wrestlers-shake-hands-with-ahmadinejad.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — In a rare gesture of goodwill, members of the U.S. freestyle wrestling team shook hands with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Friday after finishing third in a tournament. Iran and the U.S. have found a common ground in wrestling lately after the sport was kicked out of the Olympics, with both countries intent on seeing it rest... Fri, 22 Feb 2013 21:18:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1909124-us-wrestlers-shake-hands-with-ahmadinejad.html 2013-02-22T21:18:24Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1899492-belarus-guard-2-year-sentence-teddy-bears.html MINSK, Belarus (AP) — A Belarusian court has handed out a two-year prison sentence to a border guard who failed to protect the ex-Soviet nation from foreign teddy bears. Belarus Supreme Court said Monday the guard has been convicted of failure to report an intrusion of a light plane that dropped hundreds of teddy bears decked out in parachutes and slogans... Mon, 18 Feb 2013 18:32:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1899492-belarus-guard-2-year-sentence-teddy-bears.html 2013-02-18T18:32:29Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1894116-gays-belarus-face-reprisals-activism.html MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Police in Belarus are going after gays, raiding their clubs and locking up clubbers overnight, and summoning gay activists for questioning. One activist accuses police of beating him during questioning, while others say they were interrogated about their sex lives. The leader of a gay rights organization was stripped of his passport just ahead of a plan... Fri, 15 Feb 2013 09:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1894116-gays-belarus-face-reprisals-activism.html 2013-02-15T09:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1874368-ussr-key-soviet-document-missing.html MINSK, Belarus (AP) — The powerful Soviet Union may still exist after all — at least on paper. Former Belarusian leader Stanislav Shushkevich says a historic 1991 document that proclaimed the death of the Soviet Union is missing from the archives. Shushkevich discovered that the document was gone while working on his memoirs. He said he believes it was s... Thu, 07 Feb 2013 21:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1874368-ussr-key-soviet-document-missing.html 2013-02-07T21:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1869104-stray-cats-dying-belarus-basements.html MINSK, Belarus (AP) — The plaintive meows haunt the people of Minsk in the dead of night. They come, activists say, from hundreds of stray cats who find themselves locked in basements by Belarus authorities — and doomed to starvation. City authorities have been sealing off apartment block basements to keep out rats. A tragic consequence is that cats get t... Tue, 05 Feb 2013 10:34:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1869104-stray-cats-dying-belarus-basements.html 2013-02-05T10:34:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1801014-theater-festivals-fire-up-cold-york.html NEW YORK (AP) — Listening to Supreme Court justices question lawyers doesn't sound like the stuff of great theater. But somehow it is — in the hands of one of the city's most acclaimed companies. Elevator Repair Service — the group that performed F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" in its entirely over eight hours — returns this month with a new expe... Sat, 05 Jan 2013 22:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1801014-theater-festivals-fire-up-cold-york.html 2013-01-05T22:36:00Z