THE FULL TEXT IS PUBLISHED / HERE ARE THE CABLES FROM THE PAGE THAT SHOOK DIPLOMACY The Gërdec and Durrës-Kukës scandals are revealed THE FULL TEXT IS PUBLISHED / HERE ARE THE CABLES FROM THE PAGE THAT SHOOK DIPLOMACY WIKILEAKS BOMBS The Gërdec and Durrës-Kukës scandals are revealed Reports by former U.S. ambassador Withers, as well as Americans’ opinions on the Berisha government’s violations and on Edi Rama’s weak opposition By ELIRA ÇANGA The Gërdec tragedy has badly shaken Albanian politics, but the idea is forming that the government is calculating a way to avoid responsibility. The concern of the U.S. Embassy in Tirana, in a report sent to the State Department in Washington regarding this sensitive issue, has been made known in a cable published on Friday in... Continues on pages 2-3-4-5 In the photo: Facsimile of the cable sent on 7 April 2008 by the U.S. Embassy in Tirana, concerning the impact of the Gërdec tragedy on the Albanian political scene

The story of the young man who protested against the Jesuit rector in 1941 By MENTOR QUKU The poet, writer, and gifted translator Zef Staku was born on 9 February 1922 into a middle-class Shkodër family with patriotic traditions. Even in his youth he stood out for his literary talent and patriotic formation. Traditionally, his ancestors were known from generation to generation... Supplement

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Today’s Opinion By ILIR DHIMA Over the past nearly two months, while the miners of Bulqizë have been carrying out and continuing their various forms of protest for... The sleeping “guards” of the public interest Continues on page 31

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