http://www.mail.com/subjects/1324-international-relations.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.20/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/1324-international-relations.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1763188-us-warns-treaty-snub-internet-rules.html DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The chief American delegate at a U.N. conference weighing possible Internet rules says the U.S. may snub the final document over proposals interpreted as giving governments greater oversight over the Web. Ambassador Terry Kramer says references that governments have a right to control the Internet are unacceptable. He to... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:53:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1763188-us-warns-treaty-snub-internet-rules.html 2012-12-13T17:53:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1764006-israeli-foreign-minister-resists-calls-to-resign.html JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's foreign minister says he is resisting calls to resign following his indictment on a breach of trust charge. Avigdor Lieberman told a news conference Thursday night that under the law, he does not have to resign. He says he will confer with his lawyers before making any decision. He gave no timeframe for his decision and hinted it... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1764006-israeli-foreign-minister-resists-calls-to-resign.html 2012-12-13T17:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1763144-nkorea-years-reliable-missiles.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — After 14 years of painstaking labor, North Korea finally has a rocket that can put a satellite in orbit. But that doesn't mean the reclusive country is close to having an intercontinental ballistic missile. Experts say Pyongyang is years from even having a shot at developing reliable missiles that could bombard the American mainl... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 18:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1763144-nkorea-years-reliable-missiles.html 2012-12-13T18:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1763426-russia-acknowledges-assad-losing-control.html MOSCOW (AP) — Syria's most powerful ally, Russia, said for the first time Thursday that President Bashar Assad is losing control of his country and the rebels might win the civil war, dramatically shifting the diplomatic landscape at a time of enormous momentum for the opposition. While Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov gave no immediate signal tha... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 11:20:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1763426-russia-acknowledges-assad-losing-control.html 2012-12-13T11:20:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1759934-nkorea-years-credible-missiles.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — They don't call it rocket science for nothing. North Korea's first successful launch of a three-stage, long-range rocket has outraged world leaders who consider it similar to a missile capable of attacking the United States, Europe and other far-away targets. But experts say Pyongyang is years away from even having a shot at deve... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 10:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1759934-nkorea-years-credible-missiles.html 2012-12-13T10:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1763102-nkorea-policy-seoul-to-soften-despite-rocket.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — It is not too early to predict one sure winner of South Korea's presidential election next week: North Korea. President Lee Myung-bak's hardline approach to Pyongyang is going away, no matter who replaces him. The question is: Just how soft will Seoul go? Not even Pyongyang's successful launch of a long-range rocket Wednesday has... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 04:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1763102-nkorea-policy-seoul-to-soften-despite-rocket.html 2012-12-13T04:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1760966-mali-prime-minister-forced-ouster.html BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali's interim president has named a replacement prime minister after soldiers behind a coup earlier this year forced out his predecessor and placed him under house arrest, provoking international condemnation. The political turmoil has deepened concerns about Mali's stability at a time when the international community is considering b... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1760966-mali-prime-minister-forced-ouster.html 2012-12-13T00:36:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1761444-un-security-council-condemns-nkorea-rocket-launch.html UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council condemned North Korea's successful rocket launch on Wednesday and said it will urgently consider "an appropriate response." Whether that response includes new sanctions against the North, which the United States and its European allies are seeking, depends first and foremost on China, the North's closest all... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1761444-un-security-council-condemns-nkorea-rocket-launch.html 2012-12-13T00:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1760466-us-syria-opposition-disagree-terrorist-label.html MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — The U.S. and the head of the new Syrian opposition coalition being feted at a conference in Morocco Wednesday publicly disagreed over designating a rebel group as terrorist, highlighting a key dilemma in overthrowing President Bashar Assad's regime. Even as the U.S., Europe and its allies recognized the new opposition of the sole... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 21:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1760466-us-syria-opposition-disagree-terrorist-label.html 2012-12-12T21:00:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1760880-un-international-efforts-to-engage-iran.html VIENNA (AP) — International officials pursued a two-pronged effort Wednesday to engage Iran over concerns the country may have worked on nuclear weapons, with a U.N. team seeking access to a site linked to such suspected activity and European Union negotiators looking to restart talks with Tehran meant to ease such fears. Preparing to depart Vienna for Te... