http://www.mail.com/subjects/16586-rebellions-uprisings.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/16586-rebellions-uprisings.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/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/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/world/1857360-week-unrest-weakens-egypts-islamist-leader.html CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's Islamist president has been significantly weakened by a week of violent protests across much of the country, with his popularity eroding, the powerful military implicitly criticizing him and some of his ultraconservative Islamist backers distancing themselves from him. In his seven months since becoming Egypt's first freely elected pr... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 19:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1857360-week-unrest-weakens-egypts-islamist-leader.html 2013-01-30T19:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1857310-syria-opposition-leader-would-talk-to-assad-regime.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's top opposition leader declared on Wednesday that he is willing to negotiate with members of President Bashar Assad's regime to bring a peaceful end to the country's civil war, provoking an outcry from opposition groups that insist Assad must step down first. The remarks by Moaz al-Khatib marked a clear departure from the opposition l... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 19:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1857310-syria-opposition-leader-would-talk-to-assad-regime.html 2013-01-30T19:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1855836-egypt-liberals-islamists-add-pressure-morsi.html CAIRO (AP) — A hardline Islamist party normally allied to Egypt's president joined the liberal opposition on Wednesday in calling for a national unity government as part of a plan aimed at ending the eruption of political violence that has shaken the country and left more than 60 dead the past week. The unusual joint call puts further pressure on Islamist... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 18:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1855836-egypt-liberals-islamists-add-pressure-morsi.html 2013-01-30T18:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1853334-senate-confirms-kerry-nomination-dept.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate overwhelmingly confirmed President Barack Obama's choice of five-term Sen. John Kerry to be secretary of state, with Republicans and Democrats praising him as the ideal successor to Hillary Rodham Clinton. The vote Tuesday was 94-3. One senator — Kerry — voted present and accepted congratulations from colleagues on the Senate ... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 23:30:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1853334-senate-confirms-kerry-nomination-dept.html 2013-01-29T23:30:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1850354-egypt-army-chief-warns-collapse.html PORT SAID, Egypt (AP) — Residents of this Mediterranean coastal city burying their dead from Egypt's wave of political violence vented their fury at Egypt's Islamist president and the Muslim Brotherhood on Tuesday, demanding his ouster and virtually declaring a revolt against his rule, as the head of the military warned Egypt may collapse under the weight of its turmoil. ... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 23:13:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1850354-egypt-army-chief-warns-collapse.html 2013-01-29T23:13:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1854476-whos-who-egypts-latest-political-crisis.html CAIRO (AP) — Following are the main players in Egypt's latest political crisis, which began around the time of the second anniversary of the start of the uprising against Hosni Mubarak's rule. At least 60 people have died so far in political violence. — President Mohammed Morsi, the longtime Muslim Brotherhood figure who became Egypt's first freely electe... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1854476-whos-who-egypts-latest-political-crisis.html 2013-01-29T20:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1853128-syrian-activists-65-bodies-aleppo.html BEIRUT (AP) — The bodies of at least 65 people, some with hands tied behind their backs, were found in Syria's northern city of Aleppo Tuesday as the government and rebels trying to overthrow it blamed each other for the latest mass killing. Also Tuesday, a bomb wounded former legislator and once governor of the central province of Hama, Abdul-Razzak Qtin... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 19:59:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1853128-syrian-activists-65-bodies-aleppo.html 2013-01-29T19:59:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1854364-egypt-clashes-spill-landmark-cairo-hotel.html CAIRO (AP) — Looters broke into a Nile-side luxury hotel in the Egyptian capital early Tuesday, taking advantage of clashes in the streets outside to trash shops and the lobby before police and demonstrators alerted via social media drove them out, a hotel spokeswoman said. The break in, which happened despite the presence of hundreds of riot police nearb... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1854364-egypt-clashes-spill-landmark-cairo-hotel.html 2013-01-29T18:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1851824-masked-black-bloc-mystery-egypt-unrest.html CAIRO (AP) — An unpredictable new element has entered Egypt's wave of political unrest: a mysterious group of masked young men called the Black Bloc who present themselves as the defenders of protesters opposed to the Islamist president's rule. They boast that they're willing to use force to fight back against Islamists who have attacked protesters in the... