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Land ownership dispute causes victims

PESHKOPI, Feb. 10 – Hashim Reci, 60, was killed Sunday following a quarrel with two brothers regarding the ownership of a piece of land. Police report the two brothers went home, took
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Tepelena soccer team suspended from the league

TIRANA, Feb. 13 – Albanian soccer authorities suspended the Tepelena soccer team from participating in this year’s championship following a referee being harmed last weekend. Two coaches were also suspended from soccer
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Human traffickers arrested

FIERI, Feb. 12 – Police in the southern city of Fieri arrested three persons suspected of organizing human trafficking to neighboring Greece. Ilir Myrtaj, 28, Alfred Lam襬 37, and Qani Diko, 37,
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Albanian extradited from Greece

TIRANA, Feb. 11 – Interpol Tirana announced that Albanian, Theodhor (Gazi) Lulo, 49, was extradited from Greece last week to serve his prison term in Albania. Lulo was arrested based on an
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Albanians sentenced from courts

FIER, Feb. 13 – Fieri district court sentenced Pajtim Abazi Duraj to life imprisonment for killing his wife, who was pregnant, in March 2007. They both lived as immigrants in Italy and
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Sentenced Albanians, suspects arrested by police

TIRANA, Feb. 13 – Tirana police arrested Wednesday Valbona Sula, 31, who was wanted for falsifying documents, passports and visas. Korca district court had previously sentenced her to six months imprisonment and
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Another miner dies at Bulqiza

TIRANA, Feb. 9 – Albanian Chrome ACR announced on Saturday that miner Njazi Alliu, 50, died while working at the Bulqiza mine in the Mirdita district. The company, which owes the mine,
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EC and CoE help judiciary reform

TIRANA, Feb. 9 – The European Commission and the Council of Europe has launched a jointly funded project, worth 400 000 Euros, to support the School of Magistrates of Albania. The project
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Judges moved from post, opposition complains

TIRANA, Feb. 11 – During last week’s meeting, the High Council of Justice moved 14 judges from their posts in different courts of appeals around the country. The High Council also discussed
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Politics reconcile on reforms, asks for urgent steps

TIRANA, Feb. 11 – What seemed to have become a more frequent occurrence among ever-squabbling Albanian politicians, the leaders of the two main political parties, the governing Democratic Party of Prime Minister
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