NATO spokesman says the alliance wants U.S. missile-defense plans to be transparent to Russia. James Appathurai, speaking after the opening of the annual NATO defense ministers’ meeting in Brussels on June 14, said all NATO ministers wanted to avoid tensions and do everything possible to allay Russian concerns.

In a closed-door meeting with his cabinet ministers Thursday, Somalia’s puppet prime minister Ali Mohammed Gedi said there were no casualties in the Ethiopian and Somalia troops after unknown gunmen attacked their military bases in at least three neighborhoods of the Somali capital overnight.

The deposed Palestinian prime minister from Hamas has defied Mahmoud Abbas, the president from rival faction Fatah, calling his sacking and declaration of an emergency “hasty” and pledging that his government will continue to function.

An uneasy calm has returned to the Gaza Strip where Hamas is in full control following a series of attacks on key strongholds of its rival, Fatah.

Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit on Thursday said that the idea of deploying international troops in the Gaza Strip was worth of discussion.

El Arish – Ninety-nine Palestinian police officers loyal to the Fatah movement fled to Egypt on Thursday as the rival Hamas group took control of most of the Gaza Strip, an Egyptian security official said.

Preşedintele PSD, Mircea Geoană, l-a contactat telefonic, ieri dimineaţă, pe fostul premier Adrian Năstase, pentru a-i cere ultima carte intitulată „România europeană. Un proiect politic social-democrat” şi pentru a găsi, împreună, o formulă de a colabora pe proiecte şi programe similare.

PD ar câştiga detaşat alegerile europarlamentare din acest an, relevă un sondaj Data Media, realizat la comanda Institutul Pro, în perioada 25-29 mai, pe un eşantion de 1.200 persoane, având o marjă de eroare de +/- 2,7%.

Pesediştii i-au aplicat, ieri, prima lovitură serioasă Guvernului Tăriceanu: în Senat au picat legea de abilitare a Executivului de a emite ordonanţe pe perioada vacanţei parlamentare.

Democratii pun umarul ca Gigi Becali şi partidul său, PNG, să devină „populari”. Surse din conducerea PD susţin că Becali şi PNG au cerut sprijin pentru afilierea la Partidul Popular European (PPE) şi s-a convenit ca ajutorul să fie acordat.