Six-year-old Manjola suffers from a rare illness FATOS BAXHAKU TIRANA — “Help me to be like all my friends.” This is the appeal that six-year-old Manjola Kafplani, from the village of Bershat in Skrapar, makes through the “Gazeta” to everyone who is able to help her recover from an unusual illness. For many months little Manjola has been admitted to the Gastroenterology Clinic of Tirana Pediatric Hospital. The diagnosis: malabsorption syndrome, the doctors say. Put more simply, Manjola’s digestive system cannot digest food, and her physical and mental development is severely compromised. With the resources available to Tirana Hospital, this is all that can be done. Further examinations require an intestinal biopsy, which can only be performed abroad. But this requires money, which the poor family with many children of Nexhmi Kapllani, from the remote village of Skrapar, does not have. From the first months of her life, Manjola’s parents began to notice that their daughter was not developing normally like all the other children. She had always remained small, and severe diarrhea tormented the child day and night. In addition, she could not tolerate food. Folk remedies, commonly used by rural families, did not help either. Nevertheless, the little girl continued to grow, but only in age, because today, at six years old, she still looks like an underdeveloped three-year-old child. Finally, her parents decided to take her to a doctor, who sent them to the local emergency hospital, which recommended her urgent admission to Tirana Pediatric Hospital. Doctor Paskal Cullufi, of the [text cut off] “Gazeta” about the little patient’s serious condition: “This girl came to our hospital very late, when the illness was at an advanced stage. The child is currently suffering from severe diarrhea, which usually continues for months, and we are unable to stop it. If this condition continues, even the main vital functions will be at risk. The only hope for the child is to determine the necessary treatment.” There is only one hope for the little girl from the village: donors must pay for her stay in one of the foreign clinics. Only then will the smile return to Manjola’s face and will she finally begin to feel like all her little friends. Until that happens, she will continue to wait in a room at Tirana Pediatric Hospital, her gaze fixed on the door from which [text cut off] From the first months of not developing normally and like all the other children. She had always lagged behind the others. Busy with their daily worries and work in the village, at first they thought the child had been affected by a ... [text cut off]. A first-time mother ... [text cut off] she 6 years old, she still looks like an underdeveloped 3-year-old child. Then one day her parents decided to take her to the local doctor, who recommended that she be urgently admitted to Tirana Pediatric Hospital. Concerned, the head of the Gastrointestinal Clinic, where Manjola is currently being treated, ... [text cut off]. The pediatric hospital in Tirana

Dead and wounded. Clinton: Revenge for the attempt on Bush’s life Saddam: A cowardly attack BAGHDAD — Three people were killed and six, according to Iraqi sources and the network, were wounded following the attack by 23 American Tomahawk missiles, launched during the night between Friday and Saturday from American ships in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf against the Iraqi secret-service command in Baghdad. According to US President Bill Clinton, the action was decided after investigations conducted by the FBI, which found the Iraqi intelligence service responsible for the attempt to kill former president George Bush during his visit to Kuwait City (the Kuwaiti capital) on April 15 last. Above, United States General Colin Powell. Below, the rubble caused by the missile attack in Baghdad An emergency meeting of the UN Security Council was held on Sunday evening. The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Boutros Ghali, did not want to comment on the missile attack against the command headquarters of the Iraqi secret service in Baghdad. Almost all Western countries have justified the military intervention. France, which was informed on Saturday of the military intervention, understands the reaction of the United States; Germany, Belgium, England, Australia, Russia and Israel also consider it justified. In London, the opposition Iraqi National Congress, CNI, said Saddam Hussein had provoked the American attack. Negative reactions came from most Arab countries, beginning with Iran, which expressed strong condemnation of what it called clear aggression. The Arab League declared that an end must be put to the policy of discrimination in international affairs. Egypt also expressed this view, saying it would have preferred a less ambiguous American position toward Serbia. Sudan also called the attack a mistake; no official statement has yet come from the Vatican. President Saddam Hussein and the Revolutionary Command Council said in a statement that it was a “cowardly attack” and described as “absurd” the accusations made by Washington, saying that they were “products genuinely originating with the Kuwaiti leaders.” According to senior Iraqi officials, Kuwait had received this “support from the US administration, which seeks to provoke a crisis and fabricate slander in order to continue its criminal policy against the Iraqi people.” The international press, brought to the al-Mansour area, where the missile-struck general headquarters of the secret services is located, was shown three destroyed beds, hit by three Tomahawks which — according to Washington — had missed their target. The missiles created craters about 10 meters deep, and the surrounding streets were blocked with broken glass and mud. Nearly 10,000 people, according to newspaper sources, attended the victims’ funerals.

