But a populist leader rising out of Albania's rubble may be tempted to conjure up the Greater Albania dream.

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Of the 50-odd Albanian parties which have registered for the municipal elections, many call for a Greater Albania, embracing a big slice of Macedonia and Albania proper.

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Policymakers also fear a Greater Albania in an already volatile region, but the Kosovars apparently have no desire for a union with Albania, whose internal anarchy is a turnoff.

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