Saturday, January 29, 2011

Anti-government protest in Albania

Albania Politics Opposition

Flowers lie in front of the Prime Minister's office in Tirana, Albania as police officers seal off a planned opposition protest march / AP Source: AP

TENS of thousands of demonstrators have started a silent protest in the Albanian capital Tirana, a week to the day after clashes during an opposition rally killed three.

The demonstrators, headed by the leadership of the opposition Socialists and the families of the victims, started a march on the government buildings. People continued to pour into the downtown area near the government, bringing traffic in central Tirana to a standstill. Many protesters carried flowers...

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