e diel, maj 11, 2008

I TOLD YOU HILLARY WASN'T GOING TO QUIT!

POLITICS/ELECTIONS/CORRUPTION

Smoke on the Water

When a smoke ban hit the fan in Albania, authorities lingered to implement it diligently for the whole spam of a week, until the whole endeavour turned into a hole in the water with shock-waves of coffee-cup wisdom.

Candidate's house burns down

Vladislav Miljković told reporters that there was significant material damage to his property, and that he suspects the fire to have been the work of arsonists.

The Church in Albania: From Ottoman Empire to Communism to? - The Irish Family

An old Albanian saw goes as follows: 'Where the sword is, there lies

religion' . Thus, under the long years of Ottoman rule, up to 70% of

Albanians converted to Islam, escaping the onerous taxes and dhimmitude

second-class citizenship imposed on non-Muslims. Before then, Albania's

strategic location on the marches between western and eastern Christianity

saw its people divide into largely northern Catholics and southern

Orthodox.

Serbia's pro-European camp claims election victory

BELGRADE (AFP) — Serbian President Boris Tadic, the flag-bearer for a pro-European alliance, claimed victory in general elections on Sunday.