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 20:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1760880-un-international-efforts-to-engage-iran.html 2012-12-12T20:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1762234-egypt-political-crisis-threatens-to-worsen-economy.html CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's political crisis is threatening to plunge its ailing economy even deeper into distress after the government delayed a request for a $4.8 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund that would have eased a ballooning budget deficit and reassured foreign investors. Fear of stoking the street unrest over a disputed Islamist-oriente... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 19:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1762234-egypt-political-crisis-threatens-to-worsen-economy.html 2012-12-12T19:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1761832-leading-democrat-calls-foreign-aid-system-outmoded.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Soviet Union was the Cold War threat, Ian Fleming's creation James Bond was headed to the screen as Sean Connery in "Dr. No" and the U.S. established a new system for doling out foreign aid. Fifty-one years later, a leading House Democrat closing out three decades in Congress says a new structure to provide U.S. assistance worldwide ... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 19:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1761832-leading-democrat-calls-foreign-aid-system-outmoded.html 2012-12-12T19:36:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1760854-cops-british-army-guided-belfast-lawyers-killing.html DUBLIN (AP) — British police and army agents planted inside Northern Ireland's major Protestant gang played a pivotal role in assassinating a Belfast attorney, a former United Nations war crimes investigator concluded in a damning report published Wednesday into one of the most divisive slayings of the entire four-decade conflict. Sir Desmond de Silva con... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 16:21:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1760854-cops-british-army-guided-belfast-lawyers-killing.html 2012-12-12T16:21:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1761120-un-court-convicts-bosnian-serb-genocide.html THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A U.N. war crimes court convicted a former senior Bosnian Serb army commander Wednesday of genocide for playing a key role in Europe's worst massacre since World War II and sentenced him to life imprisonment, delivering another measure of justice to survivors still hunting for the remains of their husbands and sons. In a majo... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:39:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1761120-un-court-convicts-bosnian-serb-genocide.html 2012-12-12T15:39:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1760996-uk-officer-punished-passing-nuclear-secrets.html LONDON (AP) — A Royal Navy petty officer who worked on nuclear submarines was sentenced to eight years in prison Wednesday for passing secrets to British agents impersonating Russian spies. Edward Devenney, 30, was arrested in March after a sting operation headed by Britain's domestic security agency, MI5. He pleaded guilty last month to breaching the Of... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1760996-uk-officer-punished-passing-nuclear-secrets.html 2012-12-12T15:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1761064-rebels-central-african-republic-take-3-towns.html BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — A rebel group that signed a peace accord with the government of the Central African Republic announced Wednesday that it had taken three towns in the country's north, in a move that is intended to force the state to review the six-year-old accord. Reached on his satellite phone in the distant north of the country, r... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 14:11:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1761064-rebels-central-african-republic-take-3-towns.html 2012-12-12T14:11:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1760940-israeli-minister-world-would-sacrifice-israel.html JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's hawkish foreign minister lashed out at the international community on Wednesday, criticizing its policies toward the Palestinians and charging that many world leaders would readily sacrifice Israel to radical Islam just as Europe appeased the Nazis before World War II. Avigdor Lieberman hit back at European foreign ministers for ... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 13:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1760940-israeli-minister-world-would-sacrifice-israel.html 2012-12-12T13:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1760562-nkorea-rocket-gift-to-leaders-warning-to-world.html Why would North Korea launch a rocket into space now? The act invites additional sanctions for a country where the U.N. says millions are going hungry, and the bitter cold had only increased the risk of the launch becoming the latest of several embarrassing failures. Some of Pyongyang's reasons are calendar-related: It's been 100 years since the birth of ... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 09:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1760562-nkorea-rocket-gift-to-leaders-warning-to-world.html 2012-12-12T09:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1759464-parents-fight-release-son-jailed-mexico.html MIAMI (AP) — A South Florida family is fighting to get their son, a Marine veteran, released from a prison in a dangerous area in Mexico while facing charges that he carried across the border a shotgun with a barrel that's an inch too short. Jon Hammar and his friend were on their way to Costa Rica in August and planned to drive across the Mexican border ... