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Gazeta Shqiptare

23 May 2012

DEFECT A WEEK EARLIER

Testimony: The bus broke down in Saranda EXPERT REPORT / DIRECTOR OF LEGAL MEDICINE: THE DRIVER DID NOT SUFFER A HEART ATTACK • Survivor Alma Deda: We told the driver to stop, and he replied, “We’ll arrive in a moment” • Bruna’s testimony: A premonition, why I decided not to leave with my friends on the expedition • Albania sees off the 13 victims. Aurora’s relatives: Why was there no teacher with them? Continues on pages 2-13 (In the photo from left to right) The victims, Fabiola Shehi, Denisa Guzi, Dorina Stafa, Elsa Daka, Aurora Molla, Eranda Baloshi PHOTO ON THE BUS Photo taken immediately after the accident

Frashëri: The Toptans, half were patriots, the other half agents

“Konica insulted the Frashëri brothers” On pages 20-21

Can Islamists be liberal?

Yesterday in the “New York Times” EDITORIAL Yesterday in the “New York Times” EDITORIAL For years, foreign policy debates have focused on the question of whether Islam is compatible with democracy. In Tunisia and Egypt, ... Can Islamists be liberal? Continues on page 22

Chronicle of a death foretold

Opinion of the Day Opinion of the Day By DRITAN HILA The provisional death toll in the Himara accident is a calamity for Albanian society, not only because of the tragic way in which they lost their lives,... Chronicle of a death foretold Continues on page 23

Albania-Qatar, one minute of silence for the tragedy

THE NATIONAL TEAM WINS Albania-Qatar, one minute of silence for the tragedy On page 24

Rona Nishliu in the final, dedicated to “Himara”

EUROSONG Rona Nishliu in the final, dedicated to “Himara” On page 19

The injured woman’s uncle: Doctors fill out prescriptions, there are no medicines even for the eyes

THE SOLDIER / Pëllumb Gjoni’s anger Mirsie Biba’s relatives: We don’t need the flag at half-mast, the hospital has no medicines By KLAODIANA LALA The Biba family from Luzi i Kavajës believes that Mirsie’s survival from the tragic Himara accident is a gift from God. The 21-year-old, the eldest of the family’s three daughters, had set off together with her friends from the faculty group for the expedition that was to last four days, not knowing that the journey would turn into On page 5