http://www.mail.com/subjects/1346-territorial-disputes.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/subjects/1346-territorial-disputes.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2101898-egypt-leader-claims-victory-captives-release.html CAIRO (AP) — The safe release Wednesday of seven conscripts kidnapped by suspected militants in Sinai brought a victory for Egypt's Islamist president after months of criticism that his government is mismanaging the country. Seated with top military brass and senior officials, an animated Mohammed Morsi lauded the release as a show of how unified and stro... Wed, 22 May 2013 20:42:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2101898-egypt-leader-claims-victory-captives-release.html 2013-05-22T20:42:11Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2103580-palestinians-faith-kerry-effort.html RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinians believe the U.S. effort to restart peace talks is doomed, and they're preparing instead to resume their campaign of seeking membership in key international organizations as soon as next month, officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday. As U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrives on another peace mission, Is... Wed, 22 May 2013 19:05:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2103580-palestinians-faith-kerry-effort.html 2013-05-22T19:05:10Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2101940-young-objector-challenges-israeli-army.html JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military has jailed a young man for six months for refusing to serve because of his opposition to Israel's occupation of the West Bank, focusing attention on the longstanding conflict between the country's universal military service and divided political beliefs. The refusal by 20-year-old Natan Blanc to serve has put the mili... Wed, 22 May 2013 06:50:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2101940-young-objector-challenges-israeli-army.html 2013-05-22T06:50:15Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2099924-egypt-troops-sinai-sweep-mistakenly-hit-funeral.html CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian troops and police mistakenly fired on a Bedouin funeral in the Sinai Peninsula on Tuesday, security officials said, in the opening salvo of a sweep searching for security personnel kidnapped by suspected militants. The incident illustrated the hazards of the military operations prompted by the kidnapping last week. A heavy handed att... Tue, 21 May 2013 22:11:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2099924-egypt-troops-sinai-sweep-mistakenly-hit-funeral.html 2013-05-21T22:11:23Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2097578-egypt-security-beefed-up-sinai-abduction.html CAIRO (AP) — Dozens of Egyptian troops and armored vehicles moved into Sinai Monday as the government beefed up security in the volatile peninsula after the abduction of six policemen and a border guard by suspected Islamic militants. The security deployment comes a day after the release of a video of the captives, blindfolded and with their hands tied be... Mon, 20 May 2013 19:29:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2097578-egypt-security-beefed-up-sinai-abduction.html 2013-05-20T19:29:51Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2096296-video-kidnapped-egyptian-security-officers.html CAIRO (AP) — Seven men purported to be the members of Egypt's security forces kidnapped by suspected militants last week appeared in a video posted online Sunday and urged the government to secure their release by meeting their captors' demands. The video, posted on YouTube, is the first sign of the six policemen and one border guard since they were abduc... Sun, 19 May 2013 20:39:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2096296-video-kidnapped-egyptian-security-officers.html 2013-05-19T20:39:58Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2096504-israeli-seeks-interim-deal-with-palestinians.html JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's senior coalition partner says that reaching a final peace agreement with the Palestinians is unrealistic at the current time and the sides should instead pursue an interim arrangement. Finance Minister Yair Lapid's assessment, delivered in a published interview Sunday just days before the arrival of U.S... Sun, 19 May 2013 18:32:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2096504-israeli-seeks-interim-deal-with-palestinians.html 2013-05-19T18:32:19Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2095896-chinese-premier-visits-india-to-boost-ties.html NEW DELHI (AP) — Just weeks after a tense border standoff, China's new premier visited India on Sunday on his first foreign trip as the neighboring giants look to speed up efforts to settle a decades-old boundary dispute and boost economic ties. Premier Li Keqiang met with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the two leaders emphasized that efforts sh... Sun, 19 May 2013 17:49:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2095896-chinese-premier-visits-india-to-boost-ties.html 2013-05-19T17:49:16Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2089694-7-egyptian-security-personnel-abducted-sinai.html CAIRO (AP) — Suspected militants in Egypt's Sinai abducted seven security personnel as they headed to Cairo for holidays early Thursday, security officials said. It was the first such kidnapping of security forces in the lawless peninsula. The officials said masked gunmen ambushed two taxis at gunpoint outside the city of el-Arish, the capital of North Si... Thu, 16 May 2013 20:11:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2089694-7-egyptian-security-personnel-abducted-sinai.html 2013-05-16T20:11:26Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2090910-turkish-pm-talks-syria-with-obama-white-house.