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    ODRAZ B92, Belgrade                             Daily News Service

    Odraz B92 vesti (by 7 PM), March 7, 1997

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    NEWS BY 7 PM
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    STATE MEDIA PRAISE CHANCELLOR

    Radio Belgrade on Friday praised former Belgrade University
    Chancellor, Dragutin Velickovic, for honouring his promise to
    resign.

    ``The Chancellor showed that he honoured his word, and those who
    denied this had not even tried to justify their claims.'' The
    state radio claimed that the student actions which had forced the
    Chancellor's resignation were the tyranny of a minority.


    ZAJEDNO RALLY ON MARCH 9

    The leaders of the Zajedno coalition on Friday announced that they
    will hold a rally on March 9 in the Republic Square in Belgrade.
    They intend to inform citizens ``about a proposal for the
    introduction of the basic rules of democratic procedure, so that
    free and fair elections can be conducted.''

    ``March 9 is the occasion for us to agree on the basic rules,
    which are a necessary precursor for further democratisation of
    society,'' said Civic Alliance leader Vesna Pesic. Vuk Draskovic,
    leader of the Serbian Renewal Movement told a media conference
    that ``Slobodan Milosevic retreats whenever he loses the battle,
    but at the same time he is inventing new ways of cheating. New
    laws are being prepared in secrecy, the cities where the
    opposition won are facing economic blockade and financial attack,
    while the free media are being attacked with every available
    weapon,'' said Mr Draskovic.


    YUGOSLAVIA ADOPTS RS AGREEMENT

    The Yugoslav Federal government, on Friday adopted the Proposal
    for Confirmation of the Agreement on Special Parallel Relations
    between Yugoslavia and Repuiblika Srpska, which was signed on
    February 28. The Government said that the Agreeement contributed
    to peace in the region and that ``it was based on the principles
    of friendship, trust, cooperation, independence, autonomy of
    internal affairs, equality and human rights.''


    RUGOVA: DJINDJIC NAIVE

    Kosovo Albanian leader Ibrahim Rugova has dismissed as naive,
    comments by Belgrade Mayor Zoran Djindjic on the problems of the
    beleaguered southern province. Dr Djindjic had said that the
    Kosovo situation could be solved through economic regeneration. Mr
    Rugova said that the problems in Kosovo were political as well as
    economic. On Friday Mr Rugova called for an international
    investigation of Wednesday's incidents in which a bomb exploded
    near Pristina university and another was found next to a Serbian
    monument in Prizren. Condemning the attacks, he said that they had
    increased tension and that it had been only a matter of luck that
    lives had not been lost in the Pristina explosion.

    Prepared by: Goran Dimitrijevic
    Edited by: Steve Agnew

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