Family: Fetiu was on a mission to pay off the debt Contradictions: Reported killed at 11:30, made public after Berisha's speech at 18:00 Accounts from the relatives of the slain captain. Uncle: “We haven't yet informed his wife.” Brother: “The state should declare him a hero.” The several-hour delay in the Ministry's announcement so as not to spoil the PD celebration

Feti Vogli, 31 years old, the father of a little girl, was killed yesterday after an attack by Afghan forces on the soldiers of the international forces providing assistance in Afghanistan. Meanwhile, Aleksandër Peçi, 24 years old, is reported by the Ministry of Defence to be in poor condition. According to our Ministry of Defence, the incident occurred at 15:05 Afghan local time, or 11:30 Albanian time. But officials from this ministry released the news at 18:00, at a time when in Tirana the event announced for the celebrations of the 21st anniversary of the toppling of the dictator Enver Hoxha's bust had just begun and was about to end. In the photo: (top left) Feti Vogli (bottom) Aleksandër Peçi (top right) The uncle of the slain soldier Limon Vogli speaking to SHQIPTARJA.com Continued on page 2

There were many misunderstandings about Berisha's visit on 21 January, but I will serve my citizens THE MAYOR SETS THE PRIORITIES FOR 2012 LUSHNJE The 43-year-old Fatos Tushe does not waste time for nothing. Since May 2011 he has been mayor of the Municipality of Lushnje, when he had decided to give up his parliamentary mandate in order to lead his native city. A decision that, for the engineer who had worked for a long time in... Pages 10-11

Editorial BY AFRIM KRASNIQI The Heritage of 20 February The date 20 February has already taken its place in our public memory. During the days of 18-20 February 1991, students at the University went on a hunger strike as an extreme protest against the coexistence of pluralism and the dictator, for a final and definitive break with the symbols and negative legacy of communism. Many citizens in Tirana, Durrës, Vlorë, Korçë, Shkodër, Gjirokastër joined the students, and statues of the dictator were brought down everywhere. Before 20 February, Albania was officially in pluralist democracy, but de facto little had changed. The regime mobilized to defend the dictator's statues, while the opposition, in the service of delaying the elections, accepted the offer and the collaboration of the departing regime. With little difference between them, the two sides found themselves on one side, the students on the other. The result is known. The dictator fell, the regime provoked civil clashes, and the parties by consensus closed the universities and the elections were controlled by PPSH, postponing not only in calendar terms, but by a year, the rotation of the political system. 20 February deserves respect. Every participant in that strike is proud of what they did, although history proved almost ungrateful and even cynical December 8 brought down the party-state and fear, 20 February... Continued on page 4

Universities, doubts over the elections, police intervene Page 14

Elective subjects, here are the coefficients for 38 subjects Pages 16-19

Hoxha's opponents were taken to psychiatry Pages 20-21

PARLIAMENT Page 4 House and insult, punishments only with a fine IN BARI Page 7 A river of drugs from Albania to Italy, 1.3 tons of “BBS” seized Pages 12-13 Arbana Osmani does not comment on the outfit. What happened at home

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