World IN BRIEF : ALBANIA : Opposition Rally Draws Thousands
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About 12,000 Albanians held the first legal opposition rally in decades, cheering demands for the release of political prisoners and for more reform in the Communist nation. Also, the country’s trade union declared independence from the Communist Party, promising to fight for higher pay and better conditions for workers, a union official said. Chants of “Freedom!” and “Democracy!” echoed from the one-hour rally in Tirana, the capital.
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