TIRANA, Albania, June 28, SPA -- Albanians on Sunday started voting in parliamentary elections seen as a key test of thecountry's political maturity as it eyes European Unionmembership, The Associated Press reported. Voting started at 7 a.m. (0500 GMT) and is to end 7 p.m.(1500 GMT). Some 500 international observers and about 3,000 localofficials will monitor Sunday's election. About 3.1 million Albanians are eligible to vote in some4,800 polling stations in the country's seventhparliamentary election since the fall of communism in 1990. Voters will choose 140 lawmakers among 4,300 candidates of34 political parties.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/678986
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