TIRANA, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- Several hundred Albanian journalists staged a rally on Wednesday in capital city of Tirana, protesting the assault on a newspaper editor.

    The protesters gathered in front of Prime Minister Sali Berisha's office. Several threw shoes at the building. But police made no arrests at the scene.

    Mero Baze, editor of the newspaper Tem A, was beaten unconscious late Monday in a bar in downtown Tirana. Police have detained two suspects.

    Berisha has condemned the attack as a "shameful, grave and unacceptable act for a free society."