http://www.mail.com/subjects/24250-conscription.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/24250-conscription.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2106126-israel-to-discuss-military-draft-reform-proposal.html JERUSALEM (AP) — An official Israeli committee on Thursday handed the government its proposal for ending a contentious system that grants Jewish ultra-Orthodox seminary students automatic exemptions from military service, setting the stage for what could become the first major conflict in the new Israeli coalition government. These exemptions have generat... Thu, 23 May 2013 19:38:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2106126-israel-to-discuss-military-draft-reform-proposal.html 2013-05-23T19:38:21Z 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/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/news/world/2045166-culture-war-israel-targets-ultra-orthodox-jews.html JERUSALEM (AP) — A cultural war has erupted between Israel's rising political star and his ultra-Orthodox rivals. Newly minted Finance Minister Yair Lapid, hugely popular for opposing the long-standing preferential treatment enjoyed by the religious minority, is moving swiftly to slash state handouts to large families, compel lifelong seminary students to... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 21:18:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2045166-culture-war-israel-targets-ultra-orthodox-jews.html 2013-04-25T21:18:05Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1984880-40-years-on-vietnam-troop-withdrawal-remembered.html Forty years ago, soldiers returning from Vietnam were advised to change into civilian clothes on their flights home because of fears they would be accosted by protesters after they landed. For a Vietnamese businessman who helped the U.S. government, a rising sense of panic set in as the last combat troops left the country on March 29, 1973 and he began to contemplate what he... Fri, 29 Mar 2013 03:44:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1984880-40-years-on-vietnam-troop-withdrawal-remembered.html 2013-03-29T03:44:01Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1981238-peru-criticized-avoidable-military-draft.html LIMA, Peru (AP) — Facing a shortage of recruits, Peru's government has reinstated selective, obligatory military service. But it can be avoided by paying a $700 fine, prompting accusations that what is really being imposed is a draft for the poor. Military service had been voluntary since 1998, but meager wages, scant job training and a lack of other ince... Tue, 26 Mar 2013 23:29:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1981238-peru-criticized-avoidable-military-draft.html 2013-03-26T23:29:15Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1962666-us-congo-warlord-ntaganda-turns.html KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — A Congolese warlord accused of conscripting child soldiers who had lived as an international fugitive for years surrendered to the United States Embassy in Rwanda on Monday and asked to be transferred to the International Criminal Court, a U.S. State Department spokeswoman said. The move marks a major advance in efforts to prosecute ... Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:56:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1962666-us-congo-warlord-ntaganda-turns.html 2013-03-18T18:56:07Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1949560-israels-ultra-orthodox-suddenly-outsiders.html JERUSALEM (AP) — As Israel's new government takes shape, the country's powerful ultra-Orthodox Jewish political parties seem poised to find themselves in unfamiliar territory — the parliamentary opposition — instead of their traditional seats around the Cabinet table. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's two new potential partners pledge to end a system in... Tue, 12 Mar 2013 19:08:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1949560-israels-ultra-orthodox-suddenly-outsiders.html 2013-03-12T19:08:45Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1864328-netanyahu-asked-to-form-israeli-government.html JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's president asked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday to form the next government, and Netanyahu pledged that his new administration will be committed to advancing peace talks with the Palestinians. Israeli President Shimon Peres formally requested Netanyahu to build a governing coalition, after conducting consultations w... Sat, 02 Feb 2013 19:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1864328-netanyahu-asked-to-form-israeli-government.html 2013-02-02T19:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1839678-israeli-election-casts-ex-tv-anchor-kingmaker.html JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's election has put a suave former TV news anchor and political novice in the role of kingmaker, and he has signaled he will use his power to try to move the next government to more centrist positions on Mideast peacemaking. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is likely to form the coalition as the head of the largest party, but that ... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 19:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1839678-israeli-election-casts-ex-tv-anchor-kingmaker.html 2013-01-23T19:10:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1832936-austria-backs-status-quo-conscript-army.html VIENNA (AP) — Austrians voted overwhelmingly Sunday to retain their conscript army, with preliminary results showing around 60 percent rejecting the proposed shift to a professional force. The wide margin of victory came as a surprise, since pre-election surveys had that side ahead by only a few percentage points. The results, published by the Interior Mi... Sun, 20 Jan 2013 19:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1832936-austria-backs-status-quo-conscript-army.html 2013-01-20T19:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1734548-war-rips-apart-families-neighbors-syria.html BEIRUT (AP) — BEIRUT — It's at night that worries over her children hit the matriarch of the Khayyat family hardest, tormenting her as she tries to sleep. Four of her sons have joined the tens of thousands of rebels fighting to topple President Bashar Assad. The fifth is a sergeant in Assad's army, a draftee. Worsening her troubles, her own brother no lo... Fri, 30 Nov 2012 17:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1734548-war-rips-apart-families-neighbors-syria.html 2012-11-30T17:07:00Z