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Albanian opposition to boycott Parliament

By Kerin Hope in Tirana

Published: November 22 2009 17:14 | Last updated: November 22 2009 22:20

Albania’s Socialist opposition on Sunday ended a three-day protest in central Tirana by pledging to stay out of parliament until the government agrees to a partial recount of ballots cast in a closely contested general election last June.

Slogans reading “Where is my vote? ... Open the ballot boxes” were projected on a giant screen outside the office of Sali Berisha, the veteran conservative prime minister, who is resisting pressure to settle the electoral dispute.

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