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                    [Title] => More than 20 dead as Albania hunts for earthquake survivors
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                    [Title] => Pope Francis urges Muslims to condemn extremism
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Pope Francis called Sunday for Muslims and all religious leaders to condemn Islamic extremists who "pervert" religion to justify violence, as he visited Albania and held up the Balkan nation as a model for interfaith harmony for the rest of the world.

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An exchange of gunfire near a polling station wounded a candidate for parliament and left dead a supporter of a rival party during Albania's national elections on yesterday, tainting what had been a largely peaceful campaign season and threatening to further undermine the nation's bid to join the European Union.

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Albanian police say one sailor has died and five others are missing after their Turkish merchant ship collided with a ferry and sank in the Adriatic.

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The Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines expects the current members of the national women’s team to step up and fill in the void left by the veteran internationalist Annie Albania as the ABAP seeks to qualify a female boxer to the London Olympics.

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Top lady boxer Annie Albania yesterday said she’s accepting the decision of the Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines (ABAP) dropping her from the national team and would spend her “breather” from the sport resting her tired body and starting a business of her own.

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Two more Filipino pugs fought their way to the semifinal round, assuring Team Philippines of at least three bronze medals in the 16th Asian Games boxing competitions at the Foshan Gymnasium here yesterday.

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Annie Albania easily disposed of aggressive Kazakh rival Zhaina Shekerbekova with her superb counterpunching, fashioning out a 9-2 victory for a berth in the quarterfinals of the 16th Asian Games boxing competitions at the Foshan Gymnasium here yesterday.

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Three Filipina fighters – all gold medalists in the recent MVP Cup – are out to make waves at the sixth AIBA World Women’s Championships in Bridgetown, Barbados, on Sept. 6-19 but it won’t be smooth waters in the biennial competition expected to draw over 300 participants from 75 countries in 10 weight classes.

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                    [Title] => The loneliness of one of Albania's last sworn virgins
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                    [Title] => More than 20 dead as Albania hunts for earthquake survivors
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Pope Francis called Sunday for Muslims and all religious leaders to condemn Islamic extremists who "pervert" religion to justify violence, as he visited Albania and held up the Balkan nation as a model for interfaith harmony for the rest of the world.

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An exchange of gunfire near a polling station wounded a candidate for parliament and left dead a supporter of a rival party during Albania's national elections on yesterday, tainting what had been a largely peaceful campaign season and threatening to further undermine the nation's bid to join the European Union.

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Albanian police say one sailor has died and five others are missing after their Turkish merchant ship collided with a ferry and sank in the Adriatic.

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The Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines expects the current members of the national women’s team to step up and fill in the void left by the veteran internationalist Annie Albania as the ABAP seeks to qualify a female boxer to the London Olympics.

[DatePublished] => 2011-01-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097461 [AuthorName] => Olmin Leyba [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 647612 [Title] => Albania: ABAP sanction 'unfair' [Summary] =>

Top lady boxer Annie Albania yesterday said she’s accepting the decision of the Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines (ABAP) dropping her from the national team and would spend her “breather” from the sport resting her tired body and starting a business of her own.

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Two more Filipino pugs fought their way to the semifinal round, assuring Team Philippines of at least three bronze medals in the 16th Asian Games boxing competitions at the Foshan Gymnasium here yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2010-11-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096369 [AuthorName] => Joey Villar [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 632053 [Title] => Albania smothers tall Kazakh, enters quarterfinals [Summary] =>

Annie Albania easily disposed of aggressive Kazakh rival Zhaina Shekerbekova with her superb counterpunching, fashioning out a 9-2 victory for a berth in the quarterfinals of the 16th Asian Games boxing competitions at the Foshan Gymnasium here yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2010-11-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096369 [AuthorName] => Joey Villar [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 605243 [Title] => Pinay pugs gird for world tilt [Summary] =>

Three Filipina fighters – all gold medalists in the recent MVP Cup – are out to make waves at the sixth AIBA World Women’s Championships in Bridgetown, Barbados, on Sept. 6-19 but it won’t be smooth waters in the biennial competition expected to draw over 300 participants from 75 countries in 10 weight classes.

[DatePublished] => 2010-08-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => http://a.imageshack.us/img832/8836/spo6vassthumb.jpg ) ) )
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