Albania

Bus Believed To Be Carrying High School Students Falls Off Cliff

AP | LLAZAR SEMINI | Posted 05.21.2012

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TIRANA, Albania — A bus carrying university students on a pre-graduation trip toppled off a mountain cliff in southern Albania, killing 12 peopl...

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Albania: The Gay Movement You Never Imagined

American Anthropological Association | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Albania, Albania Lgbt Rights, Albania Gay Rights Movement, Albania Gay Marriage, Albania Lgbt Rights Movement, Albania Gay Activism, Albania Lgbt Movement, Albania Gay Movement, Albania Same-Sex Marriage, Albania Gay Activists, Albania Gay Rights, Gay Voices News

Albania. Not exactly the place that comes to mind for most people when they think of hotbeds of gay activism. But in fact, this small, formerly communist nation is currently exploding with advocacy and public debate about gay issues.

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Albania OKs Kosovo War Organ Theft Probe

AP | Posted 05.10.2012

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TIRANA, Albania -- Albania's parliament has approved legislation granting the European Union permission to investigate claims that civilian captives f...

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Albania: Reprimand Official for Anti-Gay Remarks

Human Rights Watch | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Lgbt, Albania, Gay Voices News

Called for Violence Against Pride Paraders (London) – The Albanian government should publicly reprimand Deputy Defense Minister Ekrem Spahiu for...

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Mighty Movie Podcast: Joshua Marston on The Forgiveness of Blood

Dan Persons | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Maria Full of Grace, The Forgiveness of Blood, Blood Feud, Andamion Murataj, Albania, Northern Albania, Joshua Marston, Entertainment News

Director Joshua Martson -- who previously ventured into unexplored terrain with the justifiably praised drug-mule drama, Maria Full of Grace -- here explores the surprisingly complex world of the blood feud through the eyes of two of the imprisoned teens.

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Movie Review: The Forgiveness of Blood

Marshall Fine | Posted 04.22.2012

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The Forgiveness of Blood is quietly compelling, a film about the traditions of the past hamstringing the present. It's a look at a clash of cultures that brings medieval thinking into the modern-day.

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Albania's New Pavilion Sheds Light On Communist Abuses

AP | LLAZAR SEMINI | Posted 04.21.2012

Read More: National Museum, Communism, Repressive Regime, Albania, Internment Camps, Enver Hoxha, Anti-Communism, Art Museums, Arts News

TIRANA, Albania — Albania's National Museum opened a new wing Monday on the abuses of the former communist regime, timing the dedication to the ...

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Officials: Record-Breaking Cold Snap Kills More Than 650 In Eastern Europe

AP | ALINA WOLFE MURRAY | Posted 04.16.2012

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BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — More than 650 people have died during a record-breaking cold snap in Eastern Europe, authorities said Wednesday, as offici...

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PHOTOS: Snow, Ice Coat The Balkans With Unworldly Beauty

AP | ALISON MUTLER | Posted 04.15.2012

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BUCHAREST, Romania — Snow as deep as 15 feet (4.5 meters) isolated areas in Romania, Moldova and Albania on Tuesday and turned a power plant in ...

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Worrying About the Crisis Next Door

Andi Balla | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: European Union, Eurozone, Greece, Albania, World News

Sandwiched between Greece and Italy, EU hopeful Albania is starting to feel the effects of the Eurozone crisis, fearing there is more to come.

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PHOTOS: Photographer Captures Gritty Serbian Life

Posted 12.12.2011

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The photographer Boogie has found much success with his cinematic portrayals of the grittier side of urban life. He has documented the tortured existe...

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EU Forced To Fly Forces To Kosovo Border Crossings

AP | NEBI QENA | Posted 11.16.2011

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PRISTINA, Kosovo — European Union police in Kosovo used helicopters to ferry staff sent to take charge of border crossings in the north after mi...

