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    ODRAZ B92, Belgrade                             Daily News Service

    Odraz B92 vesti (by 3 PM), February 20, 1997

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    TELEGRAM OF MIRA MARKOVIC REGARDING THE DEATH OF DENG XIAOPING

    The head of the Yugoslav Left and wife of Serbian President
    Slobodan Milosevic, Mira Markovic, on Thursday sent a condolence
    telegram to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
    upon the death of Deng Xiaoping, FoNet reports. The telegram read:
    ``Dear comrades, on behalf of the Yugoslav Left and myself, I
    express my condolences regarding death of comrade Deng Xiaoping.
    Deng will remain in our memory as a man of great wisdom and
    visionary views. A man whose life saw great changes in China, from
    feudalism to laser beams, computers and satellites, from economic
    dependency to a powerful economy, respected by the western world.
    A man who wisely directed Chinese future and showed the people
    that Chinese socialism does not mean poverty, rather the chance of
    full personal affirmation and rich life. Deng's departure is a
    great loss for the Chinese people, and not only the Chinese, and
    we hope that the people of China will accept the invitation of the
    Communist Party of China to turn the sorrow into power and
    continue Deng's deeds, and preserve the unity of Communist Party
    of China.''


    COUNCIL OF DEANS

    The Council of Deans and members of the Teaching Council of the
    University of Belgrade considered that the first demand of the
    Student Protest, which was the recognition of the electoral
    results according to the true will of the voters, was met by the
    adoption of the special law (lex specialis). However the council
    thought that the demand for the replacement of the University
    Chancellor and the Student pro-rector had not yet been met, which
    was the reason for another delay in the restarting of lectures at
    the University. The Council of Deans insists that the University
    Chancellor should resign without any further delay.


    CROATIAN FOREIGN MINISTER: NO OBSTACLES TO PEACEFUL RE-INTEGRATION

    Croatian Foreign Minister, Mate Granic, on Thursday stated that
    ``nothing stands in the way of the peaceful re-integration of
    Eastern Slavonia into Croatia,'' reports Croatian daily 'Vjesnik',
    ``the arrival of new refugees to Yugoslavia would be the worst
    solution. There are no burning questions any more.'' The paper
    also said that Croatian President Franjo Tudjman and the Croatian
    government had met all reasonable and sensible demands of the
    Serbs from Eastern Slavonia.

    Prepared by: Goran Dimitrijevic
    Edited by: Mary Anne Wood

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