Egypt moved forcefully Thursday to isolate Hamas, calling a regional summit next week including the Israelis and Palestinians — and shunning contacts with the militant group after its takeover of Gaza.

CAIRO (Reuters) – The bloody takeover of Gaza by Hamas was a “coup against legitimacy,” Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said on Saturday, two days before he hosts a regional summit seen as an attempt to isolate the Islamist group.

Construcţia PNL, PNŢCD şi AP este o construcţie depăşită, pentru că PNL nu a finalizat divorţul cu PD, a declarat Gheorghe Flutur, vicepreşedintele PLD.

Optimism din partea delegaţiei române prezente la summit-ul de la Bruxelles. Preşedintele Traian Băsescu şi premierul Călin Popescu Tăriceanu au prezentat concluziile acestei reuniuni de o importanţă crucială pentru viitorul Uniunii Europene.

Moţiunea este un gest democratic, a declarat ministrul Sănătăţii, Eugen Nicolăescu. Este de înţeles, dar ce nu înţeleg eu este de ce o moţiune se face cu atac la persoană şi nu cu atac la sistem, a mai spus ministrul.

PRISTINA, Kosovo, Serbia — Parliament passed a law Thursday (June 21st) on travel documents, which aims to provide the public with highly secure passports, similar to those in Western European countries. Interior Minister Blerim Kuci says the law includes stiff fines for forgery or misuse.

LONDON, United Kingdom — The government announced on Thursday (June 21st) that it is planning to review rules restricting the hiring of Bulgarian and Romanian workers. Under current regulations, Britain admits no more than 20,000 unskilled workers from both countries as well as a limited number of skilled professionals and …

BRUSSELS, Belgium — EU External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner denied on Thursday (June 21st) that a deal on freeing five Bulgarian nurses on death row in Libya was imminent.

SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) — An independent study has established that at least 97,000 people died in the Bosnian conflict from 1992 to 1995. The majority of victims, 64,036 of them, were Bosniaks.

BELGRADE, Serbia — Special prosecutor Slobodan Radovanovic announced on Thursday (June 21st) that his office plans to investigate possible political involvement in the March 2003 assassination of Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic.