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	Albania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Albania consists of mostly hilly and mountainous terrain, the highest mountain, Korab in the district of Dibra reaching up to 2,753 m.
		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.
		Albania's coastline on the Ionian Sea, near the Greek tourist island of Corfu, is becoming increasingly popular with foreign visitors due to its relatively unspoilt nature and good beaches.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Albania (1965 words)

	Albania information - Search.com
		Police stations and military bases were looted of millions of Kalashnikovs and other weapons and smuggled to the KLA in Kosovo.
		Albania consists of mostly hilly and mountainous terrain, the highest mountain, Korab in the district of Dibra reaching up to 2,753 metres (9,032 ft).
		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.search.com /reference/Albania (2015 words)

	Albania - Gurupedia
		Albania has been the site of several Greek colonies, and was later part of the Roman province of Illyricum.
		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.
		Albania is aided financially from abroad, notably by Greece and Italy.
	www.gurupedia.com /a/al/albania.htm (536 words)

	Albania - Balkans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Albania is also the name of an ancient state in the Caucasus – see Caucasian Albania.
		Alternatively, Albania may derive from the same source as the name of the Alps, the etymology of which is uncertain.
		Under the Angiò, in the 13th century, the names "Albania" and "Albanenses" indicated the whole country and all the population, as is demonstrated by the works of many ancient Albanian writers such as Budi, Blanco and Bogdano.
	www.balkans.eu.com /wiki/index.php?title=Albania (2209 words)

	Albania (10/06)
		Albania's territorial integrity was confirmed at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919, after U.S. President Woodrow Wilson dismissed a plan by the European powers to divide Albania among its neighbors.
		Albania adhered to a strict Stalinist philosophy, eventually withdrawing from the Warsaw Pact in 1968 and alienating its final remaining ally, China, in 1978.
		Albania’s public debt reached 55% of GDP in 2005, and the growing trade deficit was estimated at 21.8% of GDP in 2005.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/3235.htm (3761 words)

	Wikinfo \| Albania (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Republic of Albania is a country in southeastern Europe.
		It is bordered by Montenegro in the north, Serbia 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 consists of mostly hilly and mountainous terrain, the highest mountain reaching up to 2,753 m.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Albania (603 words)

	Albania Military Budget and the Economy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Assessments of the impact of defense expenditures on Albania's economy were traditionally hampered by the lack of government statistics on overall economic performance and the Albanian economy's isolation from the international economy.
		Given Albania's low standard of living, per capita military expenditures were high when compared with average family earnings, the bulk of which were required to obtain such basic necessities as food, clothing, and housing.
		It cited annual drills for military reservists and live-fire exercises for infantry and artillery units as costing Albania 100 million leks--an amount equal to the yearly municipal budget for Tiranë.
	www.country-studies.com /albania/military-budget-and-the-economy.html (263 words)

	Albania Military Budget and the Economy - Flags, Maps, Economy, History, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, ...
		Assessments of the impact of defense expenditures on Albania's economy were traditionally hampered by the lack of government statistics on overall economic performance and the Albanian economy's isolation from the international economy.
		Albania generally appropriated 1 billion leks (for value of the lek--see Glossary) per year for the military budget, or about 5 percent of an estimated late 1980 gross domestic product (GNP-- see Glossary) of 20 billion leks--a relatively modest burden on the economy compared to that borne by other communist countries.
		Given Albania's low standard of living, per capita military expenditures were high when compared with average family earnings, the bulk of which were required to obtain such basic necessities as food, clothing, and housing.
	www.photius.com /countries/albania/economy/albania_economy_military_budget_and_~6504.html (325 words)

	Albania - Art History Online Reference and Guide
		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.
		Under the Angiò, in the XIII century, the names "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.
		We first learn of Albanians in their native land as the Arbanites of Arbanon in Anna Comnenas' account (Alexiad 4) of the troubles in that region caused in the reign of her father Alexius I Comneus (1081-1118) by the Normans.
	www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/Albania (2266 words)

	Post-War Albania
		Military victory, and not the lure of Marxism, brought the Albanian communists from behind the coulisses to center stage in Albania's political drama.
		British agents working in Albania during the war fed the Albanian resistance fighters with information that the Allies were planning a major invasion of the Balkans and urged the disparate Albanian groups to unite their efforts.
		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.shsu.edu /~his_ncp/AlbanPW.html (5233 words)

