May 16 (Xinhua) -- Albania blames poor driving culture for around three-fourths of its fatal traffic accidents, figures released Monday by the Albanian Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure said.
Statistics showed that 74 percent of the fatal accidents in the country were caused by drivers' misconduct, 22 percent by motorcycle or bicycle riders and pedestrians, and the rest due to poor infrastructure conditions.
"Most of the accidents are often caused by excessive speed and alcohol. Until three to four years ago alcohol was the major cause of road accidents," said Flamur Mullisi, accident specialist at the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure.
There were 270 fatal accidents in Albania during 2015, compared with 378 in 2010.
It was reported that roughly half a million vehicles are running in the 2.8 million-population Albania, mostly private old second-hand cars.
The average age of the vehicles on Tirana's roads is around 16 years, twice the European average, according to Gani Cupi, deputy manager of Albania's Road Transport Services.
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The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates said in a statement that the Israeli plan is "part of Israel's colonial and expansionist projects" that are implemented by the Israeli government encouraged by the latest move by U.S. President Donald Trump to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
The ministry held Trump "fully responsible" for any new measures taken by Israel against the Palestinian people, their land and holy sites.
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) on Sunday also warned of possible repercussions of Israel's "Greater Jerusalem" plan that seeks to connect more settlements geographically and cut off West Bank's contiguity.
Meanwhile, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah party said on Sunday that Fatah's Central Council will consider "a comprehensive review of the Palestinian-Israeli peace process" at an upcoming meeting.
Azzam Al-Ahmad
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He added that the Palestinians will take further diplomatic efforts at the UN General Assembly, UN Security Council and even the International Criminal Court, in response to the U.S. move on Jerusalem.
Trump announced on Dec. 6 to officially recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital and ordered to move the U.S. embassy in Israel to the disputed holy city
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Israel has claimed the whole city of Jerusalem as its eternal capital, while the Palestinians want East Jerusalem, occupied by Israel since the 1967 war, as the capital of their future independent state.
This move has sparked widespread protests from Arab and Islamic countries across the world
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In a major rebuttal to the U.S., the UN General Assembly overwhelmingly passed a resolution on Thursday to reject the U.S. recent move on Jerusalem, demanding all member states comply with UN Security Council's resolutions regarding the status of Jerusalem.
Much has been made recently of the dearth or decline of African Americans in sports like baseball, lacrosse, golf
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There have been nearly as many theories and explanations as there are pundits. It has been said that African Americans concentrate on sports that can be played in densely populated urban areas
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The Philadelphia Inquirer came up with something new in an August 2009 article on African American interest in the Phillies and in baseball in general in the wake of the Phillies? 2008 World Series title and the team?s participation in inner city activities designed to increase interest in baseball. Baseball is usually something you do with your dad, the paper asserted. The inner city kids, the dads are not around.?
Absent dads have been a focus point in the African American community for decades, and the situation is often highlighted in public by community leaders like President Obama who claim that many African American adult males are shirking family responsibilities by being absent from the home. This is the first time we have seen the situation couched in terms of having a catch with dad ala the movie Field of Dreams.
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According to a 2000 report from the US Census Bureau, 65 percent (or nearly two thirds) of African American children grow up without a father in the home. It?s easy to imagine such children drifting into more solitary activities like shooting baskets or running around a track at best
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