Albania Protest and Police clash

In Tirana, Albania at least three people were killed Friday during an anti-government protest outside the Albanian prime minister's office, officials said.
Thousands demonstrated outside Prime Minister Sali Berisha's office, urging him to resign amid corruption allegations. The protest was called by the opposition Socialist Party.
Some protesters clashed with the more than 1,000 police personnel providing security during the demonstration. Protesters threw stones and Molotov cocktails before police used water cannons in an attempt to disperse the crowds.
Three protesters were killed and 23 were injured, including three in critical condition because of head injuries, according to Sami Koceku, chief of the emergency unit at the Tirana Military Hospital.
At least 17 police officers also were injured in the unrest, Koceku said.
The Socialist Party boycotted Albania's parliament from September 2009 to February 2010 because of allegations of electoral fraud, according to the U.S. State Department.(Source --CNN)

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