http://www.mail.com/people/25268-yasser-arafat.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/people/25268-yasser-arafat.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2097980-czech-president-dispute-gay-rights.html PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic's controversy-courting new president is under fire for refusing to grant a university professorship to one of his critics and hinting that it is because the man is a gay rights activist. In what is normally a formality, Czech presidents appoint the country's professors after they are nominated for the top title by their un... Mon, 20 May 2013 17:07:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2097980-czech-president-dispute-gay-rights.html 2013-05-20T17:07:42Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2086806-palestinians-mark-their-1948-displacement.html RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Tens of thousands of Palestinians marked the 65th anniversary of their mass displacement during the war over Israel's 1948 creation, marching in the streets and in some parts of the West Bank clashing with Israeli security forces. Every May 15, Palestinians hold rallies to commemorate the "nakba," or "catastrophe" — the term the... Wed, 15 May 2013 16:31:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2086806-palestinians-mark-their-1948-displacement.html 2013-05-15T16:31:37Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2075988-palestinians-chose-president-reality-tv.html BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinians haven't elected a president since 2005, but now they are finally getting a chance to do so — virtually — thanks to a hit reality TV show. "The President" is broadcast weekly on Maan TV, a popular independent Palestinian TV station. It offers contestants a chance to address the Palestinian people on what they wo... Fri, 10 May 2013 20:02:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2075988-palestinians-chose-president-reality-tv.html 2013-05-10T20:02:15Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2042220-palestinian-watchdog-corruption-continues.html RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — A Palestinian watchdog group says it's looking into corruption claims against government officials. Azmi Shuabi of the Coalition for Transparency in Palestine said Wednesday it is checking 29 claims that senior officials of the Western-backed Palestinian Authority stole public funds. Shuabi said the Palestinian Authority also ha... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:23:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2042220-palestinian-watchdog-corruption-continues.html 2013-04-24T18:23:06Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2012802-palestinians-building-museum-to-tell-their-story.html BIRZEIT, West Bank (AP) — Palestinians on Thursday began construction of the West Bank's largest museum devoted to their history, planning to tell diverse stories of Palestinians in their land and of millions who live abroad. The museum represents a step in the Palestinian quest for statehood by creating a repository for 200 years of history, alongside ga... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:09:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2012802-palestinians-building-museum-to-tell-their-story.html 2013-04-11T16:09:16Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1946152-us-expels-2-venezuelan-diplomats.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration has expelled two Venezuelan diplomats in retaliation for Venezuela's expulsion of two U.S. military attaches. Washington wants to repair ties with Venezuela after Hugo Chavez's death but has made little headway so far. Shortly before Chavez died last week, Venezuela expelled two U.S. Air Force attaches in Caracas... Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:59:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1946152-us-expels-2-venezuelan-diplomats.html 2013-03-11T17:59:15Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1933610-venezuelas-chavez-dies-officials-call-unity.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Some in anguish, some in fear, Venezuelans raced for home and stocked up on food and water Tuesday after the government announced the death of President Hugo Chavez, the larger-than-life firebrand socialist who led the nation for 14 years. Vice President Nicolas Maduro's voice broke and tears ran down his face as he appeared on n... Wed, 06 Mar 2013 04:35:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1933610-venezuelas-chavez-dies-officials-call-unity.html 2013-03-06T04:35:07Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1913658-symbolism-weighs-heavy-iran-nuclear-talks-venue.html ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AP) — The venue for talks on Iran's nuclear program between world powers and Tehran carries a symbolism that Western negotiators will hope serves as a positive omen. In the 1990s, Kazakhstan, a sprawling former Soviet republic, gave up a huge nuclear stockpile and now wants to capitalize on its nonproliferation track record by offering... Mon, 25 Feb 2013 11:15:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1913658-symbolism-weighs-heavy-iran-nuclear-talks-venue.html 2013-02-25T11:15:42Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1853910-palestinian-fighter-rebel-dies-damascus.html DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A hard-line Palestinian military commander who rebelled against leader Yasser Arafat to form his own rival party died in Damascus on Tuesday, according to his representatives and hospital officials. Said Musa Maragha, better known by his nom de guerre, "Abu Musa," was 86. They said Maragha died of cancer. Maragha, a Jordanian of Pal... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1853910-palestinian-fighter-rebel-dies-damascus.html 2013-01-29T15:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1847880-ex-premier-elected-czech-president.html PRAGUE (AP) — A former left-leaning prime minister staged a big return to power Saturday by winning the Czech Republic's first directly elected presidential vote. With all the votes counted, Milos Zeman won 54.8 percent of the vote for the largely ceremonial post, the Czech Statistics Office reported. His opponent, conservative Foreign Minister Karel Schw... Sat, 26 Jan 2013 16:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1847880-ex-premier-elected-czech-president.html 2013-01-26T16:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1815810-czechs-elect-president-direct-vote-1st-time.html PRAGUE (AP) — A former leftist prime minister and the Czech Republic's conservative foreign minister will face each other in a presidential runoff later this month after finishing Saturday as the top two candidates in the ballot's first round. Ex-Premier Milos Zeman and Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg will compete in the second round of voting for th... Sat, 12 Jan 2013 16:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1815810-czechs-elect-president-direct-vote-1st-time.html 2013-01-12T16:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1813926-czechs-elect-president-ballot-1st-time.html PRAGUE (AP) — For the first time, citizens of the Czech Republic are electing a president, and their nine choices to replace euro-skeptic Vaclav Klaus run the full gamut: from veteran politicians to an artist whose entire body is tattooed. If no candidate for the largely ceremonial post achieves a majority during the voting on Friday and Saturday — a like... Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1813926-czechs-elect-president-ballot-1st-time.html 2013-01-11T15:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1786880-syrian-minister-leaves-beirut-fear-arrest.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's wounded interior minister cut short his treatment at a Beirut hospital Wednesday and returned home for fear of being arrested by Lebanese authorities, while Syria's chief of military police defected to the opposition, becoming one of the highest-ranking officers to switch sides. The twin developments reflected the deepening isolation... Wed, 26 Dec 2012 19:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1786880-syrian-minister-leaves-beirut-fear-arrest.html 2012-12-26T19:36:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1731602-ap-exclusive-arafats-widow-calls-death-mystery.html VALLETTA, Malta (AP) — Yasser Arafat's widow sees a spiritual significance in the timing of her late husband's exhumation, which came just two days before a U.N. vote on whether to recognize a Palestinian state. "It was as if his soul was resurrecting" before the General Assembly vote, Suha Arafat told The Associated Press on Thursday at her home in Malta... Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1731602-ap-exclusive-arafats-widow-calls-death-mystery.html 2012-11-29T19:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1725348-arafat-grave-dug-up-probe-poison-suspicion.html RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Eight years after Yasser Arafat's mysterious death, his political heirs opened his grave Tuesday and let forensics experts take samples from his remains, defying strong cultural taboos in search of evidence that the icon of Palestinian nationalism was poisoned. Palestinians have claimed for years that Israel poisoned Arafat, who... Tue, 27 Nov 2012 17:30:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1725348-arafat-grave-dug-up-probe-poison-suspicion.html 2012-11-27T17:30:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1723432-ehud-barak-hes-quitting-israeli-politics.html JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak abruptly quit politics Monday, potentially robbing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of a key ally who enabled his hard-line government to present a moderate face to the world. Netanyahu's party picked a young, more hawkish list of candidates in its primary election on Monday. Barring another comeback b... Mon, 26 Nov 2012 21:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1723432-ehud-barak-hes-quitting-israeli-politics.html 2012-11-26T21:17:00Z