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Thursday that the U.S. and Turkey will keep ramping up pressure to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad from power, but there's "no magic formula" to stop his violence. At a news conference with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the White House Rose Garden, Obama says the only way to resolve the cri... Thu, 16 May 2013 19:30:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2090910-turkish-pm-talks-syria-with-obama-white-house.html 2013-05-16T19:30:50Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2087742-sharifs-win-sparks-hope-pakistan-india-ties.html WAGAH, Pakistan (AP) — Over a decade ago, the man now set to become Pakistan's next prime minister stood at this border crossing with archenemy India to inaugurate a "friendship" bus service connecting the two countries as cheering supporters waved flags and tossed rose petals. There is widespread hope on both sides of the border that Nawaz Sharif will ta... Wed, 15 May 2013 17:05:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2087742-sharifs-win-sparks-hope-pakistan-india-ties.html 2013-05-15T17:05:13Z 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/news/world/2086662-china-questions-japan-rule-okinawa.html BEIJING (AP) — China is trying to strengthen its claim on tiny, uninhabited, Japanese-controlled islands by raising questions about the much larger Okinawa chain that is home to more than a million Japanese along with major U.S. military installations. The tactic, however, appears to have done little but harden Tokyo's stance. Japan refuses to offer any c... Wed, 15 May 2013 11:03:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2086662-china-questions-japan-rule-okinawa.html 2013-05-15T11:03:30Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2086496-critics-assail-israeli-silence-arab-peace-plan.html JERUSALEM (AP) — On the surface, the Arab League's improved peace initiative offers Israel everything it ever dreamed of — normal relations with an entire region that has long objected to the very existence of the Jewish state, and even the chance to keep some war-won land. But two weeks after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry persuaded Arab leaders to r... Wed, 15 May 2013 06:17:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2086496-critics-assail-israeli-silence-arab-peace-plan.html 2013-05-15T06:17:59Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2084788-eviction-fears-haunt-haiti-camps-attacks.html PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Attorney Reynold Georges showed up with a judge and a police officer on a recent afternoon at Camp Acra, a cluster of tents and plywood shelters scattered across rocky hills dotted with trees in the heart of the Haitian capital. The lawyer told the camp of some 30,000 people that they were squatting on his land and had to leav... Tue, 14 May 2013 18:49:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2084788-eviction-fears-haunt-haiti-camps-attacks.html 2013-05-14T18:49:56Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2081216-taiwan-runs-short-volunteers-military-shift.html TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A Taiwanese plan to end mandatory military service and shift to an all-volunteer force is running into a problem: not enough volunteers. Such forces are generally considered superior to conscripted ones, because those serving want to be there. Taiwan wants to field a leaner and meaner military of 176,000 volunteers by 2015, in place ... Tue, 14 May 2013 02:32:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2081216-taiwan-runs-short-volunteers-military-shift.html 2013-05-14T02:32:57Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2080496-politics-commandeer-stage-mideast-tv-contest.html BEIRUT (AP) — TV singing contests around the world tend to serve up light, glitzy entertainment with a dash of emotional drama. But in the Middle East's version of "American Idol," it's the region's troubles that often take center stage. Two contestants are from civil war-ravaged Syria, including a singer-composer whose bus was ambushed by gunmen en route... Sun, 12 May 2013 18:30:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2080496-politics-commandeer-stage-mideast-tv-contest.html 2013-05-12T18:30:46Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2073676-islamic-cleric-gaza-rejects-israels-existence.html GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — A prominent Islamic scholar making a landmark visit to the Gaza Strip declared Thursday that Israel has no right to exist and voiced his support for rocket fire on Israel, giving a boost of legitimacy to the militant Islamist Hamas rulers of the Palestinian territory. Yusuf al-Qaradawi is the latest of a few high profile figur... Thu, 09 May 2013 15:04:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2073676-islamic-cleric-gaza-rejects-israels-existence.html 2013-05-09T15:04:26Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2073646-israel-moving-ahead-with-settler-housing.html JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has given preliminary approval to build nearly 300 housing units in a West Bank settlement, a spokesman said Thursday, bringing a Palestinian rebuke and possibly complicating U.S. efforts to relaunch Mideast peace talks. The approval came as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with Israel's chief negotiator in Rome. The negotiat... Thu, 09 May 2013 12:32:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2073646-israel-moving-ahead-with-settler-housing.html 2013-05-09T12:32:48Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2070626-israel-releases-top-muslim-cleric-holy-land.html JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police detained the top Muslim cleric in the Holy Land Wednesday in a rare crackdown on a leading religious figure, questioning him for several hours before releasing him without charge. Later in the day, in the Gaza Strip, an influential Muslim cleric from Qatar received a hero's welcome in a high-profile visit that deepened the ... Wed, 08 May 2013 20:26:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2070626-israel-releases-top-muslim-cleric-holy-land.html 2013-05-08T20:26:02Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2071244-kerry-to-return-effort-mideast-peace.html ROME (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday he would depart in two weeks on another trip to the Middle East to push peace between Israel and the Palestinians. Speaking to reporters alongside Israeli peace negotiator Tzipi Livni, Kerry said he'd depart on his fourth trip to the Jewish state as America's top diplomat around May 21 or 22. He wil... Wed, 08 May 2013 14:10:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2071244-kerry-to-return-effort-mideast-peace.html 2013-05-08T14:10:32Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2070912-china-greets-israeli-prime-minister-beijing.html BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leaders welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Beijing on Wednesday as China tries to bring its growing international influence to an area where it has had little impact — the Middle East peace process. Greeting the Israeli leader at the Great Hall of the People, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang made no direct mention of hi... Wed, 08 May 2013 11:09:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2070912-china-greets-israeli-prime-minister-beijing.html 2013-05-08T11:09:30Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2070628-china-indias-rivalry-extends-to-arctic.html BEIJING (AP) — While the recent troop standoff in a remote Himalayan desert spotlights a long-running border dispute between China and India, the two emerging giants are engaged in a rivalry for global influence that spreads much farther afield. From Africa to the Arctic, the world's two most populous countries are bumping up against each other in their s... Wed, 08 May 2013 08:48:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2070628-china-indias-rivalry-extends-to-arctic.html 2013-05-08T08:48:05Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2069642-analysis-syria-limited-response-options.html BEIRUT (AP) — The Syrian regime on Tuesday dispatched an obscure proxy, a Damascus-based Palestinian militant group, to threaten retaliation for two Israeli airstrikes over the weekend. The relatively tepid response to Israel's breach of Syrian sovereignty highlighted Syrian President Bashar Assad's limited options as he, along with allies Iran and Lebano... Tue, 07 May 2013 21:18:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2069642-analysis-syria-limited-response-options.html 2013-05-07T21:18:25Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2065750-china-hosting-palestinian-israeli-leaders.html BEIJING (AP) — China is hosting both the Palestinian and Israeli leaders this week in a sign of its desire for a larger role in the Middle East. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was welcomed by his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing on Monday, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began a visit to the eastern financial hub of Shanghai. Ne... Mon, 06 May 2013 16:45:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2065750-china-hosting-palestinian-israeli-leaders.html 2013-05-06T16:45:32Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2065794-afghans-file-protest-with-pakistan-border.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan filed an official protest with Pakistan after its forces allegedly came under fire early Monday along a contested stretch of their border. Kabul's Foreign Ministry said no one was wounded in the incident, which occurred in the same place where a firefight erupted between Afghan and Pakistani forces, killing an Afghan ... Mon, 06 May 2013 15:24:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2065794-afghans-file-protest-with-pakistan-border.html 2013-05-06T15:24:23Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2062546-israeli-airstrikes-syria-prompt-threats-anger.html BEIRUT (AP) — Israel rushed to beef up its rocket defenses on its northern border Sunday to shield against possible retaliation after carrying out two airstrikes in Syria over 48 hours — an unprecedented escalation of Israeli involvement in the Syrian civil war. Syria and its patron Iran hinted at possible retribution, though the rhetoric in official stat... Mon, 06 May 2013 01:40:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2062546-israeli-airstrikes-syria-prompt-threats-anger.html 2013-05-06T01:40:51Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2064936-sudan-20-die-shootout-border-area.html KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Sudan and the U.N. say a shootout in a disputed oil-rich border region has left at least 20 people dead, including at least one Ethiopian U.N. peacekeeper and a tribal chief traveling with them. Khartoum's Interior Ministry in a statement carried by Sudan's media on Sunday said 21 were killed in Abyei district, including Koul Deng M... Sun, 05 May 2013 22:51:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2064936-sudan-20-die-shootout-border-area.html 2013-05-05T22:51:54Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2060408-china-emerging-force-drone-warfare.html BEIJING (AP) — Determined to kill or capture a murderous Mekong River drug lord, China's security forces considered a tactic they'd never tried before: calling a drone strike on his remote hideaway deep in the hills of Myanmar. The attack didn't happen — the man was later captured and brought to China for trial — but the fact that authorities were conside... Fri, 03 May 2013 08:05:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2060408-china-emerging-force-drone-warfare.html 2013-05-03T08:05:41Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2058086-israeli-pm-hed-want-referendum-peace-deal.html JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's prime minister said Thursday that any peace deal reached with the Palestinians on his watch would be subject to a national referendum, backing a contentious step that could hinder peace efforts. Negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians have been frozen for more than four years, but the referendum issue re-emerged this wee... Thu, 02 May 2013 15:38:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2058086-israeli-pm-hed-want-referendum-peace-deal.html 2013-05-02T15:38:40Z