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Odraz B92 Daily News Service

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    ODRAZ B92, Belgrade                             Daily News Service

    Odraz B92 vesti (by 4 PM), March 5, 1997

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    PRISTINA BOMB INJURES TWO

    A powerful explosive device exploded near the School of Philosophy
    of Pristina University on Wednesday at 10:40 am. Two people were
    injured. A Pristina Hospital spokesman told Radio Pristina that
    neither was in a critical condition. The explosive device was set
    in a refuse container, shards of which were hurled through a
    radius of 100 square meters. Windows were shattered on the
    buildings in the area.


    REFUGEES ``BETTER OFF'' AT PALIC

    The Serbian Minister for Family Care, Bratislava Morina, told the
    Belgrade daily 'Blic' on Wednesday that refugees accommodated at
    the Belgrade Hotel Prague had been offered accomodation in high-
    class hotels in the inlands.

    The Prague houses 43 refugees, 31 of them seriously disabled.
    These include children suffering from cerebral palsy, leukemia and
    other serious diseases demanding special medical care. They have
    not been evacuated from the hotel, but they have been denied food
    and had the electricity in their rooms cut.


    WHEAT IMPORTS

    Milenko Milivojevic, General Manager of the Novi Sad harbour, told
    Beta on Wednesday that 40,000 tons of imported wheat had reached
    the port between December 1996 and February 1997, and that an
    additional 100,000 tons was expected to arrive in March.

    According to Mr. Milivojevic, one of the importing companies is
    'Dibek', which is owned by the newly-appointed Serbian Minister
    for Privatization, Milan Beko. The company had taken over 5,000
    tons from shipments received so far, and would take more than
    30,000 tons of the next.


    UNIONS DEMAND VOICE IN PRIVATISATION

    The trade unions of the Telecommunications Company of Serbia,
    Power Industry and Petrol Industry of Serbia demanded on Wednesday
    that the Serbian Government and parliament allow their
    representatives to participate in the drafting of the law on
    privatization which is expected to be tabled in the parliament in
    the near future.

    The unions have demanded that the employees be protected against
    sackings and that their ownership and management rights be
    defined.


    SERBS BEFORE HAGUE TRIBUNAL

    Four indicted Bosnians will appear before the Hague War Crimes
    Tribunal on Monday for crimes against Serb civilians in central
    Bosnia. Zejnil Delalic, Zdravko Mucic, Hazim Delic and Esad
    Lanzco, all members of the Serb military forces, have been
    indicted for illegal arrests, killings, tortures, rapes, and
    inhumane treatment of Serbs detained in the Celebici camp during
    1992.

    Prepared by: Marija Milosavljevic
    Edited by: Steve Agnew

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