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That would be President Sali Berisha, a hard-line conservative who has used the past six weeks of demonstrations as an excuse to tighten his personal grip on power. With protests over the collapse of fraudulent investment schemes convulsing Albania, Berisha dismissed the government and shook up the armed forces. Last week he declared a state of emergency and then had his rubber-stamp Parliament re-elect him President. Protesters reacted by switching their targets from the Ponzi schemes to the one-man rule of Berisha. Simmering economic differences between the poorer north and the south boiled over, and several...
...must now decide whether she can live with the life he has chosen. The romance between Rosa and Paddy is a fascinating but short lived device that leaves the reader stranded. Kelly creates some unforgettable characters, but there are also characters he should have forgotten about in order to tighten the fevered pace of the novel...
...inconceivable and impossible." The North threatened unspecified retaliation if Hwang was kidnapped, prompting South Korea to put its entire 650,000-member military on higher alert. North Koreans in Beijing are not taking the news any better. When word got out Wednesday, the South Korean consulate was forced to tighten security after 10 North Koreans tried to force their way inside...
...commission last night heard statements from Butler-Mackay and church officials. It is weighing whether to tighten the procedures under which the church and other groups can rent out their facilities for dances and social events...
...response to the two incidents, city Police Captain Henry W. Breen motioned for a disciplinary hearing to be held Feb. 11. He also motioned to tighten commission regulations...