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U.S. plans to move Iranian exile group out of Iraq hit snag
WASHINGTON — The State Department's decade-long effort to find a new home for a controversial Iranian opposition group has ground to a near halt only days after the announcement that the exiles had begun moving from Iraq to permanent homes in...Tags: United Nations, Iraq, Iran, U.S. Congress, Iraq War (2003-2011)
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EU probes ally of Kosovo PM, ambassador for war crimes
ReutersPRISTINA (Reuters) - European Union police said on Thursday they had arrested five people, including a wartime ally of Kosovo's prime minister, and were investigating the ambassador to Albania on suspicion of war crimes during Kosovo's 1998-99 conflict....Tags: Government, Hashim Thaci, Armed Forces, Prisons, Armed Conflicts
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Balkan states back TAP, IAP gas pipeline projects
ReutersTIRANA, May 23 (Reuters) - Four Balkan states backed the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) project on Thursday, weeks before the Shah Deniz 2 consortium picks between TAP and its rival Nabucco West project. The TAP project aims to bring 10 billion cubic...Tags: Turkey, Germany, Hungary, E.ON AG, Azerbaijan
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Global Voices: An artist's take on dictatorship's legacy
Anila Rubiku grew up in a country that no longer exists, at least not the isolated, repressed and paranoid state that was Albania before Eastern Europe’s anti-Communist revolutions. The Balkan country that broke away from its iron-fisted mentors...
Tags: Mountains, Gun Control, Balkan Peninsula, Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control
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The case for naming a U.S. secretary of Culture
Along with adding the finishing touches to his inaugural address on Monday, President Obama has plenty on his plate. He is consumed by the responsibilities of selecting new Cabinet members and preparing strategies to get them confirmed. He already had his...Tags: Government, William F. Buckley, Heads of State, John Adams, Quincy Jones
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Global Lens opens Friday
The opening weekend of the Global Lens series brings films about a romance in Albania and an actress in Brazil. “Amnesty,” the Albanian film, will be shown Friday and Sunday at the Capitol Theatre, 415 S. Main St. “Craft” runs...
Tags: Drama (genre), Marilyn Monroe, Movies, Carmen Miranda, Entertainment
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Immigrant Actor Headed to Hamptons Film Festival Detained
KTLA NewsBUFFALO, NY - An actor on his way to see a film at the Hamptons International Film Festival about his life as an immigrant in America was picked up by federal immigration officials. Customs and Border Protection agents took Praq Rado, a 31-year-old...Tags: Extradition, Angelina Jolie, Movies, Customs and Tradition, International Law
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Unity Fest organizers living in Albania?
Unity Fest is one of Glendale's enduring activities. The community shows up once a year, in force, to celebrate a concept that is important and resonating. Yet I found it rather telling that on the day of the unveiling of the Martin Luther King Jr....Tags: Martin Luther King Jr.
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Elgin lieutenant to train Kosovo police
TribLocal - Elgin » NewsWith more than 20 years of police experience, Elgin Lt. Jeff Adam will share his skills overseas as he helps train a relatively new police …... -
Albanian Muslim Rescuers During the Holocaust: Photographs by Norman Gershman Exhibit at Beth Emet Synagogue, April 1-May 13
TribLocal - Evanston“Jews are God’s people like us.”- Aferdita Gyergjani, righteous Albanian When post-World War II Europe found itself devastated by the loss of its Jewish population, …... -
PASSINGS: Ramiz Alia
Ramiz Alia Albania's last communist leader Ramiz Alia, 85, who was Albania's last communist president and is credited with opening to democracy one of the world's most isolationist political systems, died Friday of lung complications, an Albanian...Tags: Government, Heads of State, International Law, Punishment, Parties and Movements
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