http://www.mail.com/subjects/1348-war-unrest.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/subjects/1348-war-unrest.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/1861522-palace-egypt-protesters-police-clash.html CAIRO (AP) — Protesters denouncing Egypt's Islamist president hurled stones and firebombs through the gates of his palace gates on Friday, clashing with security forces who fired tear gas and water cannons, as more than a week of political violence came to Mohammed Morsi's symbolic doorstep for the first time. The streets outside the presidential palace w... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 22:31:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1861522-palace-egypt-protesters-police-clash.html 2013-02-01T22:31:00Z 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/1861288-syrian-rebels-slam-assad-inaction-israeli-raid.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian opposition leaders and rebels on Friday slammed President Bashar Assad for not responding to a rare Israeli airstrike near Damascus, calling it proof of his weakness and acquiescence to the Jewish State. The opposition's sharp reaction underlines how those seeking to topple the Syrian leader might be more prepared to tangle with Israe... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1861288-syrian-rebels-slam-assad-inaction-israeli-raid.html 2013-02-01T19:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1862022-18-killed-northeast-nigeria-military-raid.html MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian soldiers attacked training camps for suspected members of the radical Islamic sect Boko Haram deep in a game reserve in the nation's restive northeast, a raid that left at least 18 people dead, a military spokesman said Friday. The raid lasted two days in the Sambisa Game Reserve in Borno state, a rural region of the Sah... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 16:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1862022-18-killed-northeast-nigeria-military-raid.html 2013-02-01T16:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1862254-russian-wwii-vet-recalls-battle-stalingrad.html MOSCOW (AP) — The Soviet soldiers used their own bodies as shields, covering women and children escaping on ferry boats from a Nazi bombardment that killed 40,000 civilians in a single day. It was the height of the Battle of Stalingrad, one of the bloodiest conflicts of World War II. "They were all hit in the back," said 90-year-old Alexei Stefanov. "But ... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 16:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1862254-russian-wwii-vet-recalls-battle-stalingrad.html 2013-02-01T16:36:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1861236-iraq-sunnis-protest-al-qaida-front-calls-to-arms.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Tens of thousands of Sunni protesters blocked a major highway in western Iraq on Friday, as an al-Qaida-affiliated group called on Sunnis to take up arms against the Shiite-led government. The rally comes at a time of mounting sectarian tensions in Iraq. Minority Sunnis complain of official discrimination against them, and the arrests of bo... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 15:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1861236-iraq-sunnis-protest-al-qaida-front-calls-to-arms.html 2013-02-01T15:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1861776-lebanese-troops-clash-with-gunmen-3-killed.html BEIRUT (AP) — At least three Lebanese soldiers were killed and five others were wounded in clashes Friday between the army and gunmen in the northeast near the Syrian border, a police official and the state-run news agency said. The official said the gunmen ambushed an army intelligence unit in Arsal where it went to arrest a fugitive. He declined to give... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 15:41:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1861776-lebanese-troops-clash-with-gunmen-3-killed.html 2013-02-01T15:41:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1861778-arabs-tuaregs-mali-face-hostility-amid-war.html MOPTI, Mali (AP) — Bawba Mint Baba Ahmed's dress-making teacher singled her out in front of the class, telling her: "You look like a rebel." Others threatened to slit her throat, she says, drawing a finger across her neck. Now the 29-year-old has dropped out of school and spends her days hiding inside her mud-walled home with her mother and two sisters, f... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 21:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1861778-arabs-tuaregs-mali-face-hostility-amid-war.html 2013-02-01T21:06:00Z 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/news/world/1861412-mali-jihadists-custody-tortured-military.html TIMBUKTU, Mali (AP) — Three suspected jihadists arrested in the days since the liberation of Timbuktu said Friday that Malian soldiers were torturing them with a method similar to waterboarding. The three are being held in an earthen cell in what remains of the military camp in the town, which was freed this week by French and Malian soldiers after nearly... