4 DAYS AGO, FATOS SKEJA FIRED A ‘QUEEN MOTHER’S’ GUN, THE INCIDENT IS KEPT SECRET It was said that he is Shkëlzen’s driver, the Guard denies it. Skeja was to build apartment blocks with Selmanllari, Arjan Tartari and Tan Avllaj. The waiter’s sister: We did not file a complaint, my brother does not know who shot him Republic Guard officer Toliqës, Fatos Skeja, who four days ago wounded a waiter with a gun, turns out to be a shareholder in the company “Trevi Group” with businessman Rahman Selmanllari, and a close associate of Shkëlzen Berisha, the prime minister’s son. Although officially the Republic Guard has denied the fact that Fatos Skeja is part of the group of drivers of Prime Minister Sali Berisha, his ties with Selmanllari, a close friend of the prime minister’s family, cast some doubt on this statement. Going further, in the document held by “GSH”, in this company there are also two businessmen... On pages 6-7

ZANA XHEKA / The 30-year-old mother of four tells her story “I grew up an orphan. I married at 15 because the people of my husband’s family were going to kidnap me. He started beating me. After I gave birth to my first son, I left home. But my mother and sisters brought me back to my husband...” (In photo left): The mother of four dead children Suzana Xheka yesterday. (upper right) The shack where the 4 children died (lower right) The children “I grew up an orphan. I married at 15 because the people of my husband’s family were going to kidnap me. He started beating me. After I gave birth to my first son, I left home. But my mother and sisters brought me back to my husband..." “The night of the tragedy I did not want to go to work. My eldest son told me: Mom don’t go to work, we have nothing to eat. That night, they only ate bread and yogurt. That is how they left this life” On pages 2-3

PART TWO / THE HISTORIAN'S REBUTTAL On pages 8-9

Yesterday in "The Guardian" Yesterday in “The Guardian” By BEN ROADMAN Shortly after the government cabinet’s withdrawal and Prime Minister François Fillon’s expected resignation, as a result of President Sarkozy’s maneuvers. Continues on page 29 A political maneuver by Sarkozy

Today's Opinion By Dr. PËRPARIM KABO When thousands of people, on 2 July 1990, broke down the doors of the embassies and went into exile for Europe, the Albanian pilgrimage toward freedom also began for us.... Continues on pages 28-29 2 July - 8 November, the metamorphosis of freedom

BERISHA: I DO NOT BREAK THE LAW On pages 4-5

THE INCIDENT ON THE HIGHWAY On page 15

YESTERDAY BAJRAMI On pages 11-13

The historian publishes with ‘Toena’ “The Century of Voskopoja” “Voskopoja is not an island, it is Albanian. I have nothing against Blushi, but the novel became publicity” The first encounters with historical literature supporting me had given me the unpleasant feeling of violating a foreign territory: Voskopoja appeared to me as a monopoly openly claimed by Greek and Romanian historians, who have argued for centuries among themselves to prove, each in his own favor, that this emblematic city was respectively “Hellenic”, i.e. Greek, or “Aromanian”, i.e. Romanian”, - writes historian Pëllumb Xhufi in the preface to his book “The Century of Voskopoja”. The research book... On pages 26-27