http://www.mail.com/locations/64-western-europe.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.23/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/64-western-europe.html http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1862842-london-anarchist-bookshop-hit-suspicious-fire.html LONDON (AP) — One of Britain's oldest anarchist publishers says its east London bookshop has been firebombed. Freedom Press — set up more than 100 years ago — said Friday that no one was injured in the overnight fire, but that its shop and electrics "have been seriously damaged." The publisher said on its Twitter page that it doesn't know who is responsib... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:29:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1862842-london-anarchist-bookshop-hit-suspicious-fire.html 2013-02-01T19:29:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1862552-film-blocked-italy-election-campaign.html ROME (AP) — Producers of a documentary that takes a sharply critical view of the political, economic and social trends in Italy in recent decades are protesting they are victims of censorship after the culture ministry blocked the film's Italian debut during the run-up to elections. "Girlfriend in a Coma" is billed as a documentary on "the decline" of Ita... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1862552-film-blocked-italy-election-campaign.html 2013-02-01T19:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1861488-suicide-bomber-kills-guard-us-embassy-turkey.html ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — In the second deadly assault on a U.S. diplomatic post in five months, a suicide bomber struck the American Embassy in Ankara on Friday, killing a Turkish security guard in what the White House described as a terrorist attack. Washington immediately warned Americans to stay away from all U.S. diplomatic facilities in Turkey and to be... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1861488-suicide-bomber-kills-guard-us-embassy-turkey.html 2013-02-01T19:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1861464-report-man-released-turkey-missing-woman-case.html ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A man questioned over the disappearance of a New York City woman in Istanbul has been released from police custody but may be called again to help authorities with their inquiries, a Turkish news report said Friday. Sarai Sierra, a 33-year-old mother of two, went missing while vacationing alone in Istanbul. She was last heard from on... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:21:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1861464-report-man-released-turkey-missing-woman-case.html 2013-02-01T19:21:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1862644-gergiev-to-chief-conductor-munich-phil.html NEW YORK (AP) — Valery Gergiev has been appointed principal conductor of the Munich Philharmonic starting with the 2015-16 season. Gergiev agreed to a contract through the 2019-20 season. He will succeed Lorin Maazel, who took over last year from Christian Thielemann. In addition, the 59-year-old Gergiev remains artistic director of the Mariinsky Theatre ... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1862644-gergiev-to-chief-conductor-munich-phil.html 2013-02-01T19:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1862634-google-to-set-up-82m-fund-french-publishers.html PARIS (AP) — Google will help French news organizations increase their online advertising revenue and also set up a €60 million ($82 million) fund to finance digital publishing innovation, settling a dispute over whether the Internet giant should pay to display news content in its search results. The agreement, announced Friday by the French government an... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1862634-google-to-set-up-82m-fund-french-publishers.html 2013-02-01T20:36:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1862374-beckham-paris-flashbulbs-burn-differently.html PARIS (AP) — In London, the paparazzi hunt in packs, as David Beckham and other celebrities know well. When Beckham moved to Los Angeles, high-speed road chases by photographers were the norm until a Hollywood star became governor and set a few ground rules. The Parisians — soon to have the star in their midst, playing for soccer club Paris-Saint Germain — catch their prey f... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 17:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1862374-beckham-paris-flashbulbs-burn-differently.html 2013-02-01T17:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1861836-sweden-orders-retrial-convicted-serial-killer.html STOCKHOLM (AP) — Once considered Sweden's worst serial killer, Sture Bergwall confessed to more than 30 murders over three decades, and was convicted of eight of them. Years later, he changed his mind and said his ghastly tales of slaughter, rape and even cannibalism were all lies, spawned by loneliness, a desire for attention and heavy medication. In wha... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 17:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1861836-sweden-orders-retrial-convicted-serial-killer.html 2013-02-01T17:36:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1862554-minister-iceland-refused-to-help-fbi-wikileaks.html LONDON (AP) — Iceland's interior minister said Friday that he ordered the country's police not to cooperate with FBI agents sent to investigate WikiLeaks two years ago, offering a rare glimpse into the U.S. Department of Justice's investigation of the secret-busting site. Ogmundur Jonasson told The Associated Press that he was upset when he found out that... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 17:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1862554-minister-iceland-refused-to-help-fbi-wikileaks.html 2013-02-01T17:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1862534-us-firm-raises-stake-itays-unicredit.html MILAN (AP) — U.S. investment firm Blackrock has increased its stake in Italian bank UniCredit to become its second-largest shareholder. The Italian stock market watchdog, Consob, said Blackrock raised its stake to 5.036 percent, from 3.103 percent at the end of November. Institutional investors are required to disclose publicly when their stakes exceed th... