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• ON THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SIDE...

  Published: May 5, 2007, 10:10 am

  Tags: Durres, Apollonia, Albania

  RRES AND APOLLONIA, ALBANIA - OCTOBER 2004While preparing the materials for this post I found an interesting site on Albania. It deals with almost every aspect that might be relevant for the preparation of your visit to the country...Albania is full of testimonials about the Illyrian cities that were created in the fifth century BC, and this is

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• TOWN OF A THOUSAND WINDOWS

  Published: April 29, 2007, 6:45 am

  Tags: Berat, Albania

  - ALBANIA - OCTOBER 2004Berat , a town located on the right bank of the river Osum (just a short distance from the point where this is joined by the Molisht river) in south-central Albania, has a population of around 45,500 people and is the capital of both the District and the County of Berat.According to Wikipedia (from where most of this

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• KRUJE, SKANDERBEG'S HOME TOWN

  Published: April 25, 2007, 1:14 pm

  Tags: Kruje, Albania

  is the hometown of Albania's national hero, George Kastrioti (Skanderbeg, the Dragon of Albania), who successfully resisted the Ottomans from 1443 until 1478 in Kruje. His castle resisted four sieges before final capitulation shortly after the death of Skanderbeg, Albania's greatest national hero."Kruje is a lovely panoramic mountainside

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• THE LAND OF THE EAGLES

  Published: April 20, 2007, 10:24 pm

  Tags: Tirana, Albania

  people that would think of Albania as a tourist destination. However, if for some reason you happen to go there, open your eyes..."VIP LOUNGE, TIRANA AIRPORT. Tirana, founded in 1614 by Sulejman Pasha, is Albania's largest city. It became its capital city in 1920. The International Airport N n Tereza (it was named after Mother Teresa, who

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• Europe's final frontier

  Published: August 10, 2007, 6:43 pm

  Tags: Travel, Guardian Saturday Travel Section, Albania, Beach Holidays, Budget Travel

  A holiday on the Albanian Riviera might sound like a Borat-style joke, but Benji Lanyado finds beautiful empty coves, 30 a night beach huts and locals who welcome him into their homes.

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• EUROPE: Island & OMV swap deal gets green light

  Published: August 28, 2007, 6:20 am

  Tags: Eamon Ryan, Omv, Killala Prospect, Albania

  Island has announced that its asset swap... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• Fishmonger burns van after football loss

  Published: September 14, 2007, 9:00 pm

  Tags: Human Interest, Offbeat, Sport, Football, Albania

  An Albanian fishmonger set fire to his van in a burst of anger after the national soccer team lost to the visiting Dutch side, and firefighters failed to extinguish the blaze because someone had stolen their water.

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• Sunday Deposed Monarch Blogging: House of Zogu

  Published: September 23, 2007, 10:05 am

  Tags: Albania, Monarchs

  up the throne and move to Albania. Eventually, the Austrians convinced William to accept the throne, and he arrived in Albania in February 1914.Forces internal and external to Albania immediately began to work for William's overthrow. Essad Toptani, head of a prominent Albanian family and minister to William, sought to undermine William's

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• Supreme Court Won't Review Alleged CIA Abduction

  Published: October 10, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Supreme, Court, Won T, Review, Alleged, Cia, Abduction, Central Intelligence Agency, United States, Khaled Al Masri, American Civil Liberties Union, U S Court Of Appeals, Ben Wizner, Europe, Paul Clement, The Balkans, Afghanistan, Albania, Germany

  The Supreme Court declined yesterday to open U.S. courts to a German citizen who said he was abducted, imprisoned and tortured by the CIA because he was mistakenly identified as a terrorist.

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• After Guantanamo, An Empty Freedom

  Published: October 17, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: After, Guantanamo, Empty, Freedom, Guantanamo Bay, United States, Albania, China, Tirana, Sali Berisha, Afghanistan, Nato, Abu Qadder Basim, Hidajet Cera, Jason Pinney, Kosovo, Adel Abdul Hakim, Boston, Dick Cheney, Europe, George W Bush, Woodrow Wilson, Al Qaeda, Iraq, Pakis

  TIRANA, Albania -- For 16 months, they have shared a clutch of tidy rooms in a small refugee camp in this city, living alongside a few dozen others whose lives were unraveled by war or persecution or both.

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• Albania: Muslim Albanians Recognized for Sheltering Jews from the Nazis

  Published: November 4, 2007, 12:03 pm

  Tags: Albania, Jews, Muslims

  from the Nazis in Albania Greer Fay Cashman (The Jerusalem Post) Albania was the only country in Europe in which there were more Jews after the war than there had been before the war, American photographer Norman Gershman said on Thursday at Yad Vashem. He spoke at the opening of his exhibition honoring Muslim Albanians who rescued Jews

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• Record low turnout in Kosovo election

  Published: November 17, 2007, 4:45 pm

  Tags: World Politics, Albania, Yugoslavia, Serbia

  Turnout in Saturday's parliamentary election in Kosovo was under 45 per cent, the lowest recorded since the 1998-99 war, Central Election Commission and international officials said.

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• Kosovo independence in sight after elections

  Published: November 17, 2007, 4:17 pm

  Tags: Elections, World Politics, Unrest Conflict And War, Albania, Yugoslavia, Serbia

  Kosovo voters braved icy weather and fears of renewed violence overnight to elect a government the majority Albanians hope will lead the troubled Serbian province to independence.

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• Albania

  Published: November 20, 2007, 8:08 am

  Tags: News, International Politics, Albania, Countries, Country

  Wikipedia Albania, officially the Republic of Albania (Albanian Republika e Shqip ris pronounced [ publika cip i s], or simply Shqip ria) is a country in Southeastern Europe. It borders Greece to the south, Montenegro to the north, Serbia to the northeast and the Republic of Macedonia to the east.It has a coast on the

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• Where's hot for 2008

  Published: December 20, 2007, 7:51 am

  Tags: Travel, United Kingdom, Berlin, Beijing, Istanbul, Albania, Egypt, Liverpool, Mozambique, Iran, Christmas And New Year

  We asked 10 experts to give us their predictions for next year's hottest destinations ...

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