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Albania says 4 officers deserted after training in Britain

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Court delays deportation of Connecticut mother

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Albania pays last respects to Robert Elsie, folklore scholar

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Italian players celebrate the goal of their team during the World Cup Group G qualifying soccer match between Albania and Italy at Loro Borici stadium, in Shkoder, northern Albania, Monday, Oct. 9, 2017. Italy won 1-0.(AP Photo/Hektor Pustina)

Italy facing ‘limitations’ in bid to qualify for World Cup

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Spain's Gerard Pique kicks the ball during the World Cup Group G qualifying soccer match between Spain and Albania at the Rico Perez stadium in Alicante, Spain, Friday, Oct. 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)

Spain clinches World Cup spot with win against Albania

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FILE - In this Monday, Sept 4, 2017 file photo, Spain's Gerard Pique takes part in a training session a day prior to the World Cup Group G qualifying soccer match between Liechtenstein and Spain at the Rheinpark stadium in Vaduz, Liechtenstein. Spain coach Julen Lopetegui has defended Gerard Pique from critics who question his loyalty to the national team because of his support for a disputed referendum on Catalan independence. (Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone via AP, FIle)

Lopetegui wants focus on soccer after Pique jeered by fans

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Roma goalkeeper Alisson Becker and teammate Daniele De Rossi celebrate their side's 2-0 win at the end of the Serie A soccer match between AC Milan and Roma, at the Milan San Siro stadium, Italy, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017. (Matteo Bazzi/ANSA via AP)

Injured De Rossi and Pellegrini replaced in Italy squad

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Albania coach Panucci looking to surprise Spain and Italy

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Chelsea's Alvaro Morata, left, is challenged for the ball by Manchester City's John Stones during their English Premier League soccer match between Chelsea and Manchester City at Stamford Bridge stadium in London, Saturday, Sept. 30, 2017. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Iniesta, Morata and Carvajal to miss World Cup qualifiers

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Albania to add an infantry platoon in Afghanistan

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Spain's Isco, right, with Liechtenstein's Sandro Wieser, during the 2018 Fifa World Cup Russia group G qualification soccer match between Liechtenstein and Spain at the Rheinpark stadium in Vaduz, Liechtenstein, on Tuesday, Sept.5, 2017. (Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone via AP)

Spains crushes Liechtenstein 8-0, Italy beats Israel 1-0

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In this Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017 photo released by Albanian Defense Ministry soldiers stand next to military vehicles in Tirana. Albania’s Defense Ministry says that the United States has started to provide light trucks to bolster its military capacities. (Albanian Defense Ministry via AP)

Albania gets US military Humvees to bolster its army

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In this Tuesday, July 18, 2017 photo, a fish swims through part of the Italian World War II shipwreck MV Probitas, with Dive Safety Officer Howard Phoenix of the non-profit RPM Nautical Foundation in the background. On the seabed off the rugged shores of Albania, one of the world’s least explored underwater coastlines, lies a wealth of treasures. Ancient amphorae that carried olive oil and wine; wrecks with hidden tales of heroism and treachery from two world wars; spectacular rock formations and marine life. (AP Photo/Elena Becatoros)

Wrecks, sunken treasures lie under Albania’s coastal waters

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FILE - In this file photo dated Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014, Serbia's Stefan Mitrovic grabs a banner containing the Albanian flag attached to a drone flying above the pitch during the Euro 2016 Group I qualifying match between Serbia and Albania in Belgrade, Serbia. The banner prompted fan violence with the match was suspended, and a man who claims to have flown the drone has been detained but it is revealed Saturday July 29, 2017, that Albania’s soccer federation is calling on Albanian authorities to stop his extradition to Serbia. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, FILE)

Albania soccer federation fights fan’s extradition to Serbia

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Albania hires Christian Panucci as national team coach

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Bunches of mountain tea are on sale in a shop in Athens, on Saturday, July 1, 2017. Greek authorities and conservationists say bands of impoverished Albanians make regular forays over the border, illegally harvesting donkey loads of wild herbs and medicinal plants such as mountain tea, also called ironwort, hawthorn and primrose, but also eradicating rare or endangered species. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)

Looters strip Greek mountains of wild tea, rare plants

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Albania coach De Biasi resigns with immediate effect

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CORRECTS THE LEAR QUOTE In this photo provided by Albania's National Coastline Agency shows a sketch drawn from Edward Lear, the English artist known mainly for &quot;The owl and the pussy-cat&quot; and other literary nonsense, put at an exhibition in the Tirana. The National Coastline Agency on Thursday, June 8, 2017 opened an exhibition of Lear's sketches made in 1848 during his first trip to Albania. (National Coastline Agency via AP)

Albania promotes Via Egnatia with Edward Lear’s sketches

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Albania Defense Ministry opens military island for tourism

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Albania's supporters light flares during a 2018 World Cup Group G qualifying soccer match between Italy and Albania, at the Renzo Barbera stadium, in Palermo, Italy, Friday, March 24, 2017. (Mike Palazzotto/ANSA via AP)

Italy match halted for 9 mins as Albania fans throw flares

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