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	Albania
		Albania was occupied by the Italians, officially it continued to be an independent Kingdom under the Italian King Vittorio Emmanuele III.
		The seal of the Republic of Albania presents a red shield with a fl, double-headed eagle in the center.
		When Ahmed Zogu proclaimed himself King of Albania, he took the title of King Zogu Skanderbeg III and used the Helmet of Skanderbeg as the Royal crown; the Helmet was added to the flag and arms of the Kingdom.
	www.fotw.net /flags/al.html (2321 words)

	Flag of Albania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The current flag was officially adopted on April 7, 1992, but previous Albanian states such as the Kingdom of Albania and the post-war communist state had used much the same flag, with the former sporting the "Helmet of Skanderbeg" above the eagle and the latter a red star with a yellow rim.
		Albania's civil ensign and naval ensign, both maritime flags are different from the national flag.
		The flag of Albania may be the inspiration for the flag of the fictional nation of Syldavia in Hergé's Tintin cartoons.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flag_of_Albania (262 words)

	albania - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
		It is bordered by Montenegro in the north, Serbia (Kosovo) in the north-east, the Republic of Macedonia in the east, and Greece in the south, has a coast on the Adriatic Sea in the west, and a coast on the Ionian Sea in the southwest.
		Main article: Politics of Albania The head of state is the president, who is elected by the Kuvendi, or the Assembly of the Republic of Albania.
		Main article: Economy of Albania Albania is one of Europe's poorest countries, with half of the economically-active population still engaged in agriculture and a fifth said to be working abroad.
	www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/Albania (2697 words)

	YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Albania (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		It borders Montenegro in the northwest, Serbia in the north, the Republic of Macedonia in the east, and Greece in the south; it has a coast on the Adriatic Sea in the west, and a coast on the Ionian Sea in the southwest.
		Illyria, Illyricum, Dalmatia, History of Albania}} The earlier inhabitants were part of the population that occupied the coastline of most parts of the Mediterranean.
		Albania's coastline on the Ionian Sea, especially near the Greek tourist island of Corfu, is becoming increasingly popular with tourists due to its relatively unspoiled nature and great beaches.
	www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Albania (2071 words)

	Albania - Voyager, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		It is bordered by Serbia and Montenegro in the north, the Republic of Macedonia in the east, and Greece in the south, has a coast on the Adriatic Sea in the west, and a coast on the Ionian Sea in the southwest.
		The territory of Albania became part of the Ottoman Empire in 1478, after years of resistance under the leadership of Gjergj Kastrioti Skenderbeu, the Albanian National Hero.
		Albania is one of Europe's most impoverished countries, with half of the economically-active population still engaged in agriculture and a fifth said to be working abroad.
	www.voyager.in /Albania (1627 words)

	Albania Information Center - albania media (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		It is bordered by Montenegro in the albania v england football programme north, Kosovo in the north-east, the Republic of Macedonia in the east, and Greece in the south, has a coast on the Adriatic Sea in the west, and a coast on the Ionian Sea in the southwest.
		albania persecution An indication of movement from higher altitudes in a much earlier period has been detected in the distribution of place-names ending in -esh that appears to derive from the Latin -enisis or -esis, between the Shkumbin and the Mat, with a concentration between Elbasan and Kruja.
		Under the Angiò, in the 13th century, the names "Albania" and things to do in albania "Albanenses" indicate the whole country and all the population, as it is demonstrated by the works of many ancient Albanian history of iraq and albania writers such as Budi, Bardhi (Blanco) and Bogdani (Bogdano).
	www.scipeeps.com /Sci-Official_Languages_A_-_C/Albania.html (2204 words)

	Albania (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Albania became part of the Roman and Byzantine Empires before succumbing to a wave of invaders in the Middle Ages, losing most of its original population and finally becaming a part of the Ottoman Empire in 1478.
		It is bordered by Serbia and Montenegro in the north, and north-east, the Republic of Macedonia in the east, and Greece in the south, has a coast on the Adriatic Sea in the west, and a coast on the Ionian Sea in the southwest.
		Albania after the communist regime was overthrown, as all the ex-communist countries, the country was left with an obsolete industrial base and a pattern of industrial capacity wholly unsuited to its needs.
	creekin.net /n2-albania.html (4146 words)

	Emblem of Albania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Emblem of Albania is an adaptation of the Flag of Albania.
		It is based on the seal of Gjergj Kastriot Skanderbeg.
		The emblem above the head of the two-headed eagle is the helmet of Skanderbeg, surmounted with goats' horns.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Emblem_of_Albania (94 words)

	World InfoZone - Albania Facts
		Albania is on the Balkan Peninsula in South Eastern Europe.
		Albania is called "Shqiperia" translated as "land of the eagles".
		Albania was a member of the "Warsaw Pact" until 1968.
	www.worldinfozone.com /facts.php?country=Albania (495 words)

