51.  In the Albanian capital Tirana, officials said Ahmed Krasniqi, a member of the Kosovo Albanian government-in-exile, was slain Monday night.

52.  Interior Minister Rosa Jervolino left for Tirana, the Albanian capital, Monday.

53.  Interior Minister Rosa Jervolino planned to go to Tirana, the Albanian capital, later Monday or on Tuesday.

54.  Italian medical personnel said he had lapsed into a coma before being helicoptered to the Albanian capital Tirana.

55.  Journalists and private newspaper owners protested Saturday an impending ban on the sale of newspapers on the streets of Tirana, the Albanian capital.

56.  Later Thursday, Solana will fly to the Albanian capital of Tirana to discuss the crisis in neighboring Kosovo.

57.  Lt. Col. Tim Minish said the helicopters carried humanitarian daily rations flown up from Tirana, the Albanian capital.

58.  Meanwhile in the Albanian capital, Tirana, NATO Secretary-General Javier Solana said the alliance would not tolerate attacks that dragged Albania into the conflict.

59.  Meanwhile in the Albanian capital, Tirana, visiting NATO Secretary General Javier Solana said the alliance would not tolerate attacks that pulled Albania into the conflict.

60.  Meanwhile, Hashim Thaci, head of the Kosovo Albanian delegation in France, met on Sunday with government officials in Tirana, the Albanian capital.