Albania NewsNews on Albania continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.Letter from Albania: Enver Hoxha's legacy, and the question of tourism- June 29, 2008 They were everywhere: gray domes surrounded by green grass, either in rows or scattershot across the landscape.http://www.topix.net/world/albania/2008/06/letter-from-albania-enver-hoxhas-legacy-and-the... Peacemaker breaks the ancient grip of Albania's blood feuds- June 27, 2008 In 1994, when Agim Loci was 23, his friend tried to rape a girl.The girl's two brothers thwarted the attack at the last moment. But the matter did not stop there: The family wanted revenge. But Mr. Loci made a highly unusual decision: He took his friend, tied him up, and made him stand in a field before the girl's entire family."I said, 'If you want to kill him, kill him. But then his family will come and kill one of you,' " Loci recalls. "Of course, nobody was going to kill him then."http://www.topix.net/world/albania/2008/06/peacemaker-breaks-the-ancient-grip-of-albanias-... Army Awarded Contract, Unaware of Dealer and x2019;s Past- June 26, 2008 When the Army last year awarded a contract worth up to nearly $300 million to a tiny Miami Beach munitions dealer to supply ammunition to Afghanistan's security forces, it overlooked a very checkered past.http://www.topix.net/world/albania/2008/06/army-awarded-contract-unaware-of-dealer-and-x20... European rights watchdog to investigate claims Serbs were killed for organs- June 25, 2008 A European human rights watchdog says it will investigate claims that ethnic Albanians killed Serbs and sold their organs at the end of the war in Kosovo.http://www.topix.net/world/albania/2008/06/european-rights-watchdog-to-investigate-claims-... U.S cover-up cited on illegal arms shipment from Albania- June 24, 2008 WASHINGTON : A military attache has told congressional investigators that the American ambassador to Albania endorsed a plan by that country's defense minister to remove evidence of illegal Chinese origins on ...http://www.topix.net/world/albania/2008/06/u-s-cover-up-cited-on-illegal-arms-shipment-fro... Consequences still resonate three months after Gerdec blast- June 23, 2008 Although the people in Gerdec, Albania, have begun to rebuild their homes and move on, the March 15th blast in the town is still fresh in everyone's minds.http://www.topix.net/world/albania/2008/06/consequences-still-resonate-three-months-after-... Utah man indicted in Florida ammo contracting case- June 22, 2008 A Bountiful man is among four people indicted by a federal grand jury in connection with a scheme that supplied the U.S. military with prohibited Chinese-made ammunition.http://www.topix.net/world/albania/2008/06/utah-man-indicted-in-florida-ammo-contracting-c... 22 Year Old Man Charged Over False Ammunition Claims In $300 Million Ammo Contract- June 22, 2008 Legal Newswire - R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Sharon Woods, Director, U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Criminal Investigative Service, Anthony V. ...http://www.topix.net/world/albania/2008/06/22-year-old-man-charged-over-false-ammunition-c... CoE says Albania lacks structures to protect minorities- June 20, 2008 TIRANA, Albania -- The country needs to bridge the gap in its human rights record and offer more protection to women and children, ethnic minorities and the disabled, according to a new report by the Council of ...http://www.topix.net/world/albania/2008/06/coe-says-albania-lacks-structures-to-protect-mi... US, Swiss investors buy Albanian oil refiner- June 19, 2008 Albania has sold state-owned oil refiner ARMO to US and Swiss investors for 128 million , the government said Wednesday.http://www.topix.net/world/albania/2008/06/us-swiss-investors-buy-albanian-oil-refiner?fro... |