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CORFU, GREECE - FEBRUARY 05: The snow covered mountains in Albania can be seen in the distance from Corfu Town on February 5, 2010 in Corfu, Greece.

CORFU, GREECE - FEBRUARY 05: A fisherman steers his boat along the shoreline on February 5, 2010 in Corfu, Greece. Snow covered mountains in Albania can be seen in the distance.

Real Madrid's goal scorer Karim Benzema, left, reacts with Guti after scoring against Gramozi at 'Qemal Stafa' stadium in Tirana, Albania, in a charity friendly held in the Albanian capital Tirana Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010.

Real Madrid's Karim Benzema, left, Cristiano Ronaldo , left, and Kaka, right ,arrive at Mother Teresa airport near Tirana, Albania, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010. Real Madrid will play against Albania's K.S Gramozi Erseke in a friendly soccer match at Qemal Stafa stadium in Tirana on Wednesday.

Real Madrid's Kaka meets the media at a news conference in Tirana, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010. Real Madrid will face Albania's K.S Gramozi Erseke in a friendly soccer match at Qemal Stafa stadium in Tirana on Wednesday.

Real Madrid's Kaka, left, talks to coach Manuel Pellegrini during a news conference in Tirana, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010. Real Madrid will face Albania's K.S Gramozi Erseke in a friendly soccer match at Qemal Stafa stadium in Tirana on Wednesday.

Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo meets the media in Tirana, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010. Real Madrid will face Albania's K.S Gramozi Erseke in a friendly soccer match at Qemal Stafa stadium in Tirana on Wednesday.

In this photo taken from a broadcast by Top Channel Albania television station, Briton Dino Christodoulou, 45, left, and fellow Briton Robin Arnold, 56, 2nd left, follow their trial behind bars at the Tirana district court Tuesday, Jan. 12 , 2009. Christodoulou was sentenced to 20 years in prison after being convicted of abusing children at an orphanage. A Tirana court official, who spoke on condition of anonymity following court rules, said that Christodoulou was involved in at least six cases of sexual abuse at the orphanage. Arnold was sentenced to 15 years and six months having been found guilty of involvement in one case of sexdual abuse at the orphanage.

In this photo taken from a broadcast by Top Channel Albania television station, Briton Dino Christodoulou, 45, follows his trial behind bars at the Tirana district court Tuesday, Jan. 12 , 2009. Christodoulou was sentenced to 20 years in prison after being convicted of abusing children at an orphanage. A Tirana court official, who spoke on condition of anonymity following court rules, said that Christodoulou was involved in at least six cases of sexual abuse at the orphanage.

In this photo taken from a broadcast by Top Channel Albania television station, Briton Robin Arnold, 56, follows his trial behind bars at the Tirana district court Tuesday, Jan. 12 , 2009. Arnold was sentenced to 15 years and six months in prison after being convicted of abusing children at an orphanage. A Tirana court official, who spoke on condition of anonymity following court rules, said that Arnold was found guilty in one case of sexual abuse at the orphanage.

FILE - In this Oct. 29, 2002 file photo female Nikica, left, and male Lucky hippopotamuses in a private zoo at the Skadar Lake, about 10 kilometers (6 miles) south of the Montenegro capital Podgorica. A hippo escaped from a flooded private zoo in southern Montenegro Tuesday, shocking villagers who found him jaunting around their homes. The female hippo nicknamed Nikica, the only known resident of its kind in the area of Skadar Lake bordering Albania, ran out from the cage as water overflowed a wetland island turned into a zoo.

Albanian army rescuers and villagers pass by a convoy of trucks pushed to the side of the road by flood water on the outskirts of Bacallek, near the city of Shkodra, 75 miles (120 kilometers) north of the Albanian capital, Tirana, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2010. European countries are sending emergency aid to northwestern Albania, where there is widespread flooding. Some 25,000 acres (10,000 hectares) and more than 2,400 houses have been flooded following heavy rainfall. About 5,000 people have been evacuated from the northwestern Shkodra district.

Albanian farmers negotiate flood water in a small row-boat, in the Obot village, near the city of Shkodra, 75 miles (120 kilometers) north of the Albanian capital, Tirana, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2010. European countries are sending emergency aid to northwestern Albania, where there is widespread flooding. Some 25,000 acres (10,000 hectares) and more than 2,400 houses have been flooded following heavy rainfall. About 5,000 people have been evacuated from the northwestern Shkodra district.

A man walks a flooded street in Bacallek, near the city of Shkodra, 75 miles (120 kilometers) north of the Albanian capital, Tirana, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2010. European countries are sending emergency aid to northwestern Albania, where there is widespread flooding. Some 25,000 acres (10,000 hectares) and more than 2,400 houses have been flooded following heavy rainfall. About 5,000 people have been evacuated from the northwestern Shkodra district.

Flooded houses and fields are seen in Bacallek, near the city of Shkodra, 75 miles (120 kilometers) north of the Albanian capital, Tirana, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2010. European countries are sending emergency aid to northwestern Albania, where there is widespread flooding. Some 25,000 acres (10,000 hectares) and more than 2,400 houses have been flooded following heavy rainfall. About 5,000 people have been evacuated from the northwestern Shkodra district.

Flooded houses and fields are seen in Bacallek, near the city of Shkodra, 75 miles (120 kilometers) north of the Albanian capital, Tirana, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2010. European countries are sending emergency aid to northwestern Albania, where there is widespread flooding. Some 25,000 acres (10,000 hectares) and more than 2,400 houses have been flooded following heavy rainfall. About 5,000 people have been evacuated from the northwestern Shkodra district.

Flooded houses and fields are seen in Bacallek, near the city of Shkodra, 75 miles (120 kilometers) north of the Albanian capital, Tirana, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2010. European countries are sending emergency aid to northwestern Albania, where there is widespread flooding. Some 25,000 acres (10,000 hectares) and more than 2,400 houses have been flooded following heavy rainfall. About 5,000 people have been evacuated from the northwestern Shkodra district.

A family is evacuated by boat from their house in Bacallek, near the city of Shkodra, 75 miles (120 kilometers) north of the Albanian capital, Tirana, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2010. European countries are sending emergency aid to northwestern Albania, where there is widespread flooding. Some 25,000 acres (10,000 hectares) and more than 2,400 houses have been flooded following heavy rainfall. About 5,000 people have been evacuated from the northwestern Shkodra district.

Albanian farmers cross flood waters on a small row-boat in Obot village, in the Shkoder district some 120 km (75 miles) northwest of the capital Tirana, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010. Albania's army and rescuers have transported hundreds of people from northwestern Albania following widespread flooding. The army and police assisted local authorities in evacuating areas along the Drini River delta, where heavy rainfall caused flooding. High tides of the Adriatic Sea are expected to make conditions worse later this week.

Albanian farmers help each other on small row-boats, in Obot village, in the Shkoder district some 120 km (75 miles) northwest of the capital Tirana, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010. Albania's army and rescuers have transported hundreds of people from northwestern Albania following widespread flooding. The army and police assisted local authorities in evacuating areas along the Drini River delta, where heavy rainfall caused flooding. High tides of the Adriatic Sea are expected to make conditions worse later this week.