Tirana
TIRANA, Albania - Through decades of Communist isolation, Albanians had little reason to laugh.
TIRANA, Albania - A media organization is condemning as exorbitant the 400,000 ($491,000) fine imposed on an Albanian TV station that aired video of a government officials asking a job applicant to take her clothes off.
TIRANA, Albania - Twenty-two opposition Socialist lawmakers and 180 supporters have launched a hunger strike to press the government to allow a partial recount of an election they claim was tainted by vote-rigging.
BRUSSELS - President Barack Obama won flattering words but little solid firepower from European allies for his new Afghanistan strategy Wednesday, as small countries pitched in small troop reinforcements but bigger armies held back.
