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Albanian Police Seize 3 Tons of Cannabis Plants

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian police say they have seized three metric tons of cannabis and destroyed some 13,000 plants in a northern district. A statement Friday said that a day earlier in Mat, 90 kilometers (55 miles) north of

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Last Remaining Iranian PMOI Members Leave Camp Liberty for Albania

On Friday, the remaining 280 members of the Mujahedin-e-Khalq (MEK) — also known as the People’s Mujahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI) — who were stationed in Camp Liberty (Hurriya) in Iraq were relocated to Albania, officially closing the camp which was a place of refuge for the dissidents against the Iranian regime since the 1980s.

Members of the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq organization chant slogans and hold banners during a tou

EU Chief Calls On Albania To Reform

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — The European Union’s foreign policy chief on Sunday called on Albania to pass a key judicial reform, considering it a decisive step for the country as it strives for EU membership.

High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice

Albanian Newsreader Strips Down To Boost Viewers

Faced with tough competition to win over audiences, an Albanian TV channel is taking a literal approach towards giving viewers the “naked” truth — by employing almost-topless newsreaders. Wearing open jackets and nothing underneath, the young women reading the headlines

Albanian Newsreader

Pope Francis: Martyrdom Unites Christians

Pope Francis said that in our times, the shedding of blood for Christ has become a “shared experience” of Catholics, Orthodox, Anglicans, Protestants, Evangelicals, and Pentecostals, which is “deeper and stronger” than the differences that still separate Christians.

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Kosovo Parliament Debates Serbian Relations by Lobbing Tear Gas Grenades

The turmoil over selecting a Speaker of the House to replace John Boehner seems positively tranquil compared to the debate over Serbian relations in the parliament of Kosovo. Someone decided to filibuster these talks by throwing tear gas grenades in the middle of a parliamentary session, causing two MPs to pass out

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