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Backstory: Bush in Albania

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

When President Bush visited Albania earlier this month, he received a hero's welcome there that’s become unusual these days. The Balkan country is one of the staunchest allies of the US. On today's Backstory, Nicole Itano of the Christian Science Monitor explains why Albanians are so pro-American.


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  • [1] george from astoria June 26, 2007 - 01:34PM

    hi

    i was wondering who did albania side with during world war II?you skipped it entirely...you went from wwI to communist albania.....

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