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Former women court stars helping resettle fleeing Afghans
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Samira Asghari was part of a rebellion growing up. It was a peaceful one led by her generation. She was simply a young girl in Afghanistan getting an education and playing basketball in the early 2000s after the United States and NATO Allies removed the...
Albania declares new national river park, backs airport plan
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — The Albanian government on Wednesday formally designated the Vjosa River and its tributaries a national park, starting with an investment of some $80 million (75 million euros) to stop wastewater being poured into the river. Authorities held a ceremony in a...
Albanian opposition holds new rally to seek PM's resignation
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Thousands of Albanian opposition supporters protested anew in the capital Tirana Friday, calling for the prime minister’s resignation for alleged corruption and mishandling of the small Balkan nation’s economy. Demonstrators gathered in front of the main...
Albanian leader denies corruption over indicted FBI agent
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s prime minister on Thursday denied that he had bribed or given preferential treatment to a former high-ranking FBI counterintelligence official who has been indicted in the United States. Edi Rama, leader of the ruling Socialists, told Parliament...
Albanian opposition disrupts parliament, supporters rally
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian opposition supporters protested anew outside the country's Parliament Thursday as lawmakers demanding the government’s resignation for alleged corruption tried to disrupt the house's session, blowing whistles and crowding the podium. In their third...
Environmentalists say new airport threatens Albanian lagoons
AKERNI, Albania (AP) — A new, multimillion-euro international airport near Albania's coastal city of Vlora will mean hundreds of jobs for area residents. But environmentalists warn it could cause irreparable damage to the fragile ecosystems of protected lagoons that host flamingos, pelicans and...
Albanian opposition disrupts parliament as supporters rally
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian opposition lawmakers blowing whistles disrupted a Parliament session on Monday to press home their demand for the government's resignation for alleged corruption, as hundreds of their supporters outside tried to push into the building. Police kept...
Albanian opposition leads anti-government protest
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Thousands of supporters of Albania's political opposition took part in an anti-government protest Saturday, calling for the prime minister's resignation for alleged corruption and mishandling of the small Balkan nation's economy. Sali Berisha, a former...
US: Ex-FBI counterintelligence agent aided Russian oligarch
NEW YORK (AP) — A former high-ranking FBI counterintelligence official who investigated Russian oligarchs has been indicted on charges he secretly worked for one, in violation of U.S. sanctions. The official was also charged, in a separate indictment, with taking cash from a former foreign...
Weapons checks in Greek town turn up grenades, machine guns
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — A series of pre-Christmas weapons inspections in a small town in northern Greece has turned up hand grenades, assault rifles and decades-old unexploded ordnance, police said Tuesday. The inspections occurred over 20 days through Dec. 22 in Florina, a...