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At Risk of Deportation and Thrown Into the Clutches of Known Killers

Michelle Brané | Posted 11.13.2011

Read More: Bill Bedini, Immigration, Department of Justice, Sex Trafficking, Asylum, Edmond Demiraj, Family-Separation, Albania, Politics News

If not justice, Edmond Demiraj expected at least protection. Ten years ago, the U.S. government asked Demiraj to testify against Bill Bedini, an Albanian mobster living in Texas who was charged, among other things, with human trafficking.

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Why You Must Visit Albania

Eliza Dushku | Posted 11.02.2011

Read More: Europe Travel, Albania Travel, Albania, Travel, Eliza Dushku, European Travel, Celebrity Travel, Travel News

Looking back at the recent weeks I've spent in Albania, I feel foolish for anticipating I could understand it in less than a lifetime, but the process has been exciting, and at the same time humbling.

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Well-Preserved Ancient Shipwreck Found Off Albania

AP | LLAZAR SEMINI | Posted 10.22.2011

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TIRANA, Albania — A U.S.-Albanian archaeological mission said Monday it has found the well-preserved wreck of a Roman cargo ship off Albania's c...

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Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in Albania: Is It Working?

Fron Nahzi | Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Edi Rama, Albania, Albania Foreign Aid, Democracy, Albania Democratic Development, Albania Democracy, World News

Maybe Albania has reached its maximum foreign democratic development aid potential, if such a thing exists. And maybe foreign aid is no longer an award for progress but a "carrot" to prevent the country and its leaders from regressing.

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Albanian Town Erects Statue Of George W. Bush

Reuters | Leon Cika | Posted 09.05.2011

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(Reuters - Leon Cika) - A tiny Albanian village that President George W. Bush visited in 2007 has unveiled a shirt-sleeved statue of him, in a squ...

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Albania and the Accidental Ambassador

Fred Abrahams | Posted 08.21.2011

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James Baker arrived in Tirana on June 22, 1991. Unlike the usual military reception for visiting dignitaries, a few hundred irrepressible Albanians greeted him at the airport and escorted the convoy into town.

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General Mladic Faces Justice, However Late

Eric Margolis | Posted 08.06.2011

Read More: Bosnia, Albania, Balkans, Serbia, Yugoslavia, Ratko Mladic, Srebrenica, Ratko Mladic War Crimes, World News

Justice delayed is justice denied. Accused Serb war criminal Gen. Ratko Mladic killed at least five times more civilians than Osama bin Laden was accused of doing, yet at times no one seemed in any hurry to find the "Butcher of Sarajevo."

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Undocumented Students are Hoping for a DREAM

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 07.11.2011

NEW YORK -- Elier Lara, 19, has a lot riding on the Dream ACT, legislation that Senators Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) ...

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Gandhi in East Boston

Robert Kuttner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Albert Einstein Institution, Boston, Martin Luther King, Zimbabwe, Albania, Gene Sharp, New York Times, Gandhi, Susan B. Anthony, Pacifism, Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Egyptian Revolution, World News

Of course Gene Sharp is a pacifist. Non-violent, passive resistance has been the whole point of his life's work. You might as well write that some people suspect Gandhi of being a pacifist.

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Turmoil in Albania Offers Lessons for Mideast

Matt Brady | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Human Rights, Albania, World News

In order to send a message that street protests do not equate with chaos, and legitimate expression is vital to a stable state, Albania's friends need to take time now to help set the country back on track.

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Albanian Students Challanged Communism, 20 Years Ago

Fred Abrahams | Posted 05.25.2011

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Twenty years ago this week, student protests in Albania helped topple Eastern Europe's most closed and rigid communist regime. Four days of demonstra...

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Decisions Decided by the Deciding Decider

Will Durst | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: My Pet Goat, Karl Rove, Decision Points, Bush Book, Albania, Dick Cheney, Politics News

You have to marvel at George W Bush's audacious return to the national stage not to mention his curious timing. After all, there wasn't what you would...

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Economic Downturn? Not in Albania

Sali Berisha | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corruption, Albania, Balkans, European Union, Adriatic Sea, Corruption Perception Index, Free Market, Europe, World News

Albania has become a business-friendly country whose economy continues to grow despite the state of the world's economy.

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