Bilateral investigations continue to establish what happened DIBER — An Albanian major in the border forces was killed and a corporal was wounded. These were the casualties of the serious incident that took place on the Albanian-Macedonian border. According to the official account, “at Pyramid 2, at Kulla e Zyberit near Kalisë in the Dibër district, Macedonian border forces fired a burst of gunfire in the direction of the Albanian border units.” It has also been announced that both sides of the border are conducting a prompt investigation to establish the exact facts of the incident. A representative of the European Community for Border Incidents also arrived at the scene immediately. After the killing of Major Hajrulla Tolia, Corporal Vehbi Përzhilla is now hospitalized. The incident remains unclear to the Albanian Ministry of Defense, “as long as the investigations by both sides have not been completed.” The Macedonian media have also not hurried to provide a conclusion.

A JOURNEY THROUGH FOOTBALL HISTORY / 1931: «SK Tirana» champions SKIFTER KELLICI TIRANA — The second championship was dominated by the Tirana team. Let us take a brief, closer look at this first championship; in the first championship, in the second championship, the teams were divided into two groups. “Shkodra” and “SK Vlora” were in the same group as “SK Tirana”, while the second group included “Skënderbeu”, “Teuta”, “Urani” of Berat and “Muzaka” of Berat. In the first group, the teams from Tirana and Shkodër finished level on five points each, they finished level on five points each, while in their match ... [text partly illegible]. ... the “Teuta” team, which ... “Skënderbeu”, “Urani” and “Muzaka”. ... to determine the champion ... in Tirana. But when “Teuta” ... draws 1–1, it is not ... least those threatened by Durrës, it will be the champion of Albania. But in the matches ... a draw ... at 1–0 and, while the goalkeeper ... Durrës ... once again ... in this match ... A photograph from 1930 of the Tirana–Teuta match in Durrës

Clashes in Gjirokastër, dispute between the governments of Athens and Tirana ATHENS — More than 4,500 Albanians, according to the international press agency, were arrested by Greek police in the course of clearance operations that continued for 48 hours straight, between Saturday and Sunday. Many of them, suspected of having entered Greece illegally, were transferred to the border with Albania and thus forced to re-enter their homeland. This was announced on Sunday by the Minister of Public Order in Athens. Tensions between the governments of Athens and Tirana suddenly worsened on Friday, when news emerged of clashes between Albanian police and the population of Greek origin in Gjirokastër, a city in southern Albania. The cause of the disturbance appears to have been the expulsion from Albania of Marios Chrysostomos, a Greek Orthodox priest. According to Greek officials, Friday’s unrest followed ... [text partly illegible in the following columns]. Albanians at the border with Greece ... were gathered in the hangar at Hellanikon at Athens International Airport. From here they are transported, as has been done since the Second World War. Most of the Albanians arrested in Greece ... scheduled in Tirana, the Foreign Minister, Miha... Papacostantinou, the Minister of Economy, Stephenos Manos, and the Minister of Defense, Ioannis Varvitsiotis.

THE PAPER MILL IN LAÇ FACES FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES — Normal production can no longer continue at the Paper Mill in Laç, even though there is no shortage of raw materials. The reason is the lack of a viable market for this factory’s main products: paper and lignosulfonate... [text partly illegible]. Packaging paper has been held up because of the massive entry of imported food products, while the production of refractory bricks in Elbasan... THE MONASTERY OF SAINT PODHONI IN VOSKOPOJË REOPENS — After 26 years, the first pilgrimage was organized at the Holy Monastery of Saint Prodhon in Voskopoja. This gathering takes place according to a very old tradition, with believers from Voskopoja, Korça and other towns meeting at the end of every June. WORK BEGINS ON A NEW MOSQUE IN SHKODËR — Work has begun in the Kiras neighborhood of the city of Shkodër on the construction of a new mosque, the first since the fall of the communist dictatorship. The construction of the new mosque will be financed by the Muslim Charitable Community of Kuwait. Representatives of the local authorities and political parties in the district attended the start of the work, which was carried out according to Muslim ritual. THE MINISTER OF THE ROYAL HOUSEHOLD, MULOSMANAJ, ARRIVES IN TIRANA — Abedin Mulosmanaj, minister of the Royal Household in exile, arrived in Tirana after many years of political exile. The Minister of the Household left Albania for the USA in 1951 and has held the post to which he was appointed in 1967 ever since. For a period of more than a decade, he directed the newspaper “Atdheu”, the organ of the “Lëvizja e Legalitetit” Party. REPUBLICAN PARTY CHAIRMAN SABRI GODO REISSUES A HISTORY BOOK — The book by Sabri Godo, current chairman of the Republican Party, devoted to Ali Pashë Tepelena, has been reissued. The editor of the work, Perikli Jorgoni, scholar and critic, emphasized that “in its second version the work has taken on a more philosophical character, with greater intensity of thought and a richer wealth of facts.” The historical figure of Ali Pashë Tepelena is very well known, and the new work is a monument not only to him, but also to the historical era in which he lived.