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WORLD NEWS Friday 22 March 2019
Albania opposition holds new rally,

calls for early election

Associated Press Riot police in the second smoke bombs and projec-
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — line did not intervene, and tiles. Police have respond-
Several thousand opposi- a nearby water cannon ed with tear gas.
tion protesters tried to enter was not used. The Socialists say the op-
Albania’s parliament build- In previous rallies, opposi- position’s protests aren’t
ing Thursday calling for the tion supporters have tried helping Albania’s progress Riot police stand guard are seen during an anti-government
government’s resignation to enter the parliament or toward membership in the rally in Tirana, Albania, Thursday, March 21, 2019.
and an early election. government buildings using European Union.q Associated Press
The rally is part of the cen-
ter-right Democratic Party-
led opposition’s protests
over the past month ac-
cusing the leftist Socialist
Party government of Prime
Minister Edi Rama of be-
ing corrupt and linked to
organized crime. The gov-
ernment denies the allega-
tions.
After throwing projectiles
and firecrackers for about
an hour, a group of pro-
testers tried to break the
police line at the main par-
liament entrance but did
not succeed.

UN food

agency cites

progress in

Yemen

Associated Press
CAIRO (AP) — The head
of the U.N.’s World Food
Program says progress has
been made in Yemen,
months after he accused
Houthi rebels of stealing
food from the hungry by
diverting aid.
David Beasley, the
executive director of the
WFP, nevertheless told The
Associated Press in Cairo
on Thursday that Yemen is
“far from being out of the
deep, dark abyss.”
As the WFP is scaling up
its operations in Yemen,
covering almost 10 million
people described as
“severely food insecure,”
the agency has been
sending special teams to
monitor aid delivery.
In December, the WFP
threatened to suspend
some aid shipments if the
Houthis did not investigate
and stop theft and fraud in
food distribution.
The Iran-backed Houthis
have been at war with a
Saudi-led coalition for four
years.q