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 23:50:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1759464-parents-fight-release-son-jailed-mexico.html 2012-12-11T23:50:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1757434-malis-pm-forced-to-resign-arrest-junta.html BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Soldiers arrested Mali's prime minister and forced him to resign before dawn on Tuesday, showing that the military remains the real power in this troubled West African nation despite handing back authority to civilians after a coup in March. The prime minister's ouster comes as the United Nations considers backing a military interventi... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 23:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1757434-malis-pm-forced-to-resign-arrest-junta.html 2012-12-11T23:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1757614-obama-us-recognizes-syrias-main-rebel-group.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama declared Syria's main opposition group the sole "legitimate representative" of its country's people Tuesday, deeming the move "a big step" in the international diplomatic efforts to end Syrian President Bashar Assad's embattled regime. Obama said the newly formed Syrian Opposition Council "is now inclusive enough" ... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 22:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1757614-obama-us-recognizes-syrias-main-rebel-group.html 2012-12-11T22:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1757742-egypt-judges-will-boycott-referendum.html CAIRO (AP) — Most Egyptian judges rejected any role Tuesday in overseeing the country's constitutional referendum, a move likely to cast further doubt on the legitimacy of the disputed charter. The nation's worst crisis since Hosni Mubarak's ouster nearly two years ago also forced the government to put off a crucial deal with the International Monetary Fu... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 22:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1757742-egypt-judges-will-boycott-referendum.html 2012-12-11T22:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1759258-california-chefs-encourage-fresh-dining-cuba.html HAVANA (AP) — Rice, beans, pork — and lots of it. That's a typical restaurant meal in Cuba, widely regarded by travelers as a culinary wasteland where the variety and quality of raw ingredients leave much to be desired. But a delegation of chefs from Alice Waters' celebrated Chez Panisse restaurant in Berkeley, California, is in Havana on a mission to spa... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 21:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1759258-california-chefs-encourage-fresh-dining-cuba.html 2012-12-11T21:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1757456-ap-exclusive-aclu-seeks-oas-probe-padilla-case.html NEW YORK (AP) — A civil liberties group asked the Organization of American States' human rights commission Tuesday to investigate the U.S. government for what it says are violations of the rights of convicted terrorism plotter Jose Padilla. The American Civil Liberties Union says the U.S. violated Padilla's rights when it labeled him an "enemy combatant" ... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 19:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1757456-ap-exclusive-aclu-seeks-oas-probe-padilla-case.html 2012-12-11T19:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1758316-taliban-popular-where-us-fought-biggest-battle.html MARJAH, Afghanistan (AP) — Nearly three years after U.S.-led forces launched the biggest operation of the war to clear insurgents, foster economic growth and set a model for the rest of Afghanistan, angry residents of Helmand province say they are too afraid to go out after dark because of marauding bands of thieves. And during the day, they say corrupt p... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 18:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1758316-taliban-popular-where-us-fought-biggest-battle.html 2012-12-11T18:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1757606-hsbc-to-pay-19b-to-settle-money-laundering-case.html NEW YORK (AP) — British bank HSBC has agreed to pay $1.9 billion to settle a New York based-probe in connection with the laundering of money from narcotics traffickers in Mexico, U.S. authorities announced Tuesday. The move avoids a legal battle that could further savage the bank's reputation and undermine confidence in the global banking system. The anno... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1757606-hsbc-to-pay-19b-to-settle-money-laundering-case.html 2012-12-11T16:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1757914-experts-russia-to-stay-course-assad.html MOSCOW (AP) — Recent hopes that the Kremlin would end its support of Syrian strongman Bashar Assad melted quickly, and analysts say Moscow ultimately may change its stance only if Assad ends up cornered. Russia's refusal to join the West in calling for Assad's ouster is rooted both in a sober geopolitical calculus and deep suspicions about Western intenti... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1757914-experts-russia-to-stay-course-assad.html 2012-12-11T15:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1758030-congo-rebels-return-to-peace-talks.html KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Peace talks with rebels in eastern Congo should end with the disbandment of the M23 rebel movement, Congo's foreign minister said Tuesday, declaring it a criminally-minded organization that has caused suffering in the country. Foreign Minister Raymond Tshibanda delivered his indictment of M23 on Tuesday after representatives of the ... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1758030-congo-rebels-return-to-peace-talks.html 2012-12-11T14:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1757848-us-visa-cancelled-to-prosecutor-tymoshenko-case.html KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — The United States has canceled the visa of a Ukrainian prosecutor in charge of the case of jailed former premier Yulia Tymoshenko, the latest sign of growing international pressure on Ukraine. The U.S. Embassy in Kiev said Tuesday that a long-term visa issued to Deputy Prosecutor General Renat Kuzmin has been revoked. The Embassy woul... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 10:30:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1757848-us-visa-cancelled-to-prosecutor-tymoshenko-case.html 2012-12-11T10:30:00Z