	Meteoroloo.com :: Albania - albania media
		One albania persecution of the first written evidences of the use of the word "Albanoi" as the name of an Illyrian tribe hotel albania in what is now north-central Albania albania 2005 mp3 goes back to the AD 130, in a work of Claudius Ptolemaeus (Ptolemy).
		The derivation of the name political unrest albania Albania is of considerable antiquity, dating back perhaps to the pre-Celtic alb (hill), from whence Alps, or possibly from the Indo-European albh (white), from whence albino and Albion.
		Under the Angiò, in the 13th century, the names "Albania" bat ye'or albania and "Albanenses" indicate the whole country and all the population, as it is demonstrated by the works of many ancient Albanian writers such as Budi, Blanco and Bogdano.
	www.meteoroloo.com /Met-countries-a-b/Albania.html (2178 words)

	Albania
		Albania's conservative Sunni Muslim community broke its last ties with Constantinople in 1923, formally declaring that there had been no caliph (see Glossary) since the Prophet Muhammad himself and that Muslim Albanians pledged primary allegiance to their native country.
		Albania's first political parties emerged only after World War I. Even more than in other parts of the Balkans, political parties were evanescent gatherings centered on prominent persons who created temporary alliances to achieve their personal aims.
		The actual story of communist Albania is, however, quintessentially dystopian, a bleak inventory of bloody purges and repression, a case study in betrayal and obsessive xenophobia, a cacophony of bitter polemics with real and fantasized enemies that the outside world barely took time to notice.
	www.mongabay.com /reference/country_studies/albania/all.html (15247 words)

	Albanian Nationalism
		In Albania, this was not the case as Albania's isolation from the mainstream of European thought as well as its domination by conservative Islamic beys5 largely retarded Albanian national development.
		This, however, was largely centered in Albania proper and was slower to spread in the Albanian populated areas of Serbia and Macedonia.
		Albania at this time had two partisan resistance movements, the Communists led by Enver Hoxha and the Balisti which was a Muslim movement based in northern Albanian and Kosovo.
	www.kosovo.net /sigler.html (9640 words)

	THE ROYAL EMBLEM
		The Royal Emblem depicts the Royal Cipher of His Majesty the King in a golden yellow colour, the colour of His Majesty’s day of Birth.
		It is trimmed in gold on a golden blue background, which is the colour of the Monarchy, and encircled by diamonds, first of gems, meaning the wise men, important authors of the court, well known craftsmen, important elephants, graceful ladies, valiant soldiers, courtiers.
		All the background of the Emblem is coloured green mixed gold, which means: the might of the Royal day of Birth and also the prosperity and fertility of the land which His Majesty has reigned over and nurtured most strenuously ever since He acceded to the Throne.
	www.tatnews.org /THAILAND_GRAND_EVENTS/2839.asp (314 words)

	International News, April 16, 1999
		Some mortars landed close to Albania's border checkpoint at Morini, near to where international aid workers were operating and refugees passing by, said monitors from the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, which watches the Balkans frontier.
		The mythical fl eagle, it bears is also the emblem of Albania, known in The Old Language as the Land of the Eagle.
		It was CIR who asked him to go to Albania to assess the needs of the 315,000 Kosovar refugees who have flooded into the country in the last three weeks.
	archives.tcm.ie /irishexaminer/1999/04/16/fhead.htm (5735 words)

	Information about U.N. (New York) FDC: 20¢ Albania: Flags of the U. N. Series (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Although the warm waters of the Adriatic Sea constantly bathe the shores of Albania, the rugged character of the land and the people is best expressed by the Balkan mountains which cover most of the land.
		In fact the local name for Albania is Shquiperi, the "eagles' country." Although it was once aligned with the Soviet Union and China, Albania today pursues an independent socialist course in international affairs.
		Along the coastline, banana trees flourish and in the terraced foothills orange and lemon crops ripen in the Mediterranean sunshine.
	www.unicover.com /EA1BAOD8.htm (471 words)

	Albania Gift Shop (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The national flag of Albania is a base red flag with a fl two-headed eagle in the centre.
		The emblem above the head of the two-headed eagle is the helmet of Skanderbeg, surmounted with goats' horns.
		It is sometimes considered to violate the rule of tincture, because in English and French heraldry, sable (fl) is considered a colour, whereas elsewhere it is often considered a fur.
	www.europeangiftshop.com /Albania.html (286 words)

	Albania National Symbol,National Flag,National Anthem,National Emblem,Coat Of ...
		Albania has made incremental progress in its democratic development since first holding multiiparty elections in 1991, but deficiencies remain - particularly in regard to the rule of law.
		Although Albania's economy continues to grow, the country is still one of the poorest in Europe, hampered by a large informal economy and an inadequate energy and transportation infrastructure.
		Albania has played a largely helpful role in managing inter-ethnic tensions in southeastern Europe, and is continuing to work toward joining NATO and the EU.
	www.national-symbol.com /A/Albania/Albania-national-symbol.htm (1309 words)

