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Sat 01 Jan 2011Albanian PM defiant after unrest
Three men were shot dead as protesters battled police at an anti-government rally in the Albanian capital last night, in what prime minister Sali Berisha called an opposition attempt to foment a Tunisia-style uprising.
Supporters of the opposition Socialist Party, which refuses to accept the result of a 2009 election, protested outside Mr Berisha's office against what they see as official corruption and electoral fraud.
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