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While most ethnic Albanian leaders are ready to accept token independence over the status quo, some are already grumbling that Ahtisaari's plan falls far short of their expectations. Albin Kurti, the leader of the pro-independence Self-Determination movement, warned that "Ahtisaari's proposal does nothing for Kosovo's independence, state system and sovereignty" - and called for its rejection. Kurti's movement, which intends to stage a series of anti-plan protests, is backed by hard-line veterans of the disbanded Kosovo Liberation Army, a guerrilla force that waged a ruthless war against Serbs. In the short run, Kurti...
...home to the largest Islamic community in Europe, an effort is in full swing to separate the eternal message of Islam from its medieval cultural baggage. Some of the fruits of that effort can be sampled in Loi d'Allah, Loi des Hommes (Law of Allah, Law of Men; Albin Michel) an extended dialogue in which Muslim sociologist Leïla Babès and Tareq Oubrou, rector of the Mosquée de Bordeaux, thrash out their often opposing views on the roles of women and individual freedom in Islam. Although non-Muslim readers may be daunted...
More and more, as elderly parents move into assisted-living facilities rather than remaining in the family home, possessions are being divided while parents are still in the picture. Albin and Rosemary Renauer's mother Rosalene, of Plymouth, Mich., initiated the process with her six children during a period of several months before she and her husband Joseph made the move to assisted living two years ago. The parents took advantage of periodic visits from their children to give them things individually, and then asked them to put Post-it notes on other things they wanted. Son Albin...
...doubles competition, Arnold and Meringoff also romped through their opening rounds. In the third round, they fought hard but were simply overmatched against the No. 4 team of Ernesto Diaz and Albin Polonyi from Boise State...
Michael Conte as Albin is flamboyantly effeminate without overdoing it. His whimsical gestures and the simple, giggly joy we see on his face as he transforms himself into a woman in "A Little More Mascara" is hilariously frivolous. His singing is predictably nasal and weak as Zsa-Zsa, but intent and masculine in "I am what I am," signaling the end of Albin's tolerance for Jean-Michel's denial...