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disputed elections to help unblock a political stalemate endangering the
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political stalemate was endangering the country's European ties.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2010 AFP. All other Copyright 2010 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Albania</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>politics</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-17T17:57:02Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
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    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/warcrimes-albania.239">        <title>Serbia finds Kosovo organ trafficking 'witnesses': report</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/warcrimes-albania.239</link>        <description>Serbia has tracked down people who claim to have witnessed the removal
of organs from prisoners captured in Kosovo which were then allegedly
trafficked abroad, a newspaper reported Sunday.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2009 AFP. All other Copyright 2009 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Warcrimes</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Albania</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Kosovo</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Serbia</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>probe</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2009-12-27T17:27:02Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/albania-kosovo.22g">        <title>Albania vows to help Serbs in Kosovo</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/albania-kosovo.22g</link>        <description>Albania on Tuesday vowed to help Serbs in Kosovo integrate into the
territory, which is dominated by ethnic Albanians, saying the move would
help democracy.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2009 AFP. All other Copyright 2009 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Albania</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Kosovo</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Serbs</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2009-12-22T21:07:02Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/warcrimes-albania.1xj">        <title>Fresh evidence of Kosovo organ trafficking: Serb prosecutor</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/warcrimes-albania.1xj</link>        <description>Serbia has fresh evidence of the alleged trafficking of organs taken
from Kosovo Serb prisoners in northern Albania during and after the
1998-1999 conflict, its war crimes prosecutor said Sunday.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2009 AFP. All other Copyright 2009 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Warcrimes</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Albania</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Kosovo</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Serbia</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>probe</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2009-12-13T13:37:03Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/albania-demo.1uf">        <title>Thousands in Albania rally for EU membership</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/albania-demo.1uf</link>        <description>Tens of thousands of demonstrators rallied in Albania Tuesday in support
of the country's efforts to join the European Union, on the anniversary
of anti-communist protests two decades ago.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2009 AFP. All other Copyright 2009 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Albania</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>demo</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2009-12-08T18:22:02Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>




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