THE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE SENDS THE REQUEST FOR TRIAL FOR 8 PEOPLE They recruited informants for the layout of the premises. The names of the firms are revealed, whose safes were ripped out with cash and materials. The largest amount stolen was 360,000 euros from one house. Deputy Police Director: We wiretapped the members for 7.5 months THE SAFE-CRACKING GANG, CHARGES: HOW 11 BUSINESSMEN WERE ROBBED They recruited informants for the layout of the premises. The names of the firms are revealed, whose safes were ripped out with cash and materials. The largest amount stolen was 360,000 euros from one house. Deputy Police Director: We wiretapped the members for 7.5 months

The deputy’s wife recounts the ceremony on 14 September “I don’t know who diverted the crowd and we did not go to the cemetery. When the shooting started, I said: Azem is gone, God protect my son. Kiri was with his father’s coffin amid the gunfire” “PD may request the case be reopened at the Supreme Court. The judge himself told me that the process was not done properly, under political pressure. I am convinced he was killed because of the war in Kosovo” (In the photo) Scenes from the rebellion of 14 September 1998, during the funeral ceremony of MP Azem Hajdari (left) Fatmira Hajdari “'I don’t know who diverted the crowd and we did not go to the cemetery. When the shooting started, I said: Azem is gone, God protect my son. Kiri was with his father’s coffin amid the gunfire” “PD may request the case be reopened at the Supreme Court. The judge himself told me that the process was not done properly, under political pressure. I am convinced he was killed because of the war in Kosovo” On page 8

By GERTI XHAJA KLODIANA LALA The Serious Crimes Prosecutor’s Office sends the request for the trial of the members of the safe-robbing gang, who last year, for almost the entire year, became the terror of businesses and merchants. The amount stolen in 10 robbery cases exceeds 600,000 euros. The newspaper has uncovered and publishes the request for trial with the charges and the analysis of the facts for the group of Saimir Kuçi and Sulejman Bakalli. Request In Tirana, year 2010, month September, date 10. We, Besnik Muçi and Anton Martini, prosecutors... Continues on pages 2-3

The winner reveals his plans with Rezarta On page 18

THE BASE: PROTESTS READY Pressure from the Socialist Party: No elections without an investigation into the ballot papers On pages 4-5

Yesterday in “Financial Times” By CHRISTOPHER CALDWELL After promising a summer of recovery, President Barack Obama has not made any noticeable progress in turning... Barack Obama’s faded hopes Continues on page 20

Opinion of the Day By EDUARD ZALOSHNJA According to the government, the Albanian economy had healthy growth during last autumn and winter. According to the opposition, it shrank ... Light and shadows of economic growth Continues on page 21

RESULTS Sports, the list of 470 names with points On page 9

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TRANSITION MEMORIES / The arrest of the five in ’94 11 years after the arrest of the ‘Omonia’ group, Berisha: It was one of my biggest mistakes Kiço Ngjela: They were accused of carrying out Greek policy, they were sentenced under Enver’s Code 11 years after the arrest of the ‘Omonia’ group, Berisha: It was one of my biggest mistakes By GILMANA BUSHATI Kristaq Ngjela, lawyer, member of the Supreme Court, speaks about his 43-year work in the Albanian justice system. He describes the work that the prosecutor did during the dictatorship, as well as the difficulties of the work when he was the chief investigator of Albania in the years 1991-1992. Ngjela also explains why the five members of the Greek minority were arrested, the accusations that were written against them,... On pages 14-15