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Yesterday | WOI-TV West Des Moines

Bus with students falls off Albania cliff; 12 die

A judge will decide whether a former Rutgers student convicted of hate crimes for using a webcam to see his roommate kissing another man should be sent to jail.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Albania, Rutgers University, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

Yesterday | Lifestyles

Police: Bus possibly carrying Albanian students falls off a cliff

Spokeswoman Klejda Plangarica says the bus went off the road Monday near the town of Himare, 137 miles south of the capital, Tirana.

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Related Topix: Albania, Europe, World News

Monday | Hampton Roads Daily Press

Bus carryinguniversity students falls off cliff in Albania; 12 dead, 21 injured

The debris of a bus lies at the bottom of a cliff near Himare southern Albania on Monday, May 21, 2012.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Albania,

Monday | KLKN

Bus falls off cliff in Albania; 11 killed

A former Rutgers University student who used a webcam to watch his roommate kiss another man days before the roommate killed himself was sentenced Monday to 30 days in jail.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Albania, Rutgers University, Boston University, Mohamed Hosni Mubarak

Monday | My Mother Lode

Bus falls off cliff in Albania, may carry students

Spokeswoman Klejda Plangarica says the bus went off the road Monday near the town of Himare, 137 miles south of the capital, Tirana.

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Related Topix: Albania, Europe, World News

Monday | Balkans.com

Albania: Municipality of Tirana Presents New Urban Plan

The Municipality of Tirana presented on Friday the new urban plan, which is expected to give a modern face to the Albanian capital.

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Related Topix: Albania, Europe, World News

Fri May 18, 2012

BalkanInsight.com

Albania Gays Brave Public Disapproval

Gay rights activists held a series of public events this week in Tirana, pushing for greater acceptance of the lesbian, gay, transgender and bisexual lifestyle.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Activism, World News, Albania, Transgender, Photography, Arts

Thu May 17, 2012

Suria

Albania marks day against homophobia

Albania on Thursday for the first time marked an international day against homophobia and transphobia, despite protests in the mostly Muslim country.

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Related Topix: Albania, Europe, World News, Gay/Lesbian, Transgender

BalkanInsight.com

UK's Grimshaw Architects Wins Major Project in Tirana

The London-based architecture studio Grimshaw has won the urban planning competition for the expansion of Tirana's main boulevard, one of the city's most ambitious plans in decades.

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Related Topix: Albania, World News

Wed May 16, 2012

Balkans.com

Loans in Albania Concentrated in Tirana

About 71% of bank loans in Albania are concentrated in the capital Tirana, according to data from Albania's Central Bank.

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Related Topix: Albania, World News, Europe

EUobserver

Greece struggling to manage asylum seekers

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Related Topix: Travel, Greece Travel, Turkey, Turkey, NC, World News, Middle East, Europe, Albania, Albania Travel

Tue May 15, 2012

The Gleaner

Gay rights activists stage demonstration

Karen Kleeman, second from left, hugs Maryanne Schumm, left, while Amelia Jane Carson, second from right, hugs Betty Koster, after Kleeman and Carson were married at the marriage bureau in the city clerk's office in New York, Thursday, May 10, 2012.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Santa Fe, NM, World News, Albania

Fri May 11, 2012

CNN

Muslim Albanians in Macedonia Protest Over Arrests of 'Radical Islamists' -video

Ethnic Albanians rallied in several Macedonian towns on Friday to protests against a police operation that saw arrest of suspects in a quintuple murder case.

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Related Topix: Europe, Macedonia, World News, Albania, Greece, Nikola Gruevski

SETimes news

NATO members, partners meet to discuss shaping region's peaceful future

NATO is transforming, but it will continue to achieve balance and security in Southeast Europe, Allied Forces Heidelberg HQ Commander Lieutenant General John Morgan said on Thursday , at the close of the 7th Allied Chiefs of Army Staff Talks and Land Commanders Conference, which was held in Tirana.

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Related Topix: NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), Albania, Europe

Thu May 10, 2012

WOI-TV West Des Moines

Albania gives EU green light on organ probe

The Roger Clemens defense team liked government witness Kirk Radomski so much they want to bring him back as their own witness.

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Wed May 09, 2012

Balkans.com

Chinese Businesses See Investment Potential in Albania's Capital

About 57 representatives of China's largest investment companies have expressed interest to invest in a series of strategic projects in Tirana, local media reports.

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Related Topix: Albania, Europe, World News

Tue May 08, 2012

Examiner.com

Austin Film Society presents 'Alive!'

The Austin Film Society, continuing its Essential Cinema series, will be showing Alive! tonight at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar at 7 p.m. This suspense thriller follows Koli, a college student studying in the Albanian capital of Tirana.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Albania

BalkanInsight.com

Albania Prosecutors Probe Bossi's Diploma

Tirana prosecutors have launched an investigation into a mysterious degree that the son of Italian Northern League leader Umberto Bossi received from an Albanian University.

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Related Topix: Albania, Europe, World News

Sun May 06, 2012

CNN

6 Sefer Torahs Stolen from Historic Chabad Synagogue in Ancient City of Tsfat (Safed) Israel

Today at the Nevada State Convention Mitt Romney supporters have been caught distributing fake delegate lists that were made to look like the Took these photos and video in Reykjavik,at around 22:15 hours .

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Fri May 04, 2012

BalkanInsight.com

EU Calls for a Consensus on Albania's President

Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule on Thursday in Tirana called for talks between the political parties on the election of the new president.

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Related Topix: Albania, Europe, World News, Sali Berisha

 

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