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Jun 29 2008, Grace

The sworn virgin was a social necessity in an agrarian region plagued by war and death. If the family patriarch died with no male heirs, unmarried women in the family make take an oath of virginity and be the male head of the family.

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Jun 24 2008 by AP0 Comments

The State Department’s top investigator will examine allegations the senior U.S. diplomat in Albania tried to cover up the illegal source of ammunition a U.S. military contractor shipped to Afghanistan’s military and police forces.Tom Casey, a...

 
 
Jun 23 2008 by AP0 Comments

The U.S. ambassador to Albania allegedly approved removing evidence of the illegal Chinese origins of ammunition being shipped from Albania to Afghanistan by a U.S. defense contractor, a senior House Democrat said Monday.In a letter to Secretary of State...

 
 
Jun 20 2008 by AP0 Comments

A 22-year-old Miami Beach man who had a contract with the U.S. military has been charged with providing prohibited Chinese-made ammunition and saying it came from Albania.Efraim (EF’-rem) Diveroli and two others charged in the scheme made their first...

 
 
Mar 17 2008 by AP0 Comments

Albania’s defense minister resigned Monday, two days after a series of explosions at a weapons depot near the capital killed at least 16 people and injured nearly 300 others.Defense Minister Fatmir Mediu stepped down after the main opposition Socialist...

 
 
Mar 16 2008 by AP0 Comments

Two more bodies have been found at a massive blast site at an army ammunition dump, raising the death toll to seven, Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha said Sunday.Berisha told reporters at a Tirana hospital housing many of the injured from Saturday’s...

 
 
Mar 16 2008 by AP0 Comments

Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha says two more bodies have been found at a massive blast site at an army ammunition dump, raising the death toll to seven.Speaking Sunday to reporters at a Tirana hospital housing many of the injured from Saturday’s...

 
 
Mar 15 2008 by AP0 Comments

A massive explosion at an Albanian army ammunition dump on Saturday killed at least five people and injured 243, including many children, authorities said.Footage from Albanian television showed a massive ball of fire shooting up from the site in Gerdec...

 
 
Mar 6 2008 by AP0 Comments

A boat carrying partygoers celebrating the birthday of 5-year-old twins sank overnight in a lake near the capital, killing 16 people, including the two children, police said Thursday.The boat belonged to a restaurant on the shores of Lake Farka, about...

 
 
Feb 29 2008 by AP0 Comments

President Bush, meeting with the NATO chief Friday, made no commitment to support bids for membership in the alliance by Croatia, Macedonia and Albania.The United States has been behind the idea, while urging all three nations to step up changes in their...

 
 
Feb 25 2008 by AP0 Comments

Police fired tear gas to disperse a crowd of Serbs hurling rocks during a protest against Kosovo’s independence at a border crossing near the capital Monday.Some 150 Serbs chanting “Kosovo is Serbia!” pelted ethnic Albanian police with stones and...

 
 
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Sep 27 2007 by Vinod0 Comments

The darkest face of humanity is human trafficking and that too for the prostitution - most condemnable and abhorsome. Well, in order to put it off, Italy comes down heavily on the evil and police arrested 800 culprits involved in illegal trafficking...

 
 
Dec 21 2006 by Kanchan0 Comments

Albania borders on Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, and Montenegro.
It is one of the poorest European states. With a shift from communism to democracy and after 7 years of development it is ripe for visitors to check out.

Most European and...

 
 
Jun 7 2006 by Vikas Shekhawat2 Comments

A double headed eagle has turned out to be a ‘tru calling’ for the U.S. actor Eliza Dushku who tattooed the design on her back. Eliza commemorated her first visit to her father’s homeland by marking the design inspired by Albania’s national...

 
 
Nov 29 2005 by Bhawana Negi0 Comments

Five Albanian pimps have been convicted on the charges of sex trafficking offences after a trial at Southwark Crown court.

It was during the missing person hunt, that the police came across a series of west London brothels and a gang of Albanian...

 
 
Nov 4 2005 by Bhawana Negi0 Comments

Child Marriage is none less than murdering of childhood . In the 21st Century where we talk about rights there are several such children who are deprive of their right to choose their life partners. A recent study conducted by the UNICEF highlighted that...

 
 
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, welcomes Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha with military honors in Berlin on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008.