1.   Italy has taken the lead in offering aid to Albania where anti-government protests blew up this month into a full scale rebellion against Berisha.

2.   Riots and street protests that snowballed earlier this month into a full scale rebellion, were touched off by the collapse of shady investment schemes in January.

3.   The collapse of the so-called pyramid investment schemes in January first sparked the public unrest which has escalated into a full scale rebellion.

4.   The collapse of the so-called pyramid investment schemes in January first sparked the public unrest which has now escalated into a full scale rebellion.