(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-121128-albania-anniversary-kb-330p-04.photoblog900.jpg)Armend Nimani / AFP - Getty ImagesKosovo Albanian youth march under Albanian flags during celebrations for the 100th anniversary of Albania's independence in Pristina, Kosovo, Nov. 28, 2012. (http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-121128-albania-anniversary-kb-330p-02.380;380;7;70;0.jpg)Arben Celi / ReutersAlbania's special army forces march during a parade to celebrate the country's 100th anniversary of independence in Tirana, Nov. 28.
Reuters reports — The foreign minister of neighboring Greece boycotted festivities on Wednesday marking 100 years of Albania's independence after its prime minister hailed a town over the border as "Albanian lands".
Ethnic Albanians from across the region meanwhile celebrated in the national colors of red and black with a 14 ton cake and bushy mustaches to honor the founding fathers.
Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha's remarks were in a text he sent to a museum on Tuesday evening to mark the 100th anniversary of Albanian independence from Ottoman rule and honor the founder of modern Albania, Ismail Qemali. Full story… (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/50001104)
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