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1861412-mali-jihadists-custody-tortured-military.html 2013-02-01T20:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1861264-militants-attack-pakistani-army-camp-6-killed.html PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Militants attacked an army camp in northwestern Pakistan with automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades before dawn on Saturday, killing six members of the security forces, officials said. The attack followed a suicide bombing at a Shiite Muslim mosque elsewhere in the northwest on Friday that killed 23 people and wounded m... Sat, 02 Feb 2013 04:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1861264-militants-attack-pakistani-army-camp-6-killed.html 2013-02-02T04:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1860558-jury-oregon-car-bomb-suspect-guilty-terrorism.html PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Three hours before they handed down a sentence that could put an Oregon man in prison for life, deliberating jurors sent a note to a trial judge with a question. Did the man whose fate they were deciding need to have envisioned the specific crime for which he was accused? Or did he merely need to be inclined toward some kind of terro... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1860558-jury-oregon-car-bomb-suspect-guilty-terrorism.html 2013-02-01T13:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1861198-us-limited-fight-north-africa-militants.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is struggling to confront an uptick in threats from the world's newest jihadist hot spot with limited intelligence and few partners to help as the Obama administration weighs how to keep Islamic extremists in North Africa from jeopardizing national security without launching war. The spread of militants across Libya, Al... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 07:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1861198-us-limited-fight-north-africa-militants.html 2013-02-01T07:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1860604-leaves-clinton-sounds-warning-syria.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton issued a parting warning Thursday about Syria's civil war, accusing Iran of playing an increasingly prominent role in directing the violence, which she said heightened the danger of a larger regional conflict that draws in Israel or other neighbors. "I've done what was possible to do," Clinton to... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 23:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1860604-leaves-clinton-sounds-warning-syria.html 2013-01-31T23:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1858368-syria-threatens-retaliation-israeli-airstrike.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syria threatened Thursday to retaliate for an Israeli airstrike and its ally Iran said the Jewish state will regret the attack. Syria sent a letter to the U.N. Secretary-General stressing the country's "right to defend itself, its territory and sovereignty" and holding Israel and its supporters accountable. "Israel and those who protect it a... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1858368-syria-threatens-retaliation-israeli-airstrike.html 2013-01-31T22:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1860220-israel-feel-to-strike-syria.html BEIRUT (AP) — An Israeli air attack staged in Syria this week may be a sign of things to come. Israeli military officials appear to have concluded that the risks of attacking Syria are worth taking when compared to the dangers of allowing sophisticated weapons to reach Hezbollah guerrillas in neighboring Lebanon. With Syrian President ... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1860220-israel-feel-to-strike-syria.html 2013-01-31T21:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1860082-egypts-police-regain-mubarak-era-notoriety.html CAIRO (AP) — With near impunity and the backing of the Islamist president, Egyptian police have been accused of firing wildly at protesters, beating them and lashing out with deadly force in clashes across much of the country the past week, regaining their Hosni Mubarak-era notoriety as a tool of repression. In the process, nearly 60 people have been kill... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1860082-egypts-police-regain-mubarak-era-notoriety.html 2013-01-31T19:58:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1859110-sept-11-judge-rules-censor.html GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) — The second round of pretrial hearings in the Sept. 11 case sputtered to a close Thursday with the judge ordering the government to remove censorship equipment from the courtroom at the U.S. base in Cuba but little progress on some fundamental legal issues that must be resolved before the long-stalled case can go to trial. ... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:43:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1859110-sept-11-judge-rules-censor.html 2013-01-31T19:43:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1859142-egypts-political-factions-denounce-violence.html CAIRO (AP) — Representatives from across Egypt's political spectrum held a rare meeting Thursday to denounce violence, hours before a fresh call for a new wave of mass protests across the country aimed at pressuring Islamist President Mohammed Morsi to accept opposition demands to form a national government and amend the constitution. Hosted by Egypt's pr... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1859142-egypts-political-factions-denounce-violence.html 2013-01-31T19:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1859818-american-deaths-afghan-war-drop-to-4-year-low.html WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. troop deaths in Afghanistan have plunged to the lowest level in four years, reflecting a pullback from direct combat into the less deadly role of advising and assisting Afghan forces as they do more of the fighting. Attacks by Taliban insurgents also have declined, although the war is far from finished. Pentagon figures show that th... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1859818-american-deaths-afghan-war-drop-to-4-year-low.html 2013-01-31T18:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1858732-cameron-unexpected-visit-to-libya.html LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister David Cameron made an unexpected visit to the Libyan capital of Tripoli on Thursday and announced that U.K. police officers will travel to the North African nation to investigate the Lockerbie bombing. He also held bilateral talks to explore what support and expertise Britain can offer to Libya to strengthen its securi... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:01:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1858732-cameron-unexpected-visit-to-libya.html 2013-01-31T18:01:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1856462-colombia-judge-nixes-ban-film-hostages-baby.html BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A judge has spurned a prominent Colombian's attempt to prevent the release of a feature film about the odyssey of the child born to her while she was a rebel hostage. The mother, Clara Rojas, had argued allowing the film "Operation E" to be shown in Colombian theaters would harm the development of her son, Emmanuel, who is now 9. B... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:50:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1856462-colombia-judge-nixes-ban-film-hostages-baby.html 2013-01-31T16:50:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1859552-syria-top-focus-biden-3-country-trip.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The ongoing civil war in Syria will be a primary focus when Vice President Joe Biden embarks on a three-country swing through Europe. Biden leaves Thursday for Germany, France and the United Kingdom. It's his first international trip since the Obama administration's second term started. While in Munich, Biden will meet with Moaz al-Khati... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1859552-syria-top-focus-biden-3-country-trip.html 2013-01-31T16:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1858480-timbuktu-revels-freedom-fears-linger.html TIMBUKTU, Mali (AP) — A leaflet listing the regulations for women under Islamist rule now lies in dirt here at the tribunal in Timbuktu. Rule No. 1: The veil should cover the entire body. Rule No. 4: The veil cannot be colored. And Rule No. 8: The woman should not perfume herself after putting on the all-enveloping fabric. Several days after French specia... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1858480-timbuktu-revels-freedom-fears-linger.html 2013-01-31T15:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1859276-yemen-clashes-al-qaida-militiamen-kill-14.html SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemen's Defense Ministry says clashes in the south between al-Qaida militants and pro-government fighters have killed 14 on both sides. A ministry statement on Thursday says the fighting lasted for the past two days and left eight militants dead. It's part of a military offensive that local militiamen have joined to push al-Qaida out o... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 14:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1859276-yemen-clashes-al-qaida-militiamen-kill-14.html 2013-01-31T14:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1858404-roadside-bomb-kills-2-polio-workers-nw-pakistan.html PARACHINAR, Pakistan (AP) — A roadside bomb killed two Pakistani polio workers on their way to vaccinate children in a northwestern tribal region near the Afghan border on Thursday, an official said. The two men were on their way to Malikhel village as part of the U.N.-backed anti-polio campaign when the bomb hit their motorcycle, said government administ... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 13:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1858404-roadside-bomb-kills-2-polio-workers-nw-pakistan.html 2013-01-31T13:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1856500-israeli-jets-bomb-military-target-syria.html BEIRUT (AP) — Israel launched a rare airstrike inside Syria, U.S. officials said Wednesday, targeting a convoy believed to contain anti-aircraft weapons bound for Hezbollah militants in Lebanon. The attack adds a potentially flammable new element to tensions already heightened by Syria's civil war. It was the latest salvo in Israel's long-running effort t... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 01:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1856500-israeli-jets-bomb-military-target-syria.html 2013-01-31T01:00:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1857232-hagel-military-view-shaped-vietnam.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Chuck Hagel says his experience fighting in Vietnam alongside his younger brother will shape any decision he makes to unleash military force if the Senate confirms him to be President Barack Obama's defense secretary. On the eve of his confirmation hearing, Hagel offered his opinions on a long list of issues, from cuts in defense spendin... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 21:11:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1857232-hagel-military-view-shaped-vietnam.html 2013-01-30T21:11:00Z