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 17:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1862534-us-firm-raises-stake-itays-unicredit.html 2013-02-01T17:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1862524-germany-warns-euro-crisis.html MUNICH (AP) — Europe's efforts to solve its debt troubles won a vote of confidence Friday from the chairman of China's sovereign wealth fund, but Germany's finance minister told an international conference that the continent can't afford to become complacent. Three years since the crisis started in Greece, the 17 European Union countries that use the euro... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 17:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1862524-germany-warns-euro-crisis.html 2013-02-01T17:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1861756-milan-court-convicts-3-americans-cia-kidnapping.html MILAN (AP) — A Milan appeals court on Friday vacated acquittals for a former CIA station chief and two other Americans, and instead convicted them in the 2003 abduction of an Egyptian terror suspect from a Milan street as part of the CIA's extraordinary rendition program. The decision means that all 26 Americans tried in absentia for the abduction now hav... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 17:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1861756-milan-court-convicts-3-americans-cia-kidnapping.html 2013-02-01T17:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1862376-french-leader-to-visit-mali-talk-troop-levels.html PARIS (AP) — President Francois Hollande says he'll suggest when France will reduce troop levels in Mali during a trip there Saturday, nearly four weeks after a French-led operation against Islamic extremists began in the vast West African nation. Hollande, who will be accompanied by France's foreign and defense ministers, hopes to also boost his troops' ... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 16:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1862376-french-leader-to-visit-mali-talk-troop-levels.html 2013-02-01T16:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1861000-signs-firm-us-recovery-trigger-market-gains.html LONDON (AP) — Evidence that the U.S. economic recovery is firmly on track drove markets higher on Friday, adding to the cheer from good economic indicators out of Europe. The world's largest economy added 157,000 jobs in January, in line with market expectations, though hiring over the past two years was revised up. The improvement was not sufficient to p... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 16:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1861000-signs-firm-us-recovery-trigger-market-gains.html 2013-02-01T16:10:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1861124-syrian-opposition-willing-to-meet-with-regime.html MUNICH (AP) — Syria's top opposition leader said Friday that he was willing to sit down for talks with President Bashar Assad's government to "ease the pain of the Syrian people," but emphasized that his goal is to "overthrow the regime by peaceful means." Addressing a gathering of the world's top diplomats and defense officials at the Munich Security Con... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 22:13:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1861124-syrian-opposition-willing-to-meet-with-regime.html 2013-02-01T22:13:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1860398-shot-armenia-presidential-hopeful-seeks-vote-delay.html YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — The shooting of a presidential candidate threw Armenia's election into disarray Friday, with the wounded victim saying he will call for a delay of the vote. Paruir Airikian, 63, was shot and wounded by an unidentified assailant outside his home in Yerevan, the Armenian capital, on Thursday just before midnight. Airikian said from t... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1860398-shot-armenia-presidential-hopeful-seeks-vote-delay.html 2013-02-01T19:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1861728-us-confirms-attack-turkey-issues-warning.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department confirmed a terrorist attack Friday just outside the U.S. Embassy in Ankara and told Americans to stay away from U.S. diplomatic offices throughout Turkey. Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said the explosion occurred on the perimeter of the embassy at about 1:15 pm local time. "We can confirm a terrorist blast ... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1861728-us-confirms-attack-turkey-issues-warning.html 2013-02-01T14:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1861914-french-enthusiastic-beckham-signing-with-psg.html PARIS (AP) — David Beckham's arrival at Paris Saint-Germain was warmly received in France on Friday, a day after the 37-year-old former England captain turned down several other teams in a marketing and merchandising coup. Beckham joined the cash-rich club Thursday for five months and will donate his salary to a children's charity. Beckham aims to win the... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:21:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1861914-french-enthusiastic-beckham-signing-with-psg.html 2013-02-01T14:21:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1861918-teenage-hacker-sentenced-uk-cyber-attacks.html LONDON (AP) — A British court has sentenced a teenage hacker to youth rehabilitation after he and other members of the Anonymous movement carried out cyber-attacks targeting financial sites like PayPal and Visa. Jake Birchall had admitted conspiring to impair the operation of computers in 2010 and 2011. The 18-year-old Birchall was sentenced Friday to 18 ... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:20:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1861918-teenage-hacker-sentenced-uk-cyber-attacks.html 2013-02-01T14:20:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1861120-dutch-nationalizes-sns-reaal-bank.html AMSTERDAM (AP) — The Netherlands nationalized its fourth-largest bank on Friday, injecting €2.2 billion ($3 billion) to recapitalize SNS Reaal NV and head off any chance of a messy collapse that would threaten the country's fragile economy and financial system. The total cost to the Dutch government will be at least €3.7 billion, Finance Minister Jeroen D... