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The Economist (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Finding the perpetrators of a lethal explosion could polish Albania’s image A MUDDY crater marks the spot near Tirana airport where a stockpile of artillery shells blew up last March. The blast killed 26 people, including several children, and injured more than 250 others. Dozens of houses in the next-door village were ruined beyond repair. Sali Berisha, Albania’s prime minister, responded by removing...
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Young Guns (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Arsenal midfielder Henri Lansbury sealed victory for England Under 19’s this afternoon with a fantastic header to help secure a 3-0 win for the Lions in the opening qualifying fixture for next summers European Championships. Lansbury has had a difficult few weeks, summed up after his red card against Aston Villa for a terrible two footed [...]
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Berlin - Albania is keeping up its fight against corruption and crime, Prime Minister Sali Berisha said Wednesday during a visit to the German capital Berlin. Speaking just before an address to German business leaders on investment opportunities, he ...
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TheFA.com (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
ENGLAND U19s: The Young Lions get their European U19 Championship Qualifying campaign underway against Albania.
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(en)Gender (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
The tradition of Albanian Sworn Virgins is dying out, & the implication is that it’s dying out because women can now do things that women weren’t allowed to do before: This is the last generation of sworn virgins, according to Aferdita Onuzi, a professor at Tirana’s Cultural, Anthropology and Arts Research Institute. In Albania these days, [...]
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MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
In this strongly patriarchal society where for centuries women had virtually no standing, sworn virgins enjoyed the same rights and respect as men.
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Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Drene Markgjoni spent 12 years in a hard-labor camp, punished for her fiance's attempt to flee Albania's regime, then one of the world's most repressive and isolationist. She swore she would never suffer like that for somebody else again.
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kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Drene Markgjoni spent 12 years in a hard-labor camp, punished for her fiance's attempt to flee Albania's regime, then one of the world's most repressive and isolationist. She swore she would never suffer like that for somebody else again.
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Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Drene Markgjoni spent 12 years in a hard-labor camp, punished for her fiance's attempt to flee Albania's regime, then one of the world's most repressive and isolationist. She swore she would never suffer like that for somebody else again.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
SHKODRA, Albania -- Drene Markgjoni spent 12 years in a hard-labor camp, punished for her fiance's attempt to flee Albania's regime, then one of the world's most repressive and isolationist. She swore she would never suffer like that for somebody else again.
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Drene Markgjoni spent 12 years in a hard-labor camp, punished for her fiance's attempt to flee Albania's regime, then one of the world's most repressive and isolationist. She swore she would never suffer like that for somebody else again.
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TheSpoof.com - Spoof News (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
In what some have described as a shrewd professional move, Paris Hilton announced today that she is seeking nomination for the candidacy of the Albanian Presidency. Despite her own unsuccessful tilt at the American presidency, Paris is now boldly...
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The Economist (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
In deposit insurance we trust. Sort of IN MAY The Economist failed to dispatch a correspondent to Tirana, Albania, to attend the opening function of the third International Deposit Insurance Week. That may have been a mistake. By this week interest in the technicalities of how to protect the cash the public keeps in bank accounts had reached the campaign trail in America. Both presidential candidates,...
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i On Global Trends (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
Macedonians in Albania firmly keeps the position that no one has the right to change Macedonia’s name, Macedonian Sitel television reports. “The name is connected with Macedonia’s identity no matter where they live. We were the first one who said this clearly in a declaration to the international institutions in Albania”, Albanian Liqenas municipality mayor Edmond Temelko said. Liqenas is the
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AfriClassical (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
[ Sing to the Sun: Chamber Music by Alvin Singleton , Troy 902 (2007)] European American Music Distributors October 2008 The cultural organization Eurynome Corp presents a series of concerts of the music of our very own Alvin Singleton in Tirana, Albania. The Orchestra of Albanian Radio and Television (OART) led by Oleg Arapi and the Orchestra of Opera and Ballet (OOB) under the baton of Zhani Ciko...