Albania releases former president as police and protestors clash
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Albania releases former president as police and protestors clash

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Albania releases former president as police and protestors clash A court in Balkan nation of Albania has released the country's former president and prime minister after he spent nearly a year under house arrest. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: A court in the Balkan nation of Albania has released the country's former president and prime minister, Sali Berisha. WILLEM MARX, BYLINE: A former cardiologist, Sali Berisha was a leading figure in Albania's independence movement during the late 1980s and early '90s before being elected the new state's second president and the country's first noncommunist leader in more than 50 years. And both men say the country's current long-serving prime minister, Edi Rama, has orchestrated the charges against them as part of a political repression campaign.

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