	Encyclopedia: Military of Albania (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Albania joined the Soviet-led Warsaw Treaty Organization (see Glossary), popularly known as the Warsaw Pact, on May 14, 1955, but did not participate in joint Warsaw Pact military exercises because of its distance from other members of the alliance.
		Albania preferred the Soviet Union to Yugoslavia as an ally because its distance and lack of a common border appeared to limit the extent to which it could interfere in Albania's internal affairs.
		Albania provided China with little practical support, but its value as an international political ally was sufficient for the Chinese to continue military assistance.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Military-of-Albania (331 words)

	Central Europe Review - Albanian News Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Greek squadron has been based in Albania since the crisis of 1997, in the wake of which Albania's military needed help in restructuring.
		ATDA will be responsible for implementing the initiative, the goal of which is to assist Albania, Macedonia and Bulgaria in developing and integrating their transportation infrastructures along the East-West Corridor.
		Albania will be a member of the World Trade Organisation by 15 July, a seminar organised in Tirana by representatives of the WTO and the Albanian government predicted this week.
	www.ce-review.org /00/24/albanianews24.html (1229 words)

	Albania: Information on persecution and human rights abuses by the Albanian military against the Albanian people during ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		These forces (esp. the Sigurimi) were involved in censorship; monitoring ideology of party members; purging the party, the government, and the military; and the political reeducation of labor camp inmates.
		Albanian Frontier Guards, though organized along military lines and trained in military institutions, were until 1991 subordinate to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, not the Ministry of People's Defense.
		In addition to the mandate of preventing illegal entry into Albania, the Frontier Guards were also charged with the task of preventing individuals, at times using force, from illegally exiting Albania (Albania: A Country Study 1994, 236).
	uscis.gov /graphics/services/asylum/ric/documentation/ALB00001.htm (375 words)

	NATO Review No. 2, Summer 1998, pp. 22-26
		A large part of the population was equipped with arms as part of the total defence concept and open confrontation with the armed forces, often themselves victims of the collapse of the pyramid schemes, gradually increased.
		Their aim was not to provide a single model for Albania to adopt, but rather to offer a range of expertise which Albania could use or adapt according to its own requirements.
		Military units are being re-established in step with the gradual repair and reconstitution of support facilities.
	www.nato.int /docu/review/1998/9802-07.htm (2033 words)

	News Story \| Serbianna.com
		TIRANA (AP)--The U.S., Albania and Macedonia are holding joint military exercises to boost combat readiness and promote cooperation with NATO and regional allies, the U.S. Embassy said Tuesday.
		Albania and Macedonia often carry out joint military exercises with NATO members in preparation for their proposed membership in the military alliance in 2006.
		Although it was unable to provide significant military support, it opened its airspace, offered U.S.-led forces the use of its bases and sent a 120-troop army unit.
	www.serbianna.com /news/2005/01667.html (188 words)

	US Arms Albania And Turkey. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Although Albania's wasteful military practices are of common knowledge, providing such an oppressive state, in such an unstable geographic area, with such weapon systems is moronic (to say the least).
		Albania's military is in such shambles, that out of 4 Whiskey class submarines "in service", none can submerge, and one of them is used as a generator at Sazan Island for a military base there.
		Their present military condition might be a laughing matter, but for the US to arm them when they know the situation in Kossovo and FYROM (with the Albanian minorities), that for sure is not a matter one can laugh about.
	www.hellas.org /news/1995/nea-95an.htm (430 words)

	NewsFromRussia.Com:NATO takes military exercises in Albania
		The exercises were being held in the Vlora bay, 140 kilometers southwest of the capital, Tirana.
		France, which withdrew from the alliance's integrated military structure in 1965, is also taking part.
		Albania, which aims to join NATO, has small peacekeeping military units in Iraq, Afghanistan and Bosnia, the AP reports.
	newsfromrussia.com /world/2005/09/14/62860_.html (208 words)

	Military of Albania
		Military manpower - military age: 19 years of age
		Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 35,508 (2000 est.)
		Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 1.5% (FY99)
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/mi/Military_of_Albania.html (102 words)

	Zog of Albania Summary
		He was previously Prime Minister of Albania between 1922 and 1924 and President of Albania between 1925 and 1928.
		Ahmed Zogolli was born in Castle Burgajet, Albania, third son to Xhemal Pasha Zogolli and Sadijé Toptani.
		In 1932 and 1933, Albania was unable to pay the interest payments on its loans from the Society for the Economic Development of Albania, and the Italians used this as a pretext for further dominance.
	www.bookrags.com /Zog_of_Albania (3324 words)