	NRDC-IT The Emblem
		Furthermore, its units participated in Operation IBIS in Somalia in 1993/4.
		Finally, in 1997 the Corps assumed responsibility for the “Alba” Mission in Albania, the first multinational Italian-led Mission ever.
		Fifteen contributing Nations brought humanitarian aid to a country that was in a dramatic economic and political situation.
	www.nato.int /nrdc-it/about/emblem.htm (269 words)

	Emblem of Albania: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Emblem of Albania: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic
		A greater albania is the theoretical political movement and nationalist ideal of an albania with all major albanian groups and traditional territories united together....
		Union of albanian women was a important mass organization in socialist albania....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/e/em/emblem_of_albania.htm (455 words)

	News
		Berisha remarked that Albania's political and economic stability is growing, and the country has one of the best growth records of all the eastern European economies, with inflation also sharply down.
		Albania is ''a poor country, but a solid one,'' he said.
		The pope's meeting with Berisha, a Muslim, was said to have focused on the problems of Albania's 300,000-strong Catholic community, 13 percent of the population.
	www.christusrex.org /www2/news-old/berisha.html (813 words)

	The National Organization of Russian Scouts
		The emblem of the National Organization of Russian Scouts is the original emblem of Russian Scouting as formed in Saint Petersburg in 1909 by Colonel Oleg Pantuhoff.
		The emblem depicts Saint George slaying the dragon superimposed on the traditional fleur-de-lis of Scouting.
		The fleur-de-lys of the NORS emblem is used by both Scouts and Guides.
	www.pinetreeweb.com /norsold1.htm (1286 words)

	Welcome to Frosina.org :: An Albanian Immigrant and Cultural Resource (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The Double-Headed Eagle is the emblem of Albania, and its placement in fl at the center of a crimson-red field became the national flag of Albania during the early part of the 20th century.
		A Double-Headed Eagle was also included in the emblem/standard of Lek Dukagjin who promulgated a body of customary laws (Kanun i Lek' Dukagjinit) that ruled northern Albania from the 15th up to the 20th Century.
		His successes were due to his knowledge of Turkish military tactics, his own sound tactics and strategy, brilliant leadership, the mountaineous terrain, and the support of the Albanian people.
	www.frosina.org /about/infobits.asp?pf=1&id=159 (325 words)

	Albania
		The State Supreme Audit Institution is the highest Institution of economic and financial control of Republic of Albania.
		obtain data for the subjects to be audited in accordance with this law, from the Bank of Albania and other second level and joint ventures banks as soon as possible, but within one week.
		The annual report shall be submitted to the Assembly in accordance with the Law No. 8379, dated 29.07.1998 “For the compilation and execution of the state budget of the Republic of Albania”.
	www.nao.org.uk /intosai/edp/mandates/mandates/Mandates/Albania.html (2183 words)

	Axis History Forum :: View topic - Help identifying a symbol.
		The eagle was the national symbol of albania.
		If I am not mistaken, this is the nation emblem of Albania....
		The symbol is the national emblem of Albania under a helmet with goat horns, which represents Skanderbeg's helmet.
	forum.axishistory.com /viewtopic.php?t=55230 (703 words)

	Rule of Law Through Technology : Level 4 Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Criminal law of the Republic of Albania shall also be applicable to the Albanian citizen who commits an offence within the territory of another country, when that offence is concurrently punishable, unless a final sentence has been given by a foreign court.
		The foreign citizen who commits a criminal act within the territory of the Republic of Albania responds on the basis of the criminal law of the Republic of Albania.
		Expulsion from the territory of the Republic of Albania is decided by the court toward a foreign citizen or person without nationality who commits an offence and it is deemed that his further stay in the territory of the Republic of Albania should no longer continue.
	pbosnia.kentlaw.edu /resources/legal/albania/crim_code.htm (7184 words)

	Original Artwork: Mel Crawford: Albania Scenes
		Although the warm waters of the Adriatic Sea constantly bathe the shores of Albania, the rugged character of the land and the people is best expressed by the Balkan mountains which cover most of the land.
		These mountains have traditionally isolated Albania from much of the world, and in these mountains the eagle emblem of Albania -- still flies.
		In fact the local name for Albania is Shquiperi, the "eagles' country." Although it was once aligned with the Soviet Union and China, Albania today pursues an independent socialist course in international affairs.
	www.artworkoriginals.com /EB5SCBFM.htm (468 words)

	Eagle Emblem Catalog (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The bald eagle was chosen June 20, 1782 as the emblem of the United States of American, because of...
		The double-headed eagle is the emblem of the Greek sport clubs AEK (fl eagle on yellow background) and PAOK (fl eagle on white background).
		It is a symbol of the clubs' origins, since both clubs...
	eagle-emblem.biggestshopping.com (105 words)

	Albania: Historical political flags
		The communist guerillas in Second World War used a red flag with the hammer and sickle, the emblem of the Albanian Communist Party.
		The above is the flag of the Albanian Labour Party (communist, founded in 1941).
		In 1992, it's Xth Congress adopted the name Socialist Party of Albania.
	www.allstates-flag.com /fotw/flags/al}_.html (110 words)

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