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Italian national soccer team goalkeepers Gianluigi Buffon, left, and Gianluigi Donnarumma warm up during a training session in Coverciano, near Florence, Italy, Wednesday, March 22, 2017. Italy will face Albania for a World Cup Group G qualifying soccer match in Palermo on Friday, March 24. (Maurizio Degl'Innocenti/ANSA via AP)

Italy goalkeeper Buffon to play his 1,000th match

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Albania to send infantry platoon to Iraq’s anti-IS coalition

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This undated picture provided on Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, by the Albanian National Coastline Agency shows a shipwreck discovered by the RPM's Hercules research vessel in Ionian Sea, Albania. The country is promoting the archaeological finds in the waters off its southwest coast to raise public interest and to attract attention of decision-makers who can help preserve the discoveries. The Albanian National Coastline Agency opened an exhibition on Monday, Feb. 13 of 30 pictures showing underwater finds of potential archaeological significance from the last decade. (The Albanian National Coastline Agency via AP)

Albania promotes its underwater archaeology, for tourism

By LLAZAR SEMINI - Associated Press

Kokomo international students share experiences in America

By CAELE PEMBERTON - Associated Press

Albanian police get ready in front of the Elbasan Arena, where will Albania play their World Cup 2018 qualifying soccer match against Israel under tight security measures in Elbasan, 50 kilometers (30 miles) south of the capital, Tirana, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016. Police have taken extreme steps after media reports that an alleged terror group of 15 persons, arrested in Albania, Kosovo and Macedonia, planned an attack during the match. The venue was changed for &quot;security reasons&quot; from the northern city of Shkoder to Elbasan (AP Photo/Hektor Pustina)

Albanian religious leader welcomes Israel ahead of WCup game

By LLAZAR SEMINI - Associated Press

Albania nominates its first female army general

Associated Press

Kosovo's national team head coach Albert Bunjaki 3rd from left, attends a training session ahead of the World Cup Group I qualifying soccer match between Kosovo and Croatia at Feronikeli stadium in Drenas, Kosovo on Monday, Oct. 3, 2016. Kosovo was fast-tracked into the World Cup qualifiers after became a UEFA and FIFA member last May. Thursday's match against Croatia will be played in Albania's northern city of Shkodra as Kosovo has no stadium certified by UEFA. Three days later Kosovo travels to Ukraine. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)

Kosovo hoping to be surprise package of World Cup qualifiers

By FLORENT BAJRAMI - Associated Press

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, left, welcomes the Albanian national soccer squad arriving in Tirana after failing to qualify to the next round at the EURO 2016 European Championship, Thursday, June 23, 2016.(AP Photo/Hektor Pustina)

An albatross in Albania?

By Jason Katz

Migrants sit below a banner outside a former Olympic indoor stadium in Faliro, southern Athens Associated Press photo

JASON KATZ: Albania’s voice of moderation

By Jason Katz

In this Monday, July 6, 2015 photo, Miss California Natasha Martinez speaks during an interview after rehearsals for the upcoming Miss USA Pageant in Baton Rouge, La. Pageant co-owner Donald Trump recently made comments painting Mexican immigrants as criminals. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Miss USA contestants dismiss Trump comments, show must go on

By STACEY PLAISANCE and REBECCA SANTANA - Associated Press