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British man gets 20 years in jail in Albania for child abuse (People's Daily)

An Albanian court on Wednesday convicted a British man to 20 years in prison for sexually abusing kids at his orphanage in Albania. David Brown, 57, a charity worker from Edinburgh, was charged with 10 counts of sexual abuse of kids aged 4 to 13. Judge Gerd Hoxha described him as "a threat to society." Brown opened the orphanage His kids in Tirana in 1999 and took in abandoned road ...

19 Nov 2008, 9:30 pm | click here for more

British charity worker gets 20 years for child abuse in Albania (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)

TIRANA, Albania - A court in Albania has found a 57-year-old Scottish man guilty of abusing kids in orphanages and jailed him for 20 years.

19 Nov 2008, 9:23 am | click here for more

Albania moves to reform prisons (UPI)

TIRANA, Albania, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- The Albanian government is working to reform its prison policies in a move to adhere to the U.N. Convention Against Torture.

19 Nov 2008, 8:27 pm | click here for more

Albania Parliament Adopts New Proportional Systems Electoral Law (Nasdaq)

BELGRADE (AFP)--Albania's parliament Wednesday passed a new electoral law seen as a key condition set by the European Union for the country's integration with the 27-nation bloc.

19 Nov 2008, 7:46 am | click here for more

Scots orphanage founder jailed for 20 years for child abuse in Albania (The Scotsman)

A CHARITY worker from Edinburgh has been sentenced to 20 years in jail after he was convicted of sexually abusing kids at an orphanage he founded in Albania.

19 Nov 2008, 7:31 pm | click here for more

Child abuse man jailed in Albania (BBC News)

A Scottish charity worker in Albania is jailed for 20 years after being found guilty of sexually abusing kids.

19 Nov 2008, 4:48 pm | click here for more

Soccer-Azerbaijan 1 Albania 1 - international friendly result (Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News)

Azerbaijan 1 Albania 1 - international friendly result.

19 Nov 2008, 2:49 pm | click here for more

Albania: Briton jailed 20 years for child abuse (GMA News)

TIRANA, Albania - A court convicted a Scottish charity worker on Wednesday of sexually molesting kids at his orphanage in Albania and jailed him for 20 years.

19 Nov 2008, 11:34 am | click here for more

Proportional representation in Albania (Nasdaq)

(RTTNews) - Wednesday, Albania's parliament passed a new law that introduces a proportional electoral system.

19 Nov 2008, 10:47 am | click here for more

Albania jails Briton for paedophilia (TVNZ)

An Albanian court found a Briton guilty of having sex with minors and sentenced him to 20 years in jail. Judge Gert Hoxha also ordered that John David Brown, a 56-year-old who protested his innocence, be expelled from Albania once he had served his term in a high-security jail.

19 Nov 2008, 10:09 pm | click here for more



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