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1861120-dutch-nationalizes-sns-reaal-bank.html 2013-02-01T14:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1861366-germany-aims-to-acquire-armed-drones.html BERLIN (AP) — Germany plans to join the ranks of countries that deploy armed drones on the battlefield — a move critics say would lower the threshold for foreign military interventions. Defense Minister Thomas de Maiziere said Friday that Germany would work with France to develop a new generation of unmanned aerial vehicles. "We have a gap in our capabili... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1861366-germany-aims-to-acquire-armed-drones.html 2013-02-01T14:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1861590-ceo-scandal-hit-barclays-up-2012-bonus.html LONDON (AP) — The chief executive of Britain's Barclays bank said Friday he is giving up his 2012 bonus amid a string of high-profile scandals over market-fixing, mis-selling of loan products, and other forms of financial malfeasance. Antony Jenkins had been entitled to a maximum bonus of 2.75 million pounds ($4.35 million), or 250 percent of his 1.1 mill... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1861590-ceo-scandal-hit-barclays-up-2012-bonus.html 2013-02-01T14:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1861872-spanish-economy-minister-to-testify-bank-probe.html MADRID (AP) — Spain's Economy Minister Luis de Guindos has been called by the National Court to testify in a probe into alleged fraud at one of the country's major banks. The court said Friday that De Guindos will give testimony on Feb. 18 as a witness relating to Bankia SA, which had to be nationalized and bailed out by the state for €18 billion ($24 bil... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1861872-spanish-economy-minister-to-testify-bank-probe.html 2013-02-01T14:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1861384-spains-attorney-pm-rajoy-quizzed.html MADRID (AP) — Spain's top prosecutor says there is sufficient cause to investigate fresh allegations of irregular financing of Spain's governing Popular Party and that if necessary Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy would be called in for questioning. Attorney General Eduardo Torres-Dulce was responding to the publication by leading newspaper El Pais of the so-... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1861384-spains-attorney-pm-rajoy-quizzed.html 2013-02-01T13:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1861574-uk-charges-australian-royal-hoax-djs.html LONDON (AP) — British prosecutors said Friday they will not press charges against two Australian DJs over the royal hoax call that preceded a nurse's suicide. Two Australian DJs impersonated Queen Elizabeth II and her son, Prince Charles, as they phoned London's King Edward VII hospital in December to ask about the condition of the Duchess of Cambridge, f... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 12:21:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1861574-uk-charges-australian-royal-hoax-djs.html 2013-02-01T12:21:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1861364-british-detective-jailed-phone-hacking-scandal.html LONDON (AP) — A senior British counterterrorism detective was sentenced Friday to 15 months in prison for trying to sell information to Rupert Murdoch's News of the World tabloid. Detective Chief Inspector April Casburn, 53, was the first person convicted on charges related to Britain's phone-hacking scandal since a police investigation was reopened in ea... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 12:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1861364-british-detective-jailed-phone-hacking-scandal.html 2013-02-01T12:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1861394-teliasonera-boss-quits-uzbekistan-allegations.html STOCKHOLM (AP) — The chief executive of TeliaSonera resigned Friday after an independent review on alleged bribery by the telecoms company found it had failed to conduct a proper background check on a partner Uzbek firm believed to be connected with the family of the country's autocratic ruler. The review, conducted by a law firm, exonerated TeliaSonera o... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 10:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1861394-teliasonera-boss-quits-uzbekistan-allegations.html 2013-02-01T10:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1860394-patrick-fitzgerald-takes-socrates-mock-trial.html CHICAGO (AP) — Patrick Fitzgerald has prosecuted mobsters, terrorists, a White House aide and two Illinois governors. On Thursday, the former top prosecutor got a crack at Socrates. Yes, that Socrates, the Greek philosopher. Fitzgerald, one of the nation's highest profile federal prosecutors until he recently entered private practice, represented Athens i... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 03:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1860394-patrick-fitzgerald-takes-socrates-mock-trial.html 2013-02-01T03:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1860496-freedom-returns-to-storied-city-timbuktu.html TIMBUKTU, Mali (AP) — On the morning French commandos parachuted onto the sand just north of this storied city and ended 10 months of Islamic rule, Hawi Traore folded up her veil. On the next day, she wore heels. On the day after, she put on her sparkly earrings, got her hair braided and tried her mother's perfume. Finally on Thursday, the 12-year-old gir... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 23:31:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1860496-freedom-returns-to-storied-city-timbuktu.html 2013-01-31T23:31:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1860354-beckham-joins-psg-pledges-to-donate-salary.html PARIS (AP) — In a dazzling career filled with riches and titles, David Beckham is taking his globe-trotting soccer tour to one of the most alluring destinations of all. The 37-year-old midfielder signed a five-month contract with Paris Saint-Germain on Thursday, and has agreed to essentially play for free. He will donate his salary to a children's charity... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1860354-beckham-joins-psg-pledges-to-donate-salary.html 2013-01-31T21:17:00Z