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 20:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1851824-masked-black-bloc-mystery-egypt-unrest.html 2013-01-28T20:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1850402-white-house-egypts-democracy-difficult-path.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Egypt is on a "difficult path" to a peaceful democracy, the White House said Monday as months of lukewarm political support for the conservative Islamic government was in danger of backfiring after deadly weekend riots pushed Cairo to crack down on civil rights. It was the latest strain on the stretched-thin detente between the Obama adm... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 20:20:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1850402-white-house-egypts-democracy-difficult-path.html 2013-01-28T20:20:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1850618-france-warns-extremists-prevail-syria.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian opposition leaders pleaded Monday for funds and political backing from the international community as France warned that extremists could prevail in Syria if nations fail to honor their pledges of support. The warning from French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius reflects growing concern over the rising power of Islamic militant groups ... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 19:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1850618-france-warns-extremists-prevail-syria.html 2013-01-28T19:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1850368-refugees-again-palestinians-flee-syrias-war.html EIN EL-HILWEH, Lebanon (AP) — When Syrian warplanes bombed a Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus last December, Umm Sami rounded up her three sons, shut the windows and locked the doors so they could neither hear nor heed the call to arms by rebels and pro-government gunmen fighting in the streets. Then she told her sons they were leaving their home in t... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 12:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1850368-refugees-again-palestinians-flee-syrias-war.html 2013-01-28T12:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1849282-fragile-economy-global-woes-dominated-davos.html DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — The fragile state of the world economy, along with the relentless turmoil in Syria and the rocky fallout from the Arab Spring, dominated discussions during this year's annual gathering of the global elite at Davos, leaving many participants uneasy about what lies ahead as they left for home Sunday. Even broad agreement that there... Sun, 27 Jan 2013 23:50:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1849282-fragile-economy-global-woes-dominated-davos.html 2013-01-27T23:50:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1847980-hospital-61-killed-venezuela-prison-riot.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The death toll has risen to 61 following fierce gunbattles between inmates and National Guard troops at a Venezuelan prison, a hospital director said Saturday. About 120 more people were wounded in one of the deadliest prison riots in the nation's history. Penitentiary Service Minister Iris Varela said Saturday that officials had... Sun, 27 Jan 2013 01:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1847980-hospital-61-killed-venezuela-prison-riot.html 2013-01-27T01:49:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1847468-egyptians-riot-soccer-fans-sentenced-to-die.html CAIRO (AP) — Relatives and angry young men rampaged through the Egyptian city of Port Said on Saturday in assaults that killed at least 27 people following death sentences for local fans involved in the country's worst bout of soccer violence. Unrest surrounding the second anniversary of Egypt's revolution also broke out in Cairo and other cities for a th... Sat, 26 Jan 2013 20:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1847468-egyptians-riot-soccer-fans-sentenced-to-die.html 2013-01-26T20:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1848226-fears-grow-that-libya-incubator-turmoil.html Libya's upheaval the past two years helped lead to the ongoing conflict in Mali, and now Mali's war threatens to wash back and further hike Libya's instability. Fears are growing that post-Moammar Gadhafi Libya is becoming an incubator of turmoil, with an overflow of weapons and Islamic jihadi militants operating freely, ready for battlefields at home or abroad. ... Sat, 26 Jan 2013 18:59:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1848226-fears-grow-that-libya-incubator-turmoil.html 2013-01-26T18:59:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1847640-iran-official-attack-syria-attack-iran.html BEIRUT (AP) — Issuing Tehran's strongest warning to date, a top Iranian official said Saturday that any attack on Syria would be deemed an attack on Iran, a sign that it will do all it can to protect embattled Syrian President Bashar Assad. Ali Akbar Velayati, an aide to Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, made his comments as Syrian troops cond... Sat, 26 Jan 2013 18:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1847640-iran-official-attack-syria-attack-iran.html 2013-01-26T18:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1847140-angry-protests-leave-7-dead-egypt-anniversary.html CAIRO (AP) — Violence erupted across Egypt on Friday as tens of thousands took to the streets to deliver an angry backlash against President Mohammed Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood, demanding regime change on the second anniversary of the revolution that toppled Hosni Mubarak. At least seven people were killed. Two years to the day after protesters firs... Sat, 26 Jan 2013 01:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1847140-angry-protests-leave-7-dead-egypt-anniversary.html 2013-01-26T01:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1845184-syrian-forces-escalate-offensive-homs.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's army unleashed a barrage of rocket and artillery fire on rebel-held areas in a central province Friday as part of a widening offensive against fighters seeking to oust President Bashar Assad. At least 140 people were killed in fighting nationwide, according to activist groups. The United Nations said a record number of Syrians stream... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 23:43:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1845184-syrian-forces-escalate-offensive-homs.html 2013-01-25T23:43:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1845386-angry-protests-clashes-egypt-anniversary.html CAIRO (AP) — Egyptians delivered an angry backlash against President Mohammed Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood on Friday, marking the second anniversary of the start of the country's revolution with tens of thousands filling major squares and streets around the country to call for a new regime change. Two years to the day that protesters first rose up aga... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1845386-angry-protests-clashes-egypt-anniversary.html 2013-01-25T21:14:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1846634-religion-to-davos-forum.html DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Who created Davos, and why does it exist? Questions about God and religion were rife at the World Economic Forum in the Swiss resort of Davos this year — providing a philosophical break from the more temporal concerns that tend to dominate the annual gathering of business and political leaders. "Religion is mo... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 20:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1846634-religion-to-davos-forum.html 2013-01-25T20:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1842846-clashes-egypt-eve-uprising-anniversary.html CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian security forces fired tear gas and protesters hurled stones and Molotov cocktails in a day-long demonstration on Thursday, raising fears of a violent anniversary of the 2011 uprising that toppled long-time authoritarian President Hosni Mubarak. Youth activists and opposition groups have called for large rallies on the anniversary Fri... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 20:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1842846-clashes-egypt-eve-uprising-anniversary.html 2013-01-24T20:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1842676-syrian-jets-bomb-rebel-areas-damascus.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian warplanes bombed rebel areas near Damascus on Thursday as President Bashar Assad's troops battled opposition fighters for control of the road linking the capital to the country's largest airport. Assad's forces are trying drive out rebels who have established enclaves in the suburbs. While the government has lost control of large swat... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 20:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1842676-syrian-jets-bomb-rebel-areas-damascus.html 2013-01-24T20:36:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1843908-davos-examining-arab-springs-mixed-bag.html DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — The convulsions of the Arab world are taking center stage at this year's World Economic Forum gathering in Davos, where leaders and experts are much preoccupied with the region's bewildering combination of high hopes, deep disappointments and grave dangers that threaten to spill over borders. Along the way, a divide seems to be e... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:21:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1843908-davos-examining-arab-springs-mixed-bag.html 2013-01-24T18:21:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1842738-critics-jordans-king-perform-well-election.html AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — The surprise victory of 37 Islamist and other government critics despite an election boycott injects a degree of dissent into Jordan's newly empowered parliament. The king has portrayed the assembly as a centerpiece of his reform package, but the opposition says it's not enough and vowed Thursday to stage more street protests. Initial... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1842738-critics-jordans-king-perform-well-election.html 2013-01-24T17:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1842274-qatar-poet-appeal-test-web-crackdowns.html DOHA, Qatar (AP) — After morning prayers next Monday, Qatar's most prominent defense lawyer plans to gather his files, drive five minutes to the appeals court and try to convince a judge that a poet doesn't deserve to spend his life in prison for a Web-posted verse interpreted as defiance against the Gulf nation's ruler. The attorney — a former Qatari jus... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 05:31:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1842274-qatar-poet-appeal-test-web-crackdowns.html 2013-01-24T05:31:00Z