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French's national football team goalkeeper Hugo LLoris attends a press conference on October 10, 2011 at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, near Paris, one day before the Euro2012 qualifying match France vs Bosnia. France won 3-0 to Albania on October 7.

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  • German sues Macedonia in EU human rights court

    He says he went on a hunger strike for 27 days and was eventually flown back to Europe and abandoned in a mountainous area in Albania .Having failed with previous legal efforts in Germany, Macedonia and the United States, el-Masri has turned to the European   Read more »

  • Ex-Gitmo prisoner wants Albania to let him leave

    eight years at the U.S. military base in Cuba on suspicion of terrorism before being cleared of any charges and resettled in Albania two years ago. He lives in the capital, Tirana, where he held a press conference Tuesday to describe his situation.Katie Taylor,   Read more »

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About Albania

The Republic of Albania (Albanian: Republika e Shqipërisë, IPA [ɾɛˈpubliˌka ɛ ˌʃcipəˈɾis]) is a Balkan country in Southeastern Europe. It borders Montenegro to the north, the Serbian province of Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia in the east, and Greece in the south. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the west and a coast on the Ionian Sea to the southwest. Despite having a troubled history, the country has been classified as an emerging democracy since the 1990s.

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