Sitting on their front porch in this Houston suburb, Edmond Demiraj and his family seem the picture of a contented family.
Albanian authorities Monday declared a winner in a closely watched race for mayor of the Balkan nation's capital, finding a challenger from the ruling party ousted the veteran incumbent by a double-digit margin.
Tension escalated in the Albanian capital Thursday as opposition members clashed with police outside the building where a commission is still counting votes from a local election that was seen as a crucible for stability in the Balkan nation.
Despite international calls for calm and negotiations, Albania's ruling government continued Saturday to levy sharply-worded rhetoric against its opposition and arrested 113 people following a massive Friday protest that turned violent, state-run media reported.
A journalist describes the clash between protesters and police outside the Albanian prime minister's office.
The showdown between Albania's ruling government and its political opposition showed no signs of abating Sunday, with Socialist Party leader Edi Rama calling for yet another demonstration despite fresh threats from the nation's prime minister.
At least three protesters were shot dead from close range in a clash with police Friday outside the Albanian prime minster's office, a hospital official said, an escalation of some of the worst politically fueled tension to wrack the southern European nation in 14 years.
Jorge Elias Benjumea proudly inspects his plantain field. The 46-year-old father of three says he's not only happy his crops are doing well, but also, for the first time in years, he can tell the world that what he's growing is legal.
Rafael Romo reports in some areas of Colombia, farmers have switched from coca plants to less profitable but legal crops.
Authorities in Kosovo must conduct a "tough, independent investigation" into allegations of organ harvesting from prisoners of war, a leading European human rights activist demanded Thursday.
The authorities who control Kosovo may have stolen organs from prisoners of war and political rivals when the Kosovo Liberation Army was fighting Serbian forces for control of the territory, European authorities allege in a new report.
Torrential rains have forced the evacuation of 12,000 people from their homes in parts of Albania as floodwaters wash over roads and cause massive landslides, the country's government said.
Have you been paying attention to the news? Answer these questions and find out.
German police make 17 arrests in a football match-fixing probe. CNN's Richard Quest and Pedro Pinto discuss.
Nearly one in four people worldwide is Muslim -- and they are not necessarily where you might think, according to an extensive new study that aims to map the global Muslim population.
At least 15 people are dead after a tourist boat sunk in a lake in southwest Macedonia on Saturday morning, a government spokesman told CNN.
It was six months ago that fans were treated to a scintillating European Championship. Here's a look at how the leading actors of Euro 2008 are now faring:
The United States is taking another step toward getting Albania and Croatia -- both isolated behind the Iron Curtain during the Cold War -- folded into the NATO alliance
Efraim Diveroli's father hoped his son would become a doctor or lawyer.
U.S. investigators examine accusations that a company hired by the U.S. military supplied corroded arms to Afghanistan.
An army ammunition dump explodes in Albania, sending a mushroom cloud soaring over nearby homes.
Rene Obermann describes his first 15 months as Deutsche Telekom CEO.
Five people were killed and nearly 250 injured Saturday in a series of explosions at an Albanian army depot near the capital city of Tirana.
NATO's secretary-general said Monday that Macedonia's hope of joining the military alliance could be dashed if it fails to settle a 17-year-old name spat with Greece, a long-time NATO member.
The next Croatiaupdated: Tue Sep 18 2007 12:14:00
I was sitting on a Croatian beach a few years ago, staring in amazement at the glorious Adriatic Sea, when my traveling companion said, "If you think this is beautiful, you should see Montenegro someday." That day finally arrived this summer, when my friend Leslie and I decided to celebrate her birthday with a trip to the small country north of Albania and south of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Firefighters rushed helicopters and buses Monday to evacuate more than two dozen villages threatened by towering walls of flames that had killed 63 people while ravaging swaths of forest and farmland in Greece's worst wildfire disaster in memory.
Albania is next on Bush's itinerary, and Europe's poorest country offers a far friendlier welcome than its neighbors
U.S. President George W. Bush was returning home Monday after an eight-day European tour dominated by concerns over American plans for a Europe-based missile defense system and the future status of the Serbian province of Kosovo.
Setting up possibly another showdown with Russia, U.S. President George W. Bush has said "the time is now" to grant independence to the Serbian province of Kosovo and called on Moscow not to slow down the process.
I suppose I am most attuned to the plight and particular circumstances of refugees, because I am one myself. When the Islamic Revolution swept Iran, my homeland, back in 1979, I left the country and came West. I ended up at a university and later at CNN in the United States.
Germany's foreign minister told parliament Wednesday the government had no prior knowledge of the CIA detention of a Lebanese German and was still awaiting answers from Washington on the matter. And he voiced concern the CIA flights of terror suspects via Europe could damage transatlantic relations.
A U.S. military C-130 on a training mission with nine people on board has crashed in Albania during apparent bad weather, and their fate was unknown, a Pentagon official said.
Two Albanians who hijacked a Greek bus last week, taking 23 people hostage, have apologized for an act which one of them has called "stupid."
The Greek government has appealed for calm, fearing a public backlash against immigrants living in Greece following Wednesday's bus hijacking by two Albanian gunmen.
Two armed hijackers who had threatened to blow up a commuter bus in Greece released all of their remaining captives early Thursday and surrendered to authorities.
Ten countries have qualified for the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest after the competition's inaugural semi-final.
Twenty people were killed when a speedboat carrying a group of Albanians capsized in stormy seas off the coastal city of Vlora.
Now let's see if I've got this right. AOL Time Warner (my sainted employer) takes "a one-time, noncash charge" of about $54 billion in the first quarter. Since the company was otherwise breaking ev...
AMERICAN chief executives, like most of their compatriots, have elatedly watched the spirit of freedom steamroll through Eastern Europe, toppling hard- line Communist regimes as if they were made o...
Judging by the roaring adventure-travel field, not all Americans fear terrorism -- or anything else, for that matter. Adventure sales grew from $5 million 10 years ago to $250 million last year. So...
© 2012 Cable News Network. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
|