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Journalist Pumba wounded in the street TIRANE - A thriller-like incident shook the capital yesterday. The Albanian BBC journalist, Mr. Gëzim [B?]umba, was wounded by gunfire by several unidentified people in the capital. According to the police, Mr. Bumba was driving home by car. When, near Zogu i Zi, masked and armed individuals ambushed him. Sources from the Tirana Police say that in this incident Mr. Bumba suffered a wound in the abdomen. Immediately after the incident he was rushed to the military hospital, where he underwent surgery. However, doctors said he had passed the danger to his life. At the scene, police found 8 pistol shell casings. Nearby they also found a bomb with a cap connected to a lit fuse, which fortunately did not explode. Police sources added that several leads are being investigated, one of which is related to the journalist’s work. “I am not allowed to comment on anything,” the injured journalist himself replied after the incident. [Continued on page 2]

The President responds to the refugees’ plea

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TODAY IN TIRANA Police megaphone: Hand over your weapons Two vehicles will circulate in public areas TIRANË - Police specialists from the capital will go out today onto the streets and neighborhoods of Tirana to call on citizens to hand over their weapons. Sources from the Tirana Police said yesterday that two vehicles equipped with loudspeakers will circulate in several key points of the capital, appealing to citizens to surrender all the weapons they keep at home. The capital police operation will focus on Tirana’s peripheral neighborhoods such as Kombinat, Kinostudio, etc. This action is being carried out as part of the government campaign for the voluntary surrender of weapons, which began a few days ago. The head of Criminal Police in Albania, Hekuran Isai, stated yesterday for ATSH that around 5,000 combat weapons, automatic rifles and pistols, have been voluntarily handed over by citizens to the police. [Continued on page 5]

Politics | The General in Turkey: “I don’t need relations if they are political; let the jurists deal with it” Copani: “Thank You, Mother” Former chief of staff: “Kulla defended the Army depots” “This man more: We need to be dressed to the right level, he quickly rents someone dollars”[?]

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The “Goethe” Institute, in cooperation with the German Embassy in Tirana, is organizing the first beginner’s course in German. The course begins immediately after the submission of documents. Participation in the part-time course, based on a placement test, begins on 05.09.1997. Registration begins on 05.09.1997 and runs until 04.09.1997 at the foreign language department at Goethe and in Tirana. [last text unreadable]