A new wave of arrests yesterday in the capital. Nine former officials in handcuffs ANTI-GENOCIDE / Prosecutor's Office: "They violated the 1946 and 1976 constitutions by committing genocide against the population" TIRANA - The handcuffs have tightened around the hands of the former senior officials of the dictatorship. A new wave of arrests included 9 of them yesterday. Former ministers, former Prosecutors General, former members of the Political Bureau and former leaders of the Ministry of the Interior were escorted by police car to the Tirana court, where the cells were officially prepared to receive them. The charge? The one already known, which condemned to cells, just a few weeks ago, most of their colleagues from the dictatorship: "They have violated the existing constitutions of 1946 and 1976, and the Penal Code by committing genocide against the Albanian people." Hekuran Isai Tirana Prosecutor's Office Arrests Aranit Çela Simon Stefani Rrapi Mino Qemal Bregasi Llambi Gegprifti Hekuran Isai Foto Çami Veiz Hadëri Manush Myftiu On page 3 Hekuran Isai; Tirana Prosecutor's Office

Quarter-finals, both teams win away Yesterday from the "Olimpik" - "Partizani" match (photo: H. Pustina) "Olimpiku" and "Shkumbini" triumph on their home grounds Two away wins for the league leaders "Teuta" and "Tirana" From England to France, the latest on the national championships On pages 9-10

The Greek government changes TIRANA - Will the policy between Athens and Tirana change now? Karolos Papulias, the head of Greek diplomacy, known in both countries for the name he made through his anti-Albanian policy in recent years, spent his last evening in office. His post was handed over to Theodoros Pangalos, former Minister of Trade and one of the "opponents" of former Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou. But what is lost and what is gained with Papulias's departure from the Greek government? A good expert on Greek political developments told the newspaper last night, commenting that Athens' stance toward Albania was not personal to Papulias but to Greek diplomacy. Kosta Simitis, the new Prime Minister of Greece, confirmed it yesterday in his country, making it clear that there will be no change in the political course of the cabinet so far led by Papandreou. Parliament voted for Simitis last night, giving him the post of prime minister, but the question remains: will relations between Tirana and Athens change? A.Minari

More than 40 percent of those surveyed support the President Berisha Nano On page 3 Berisha; Nano

The candle flame ignited the gas The darkness caused by an electrical fault and the lack of experience in using the gas stove sent the boy Ilir Zela to hospital A small candle flame caused an explosion that burned the walls of the house, and the boy was urgently taken to hospital in serious condition. The Zela family, displaced from the villages of Lushnjë, has been occupying the house on the outskirts of Kuçovë for 3 years. On page 3

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Pëllumbi "Only a few crumbs don't ruin the PS" Yesterday in Durrës, the conference. The lists of candidates and delegates to the congress TIRANA - Even Fatos Nano's final word about the "crumbs" set the hall of the Socialist conference in Durrës on fire. Yesterday, at this organizational conference, one of the leaders of the PS at the center took a stand, calling the "crumb" something that does not ruin the PS. The list of candidates and delegates to the congress was also made public yesterday. On page 3

Attacks in history Three attacks in two years. In March 1919, the prince of Mirdita falls into an ambush. In 1920 Abdyl Ypi and Sali Nivica are killed Cena Bej Kryeziu On page 11

Falls from the castle during filming GJIROKASTER - Colonel Bunker "kills" a soldier. During the filming of sequences for the film by director Kujtim Çashku, a soldier extra in the film fell from the battlements of Gjirokastër castle from a height of three meters. After immediate medical assistance, the soldier-extra from Kolonspoli is out of any danger. The film set's modus [?] in the stone city of Albania, the filming crew had "sudden" events and did not lack them. One of the soldier extras during filming slipped from the battlements of the old castle of Gjirokastër, falling several meters. It is learned that the soldier suffered only minor injuries. A.I.Pe

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We inform the reader that in the article dated 19 January titled “From Zaire to Dhërmi, the billionaire Lab”, Thoma Duni, the Albanian who did not [?] for his homeland, was described as being of Lab origin. His relatives want to emphasize that Duni is in fact from Dhërmi and [ ? ] belongs to the Himarë region and not to Labëria.

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