	FREE In-depth report - Military Schools - Albania
		The Skanderbeg Military School was a secondary school that prepared students to enter the United Higher Officers' School.
		Enver Hoxha, was the oldest military education institution in the country.
		The Military Academy, once named for Mehmet Shehu, was an advanced institution offering training equivalent to that of command and staff schools or war colleges in Western military establishments.
	www.exploitz.com /Albania-Military-Schools-cg.php (263 words)

	Albania maps from Omnimap.com, world leader in map supply.
		Albania has lagged behind the rest of eastern Europe in releasing restricted mapping.
		It also shows the current borders of Albania as a "state boundary." The Ethnic Albania includes essentially all of Kosova, much of Macedonia, and parts of Greece and Montenegro.
		An uncluttered road map of Albania and surrounding territory, with physical relief shown by hill shading and some spot heights.
	www.omnimap.com /catalog/int/albania.htm (476 words)

	ALBANIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The derivation of the name Albania is of considerable antiquity, dating back perhaps to the pre-Celtic alb, from whence Alps, or possibly from the Indo-european albh, from whence albino and Albion.
		Between 1990 and 1992 Albania ended 46 years of xenophobic Communist rule and established a multiparty democracy.
		The Eastern Orthodox and Catholic Church are the other main religions in Albania, though in Albania religious fanaticism has never been a serious problem with people from different religions leaving in peace and even getting married without any problem.
	www.yotor.org /wiki/en/al/Albania.htm (724 words)

	Albania - Military Budget and the Economy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Albania generally appropriated 1 billion leks per year for the military budget, or about 5 percent of an estimated late 1980 gross domestic product of 20 billion leks--a relatively modest burden on the economy compared to that borne by other communist countries.
		However, the absence of reliable statistics made it difficult to calculate this budget as a percentage of total government spending--a common indicator of the priority accorded defense.
		Moreover the new coalition government that took office in June 1991, in a move that probably indicated that the military budget had imposed a hardship on the civilian economy, announced an immediate 20-percent reduction in defense spending.
	countrystudies.us /albania/164.htm (263 words)

	Albania
		Albania was considered by Italy primarily as a military bridgehead for Balkan campaigns (the coal resources in HoI may be overstated).
		Albania's main exports were petroleum, animal skins, cheese, livestock, and eggs and prime imports were grain and other foodstuffs, metal products, and machinery.
		Albania's leaders lacked accurate data on the country's agricultural output, as well as on the extent and characteristics of its farmland, livestock herds, and oil and mineral deposits.
	www.mnstarfire.com /ww2/history/countries/Albania.html (1603 words)

	Albania - Military Manpower (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The military reserve training needed to support mobilization plans also imposed a burden on the country's economic activity.
		The population was relatively young, with fully 60 percent under the age of thirty.
		In the early 1990s plans for expanding the existing military establishment during mobilization were unclear to Western observers.
	countrystudies.us /albania/160.htm (513 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Wayne High graduate serving in military dies in Albania crash
		Staff Sgt. Patrick Pentico's plane crashed in Albania's Drizez Mountains on Thursday, killing all nine Americans aboard.
		The crew was flying the C-130 Combat Talon II in a joint training mission with the Albanian military, a spokesman for the Special Operations Command Europe said.
		An investigation into the crash is expected to take several weeks, the military reported.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,600124077,00.html (541 words)

	CIA - The World Factbook -- Albania (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		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.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/al.html (1263 words)

	The Militant - 4/21/97 -- Italian Gov't Is Ready To Head Military Occupation Of Albania
		The imperialist military intervention comes in response to the two-month-old revolt against the pro-capitalist regime of President Sali Berisha.
		Paris, which initiated the proposal for the military occupation of this Balkan workers state, is slated to send 1,000 soldiers.
		Both of these parties, however, which represent competing layers of the bureaucratic caste that has ruled for decades in Albania, are strong advocates of imperialist intervention, hoping to quell the working-class revolt.
	www.themilitant.com /1997/6116/6116_2.html (641 words)

	Military of Albania - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Military of Albania - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The military of Albania is made up of the General Staff Headquarters, Land Forces Command (Army), Naval Forces Command, Air Defense Command, Training and Doctrine Command, and Logistics Command.
		Military of Albania, Reference, See also, External links, Militaries and Military of Albania.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Military_of_Albania (100 words)

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