Eurasia Press & News

KHARTOUM, May 28 — Egypt dispatched 78 troops to join African Union peacekeepers in Darfur, three days after one of its officers was killed in in the war-torn Sudanese region, Egyptian officials said on Sunday.

CAIRO, May 28 (RIA Novosti) – Italian archeologists have found in Egypt what may be the world’s oldest indoor bowling alley, Egyptian media said Monday.

 CAIRO, Egypt —  A top Fatah official said Sunday that the moderate Palestinian group would not meet with the Hamas militant faction while in Cairo to discuss the security situation in the Palestinian territories with Egyptian officials.

(RTTNews) – Egypt has strongly condemned a Sunday meeting of four US members of Congress and the head of the Muslim Brotherhood’s bloc in Parliament, accusing the US of adopting double standards while meeting with the banned Egyptian group but at the same time refusing to meet with the militant …

CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian police have detained three Muslim Brotherhood candidates to the upper house of parliament as they campaigned in the Nile Delta province of Dakahlia, Brotherhood and security sources said on Monday.

Consultările pe tema agendei legislative şi a stabilirii unei noi majorităţi parlamentare pe care le-a iniţiat preşedintele Traian Băsescu au început.

Consultările de la Cotroceni dintre preşedinte şi partide reprezintă debutul unei săptămâni care se anunţă a fi destul de agitată din punct de vedere politic. Democraţii ameninţă cu moţiunea de cenzură, social democraţii demarează negocieri pentru obţinerea unei majorităţi parlamentare, iar preşedintele Traian Băsescu va adresa un mesaj Legislativului.

ANKARA, Turkey — As expected, outgoing President Ahmet Necdet Sezer vetoed a constitutional amendment Friday (May 25th) that would that would have allowed the president to be elected by the people instead of by Parliament.

BELGRADE, Serbia — The government endorsed an initiative Friday (May 25th) to open new negotiations on Kosovo’s future status and forwarded it to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Belgrade is proposing new talks since the previous ones, which took place from February 2006 to March 2007, failed to result in a …

FOCA, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) — Bosnian Serb convict Radovan Stankovic, sentenced to 20 years for war crimes, escaped from custody in the eastern Bosnian town of Foca on Friday (May 25th).