http://www.mail.com/subjects/24172.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/24172.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2095948-honeybees-trained-croatia-to-find-land-mines.html ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Mirjana Filipovic is still haunted by the land mine blast that killed her boyfriend and blew off her left leg while on a fishing trip nearly a decade ago. It happened in a field that was supposedly de-mined. Now, unlikely heroes may be coming to the rescue to prevent similar tragedies: sugar-craving honeybees. Croatian researchers a... Sun, 19 May 2013 11:33:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2095948-honeybees-trained-croatia-to-find-land-mines.html 2013-05-19T11:33:52Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2078674-11-afghan-landmine-clearers-abducted.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Unidentified kidnappers have abducted 11 Afghans working in a U.N.-affiliated landmine clearing program in the east of the country, officials said Saturday. The 11 were taken Thursday in a remote part of Nangarhar province, said Hazrat Hussain Mashreqiwal, provincial police spokesman. He did not name the abductors but said local ... Sat, 11 May 2013 15:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2078674-11-afghan-landmine-clearers-abducted.html 2013-05-11T15:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2074978-prince-harry-opens-weeklong-us-visit.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A buttoned-down Prince Harry joined Michelle Obama in honoring military families Thursday and toured an exhibition in Congress about land-mines, opening a weeklong U.S. visit devoted to the wounded victims of war. Shrieking onlookers gave him the pop-star treatment, but he was all royal business. The British soldier-prince had one of Ame... Fri, 10 May 2013 04:14:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2074978-prince-harry-opens-weeklong-us-visit.html 2013-05-10T04:14:56Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1989244-islamic-extremists-attack-timbuktu-north-mali.html BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Timbuktu has been hit by a prolonged battle between Islamic extremists and the Malian and French armies, residents and a Malian military spokesman said Sunday. Fighters linked to al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, or AQIM, attacked the city in northern Mali late Saturday night and have continued fighting Sunday, said Capt. Samba Coulibal... Sun, 31 Mar 2013 15:17:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1989244-islamic-extremists-attack-timbuktu-north-mali.html 2013-03-31T15:17:10Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1988994-suicide-bomber-landmines-rock-northern-mali.html BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A suicide bomber attempted to force his way past the defenses of the city of Timbuktu on Saturday, detonating himself on its outskirts, while a landmine exploded in another part of northern Mali, killing a total of three, officials said. The twin attacks come as French President Francois Hollande told French television that French forc... Sun, 31 Mar 2013 02:26:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1988994-suicide-bomber-landmines-rock-northern-mali.html 2013-03-31T02:26:27Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1881202-senegalese-official-2-killed-land-mine.html ZIGUINCHOR, Senegal (AP) — A Senegalese official says a woman and her son were killed by a landmine Saturday in the southern Casamance region near the Gambian border. Cheikh Tidiane Dieng, governor of the southern city of Ziguinchor, said the two were traveling in a cart when it hit a mine. The mother died on the spot, while the child was taken to the Zig... Sun, 10 Feb 2013 10:11:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1881202-senegalese-official-2-killed-land-mine.html 2013-02-10T10:11:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1866714-french-troops-to-quit-timbuktu-this-week.html TIMBUKTU, Mali (AP) — In a new phase of the Mali conflict, French airstrikes targeted the fuel depots and desert hideouts of Islamic extremists in northern Mali overnight Monday, as French forces planned to hand control of Timbuktu to the Malian army this week. After taking control of the key cities of northern Mali, forcing the Islamic rebels to retreat ... Mon, 04 Feb 2013 20:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1866714-french-troops-to-quit-timbuktu-this-week.html 2013-02-04T20:54:00Z 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/1831598-myanmars-kachin-rebels-fighting-continues.html YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Ethnic Kachin rebels in Myanmar said clashes in the country's north continued Saturday despite a government promise to cease fire, casting doubt over hopes that the bloody conflict there could end soon. Myanmar's military had declared Friday it would stop attacks against rebels around the town of Lajayang, near Myanmar's northeaster... Sat, 19 Jan 2013 09:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1831598-myanmars-kachin-rebels-fighting-continues.html 2013-01-19T09:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1771480-car-bomb-us-compound-kabul-kills-2-afghans.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A car bomb outside a compound housing a U.S. military contractor in the Afghan capital killed at least two Afghan workers and wounded more than a dozen other people, company representatives and police said. In another part of the country, a landmine left over from the time of the Soviet invasion killed nine young girls, police sa... Mon, 17 Dec 2012 12:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1771480-car-bomb-us-compound-kabul-kills-2-afghans.html 2012-12-17T12:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1727952-syrian-war-clouds-turkish-plan-to-clear-land-mines.html AKINCI, Turkey (AP) — For two people walking into a Turkish minefield, they looked awfully assured. The pair strode in from Syria on a recent afternoon, following a faint track across the grassy plain. They slipped into Turkey through a fence near a vacant military watchtower and vanished into an olive grove. Such hazardous crossings a... Wed, 28 Nov 2012 09:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1727952-syrian-war-clouds-turkish-plan-to-clear-land-mines.html 2012-11-28T09:06:00Z