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Complaints delay Albania results
Workers take down poster of Prime Minister Fatos Nano in Tirana
Albania's electoral commission says it cannot publish results from Sunday's general election until it has dealt with 160 complaints. The constitution allows the commission 28 days to publish the results, and correspondents predict further delays. Preliminary results put the opposition Democrats of Sali Berisha well ahead of Prime Minister Fatos Nano's Socialists. President Ibrahim Rugova, of the UN administered province of Kosovo, has already congratulated Mr Berisha. In a joint statement, the ambassadors of Britain and France called on the electoral commission to speed up the process. Election violence Monitors from the European security organisation, the OSCE, have said the election conformed only partially to democratic norms. Correspondents say the monitors' approval is crucial if Albania is to fulfil its ambition to start a partnership with the European Union and Nato. The elections are being seen as an important test of the country's democratic credentials. European observers said the poll had been marred by irregularities and failed to fully meet democratic standards. Three people also died in election-related violence.
http://listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0507b&L=albanews&F=&S=&P=3650
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Workers take down poster of Prime Minister Fatos Nano in Tirana
Albania's electoral commission says it cannot publish results from Sunday's general election until it has dealt with 160 complaints. The constitution allows the commission 28 days to publish the results, and correspondents predict further delays. Preliminary results put the opposition Democrats of Sali Berisha well ahead of Prime Minister Fatos Nano's Socialists. President Ibrahim Rugova, of the UN administered province of Kosovo, has already congratulated Mr Berisha. In a joint statement, the ambassadors of Britain and France called on the electoral commission to speed up the process. Election violence Monitors from the European security organisation, the OSCE, have said the election conformed only partially to democratic norms. Correspondents say the monitors' approval is crucial if Albania is to fulfil its ambition to start a partnership with the European Union and Nato. The elections are being seen as an important test of the country's democratic credentials. European observers said the poll had been marred by irregularities and failed to fully meet democratic standards. Three people also died in election-related violence.
http://listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0507b&L=albanews&F=&S=&P=3650
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