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      ODRAZ B92, Belgrade                             Daily News Service

      Odraz B92 vesti (by 10 PM), April 23, 1997

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      NEWS BY 10 PM

        Five Hundred Workers Demand Release of Gaoled Unionists  . .  21
        Kosovo Serb Resistance in West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  39
        Rugova to Call Elections in May  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  49
  15    Belgrade Emergency To Strike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  57
        Dual Citizenship for Croats in Hungary . . . . . . . . . . .  62
        SFOR Colonel Shot  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  72

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      FIVE HUNDRED WORKERS DEMAND RELEASE OF GAOLED UNIONISTS

      About 500 workers at the Popovac cement works near Paracin
      protested on Wednesday in front of the Police Department in the
      town, demanding the release of their fellow-workers who were
  25  arrested on Tuesday night and an explanation as to why they had
      been imprisoned. Police blocked the entrance to the building,
      leaving the protesters with no explanation. Radio B92 learned from
      Radio Jagodina that the arrested workers were in the Jagodina
      penitentiary. The Paracin police arrested the eight workers on
  30  Tuesday evening after they had announced they would, together with
      other workers, block the Nis-Belgrade motorway near Paracin in
      protest at the Serbian Government's introduction of enforced
      management in their factory. Radio B92 learned on Wednesdsay that
      the Tuesday police intervention came after a clash among the
  35  workers themselves and that those arrested had been charged with
      misdemeanours. The cement works went on strike on Tuesday because
      of the attempt by the Serbian Government to introduce enforced
      management.


      KOSOVO SERB RESISTANCE IN WEST

  40  Momcilo Trajkovic, leader of the Serb Resistance Movement in
      Kosovo (SPOK) and a member of the Kosovo Serb delegation to the
      talks on Kosovo, said on Wednesday that the delegation of Kosovo
      Serbs had not gone to Western Europe to seek a solution for
      Kosovo, but to present its views on the Kosovo issue.

  45  At a news conference in Pristina, Mr Trajkovic saidthat the
      delegation had meet with representatives of the parliamentary
      parties of Great Britain, Belgium and Germany and Prince
      Aleksandar Karadjordjevic.


      RUGOVA TO CALL ELECTIONS IN MAY

  50  Ibrahim Rugova, leader of the Democratic Alliance of Kosovo, has
      decided to call parallel Albanian parliamentary and presidential
      elections in May, according to the Wednesday issue of the
      Belgrade's Dnevni Telegraf. According to the daily, Mr Rugova's
      decision will be made public by Apil 25 at the latest, and the
  55  elections will most probably be held on May 24 or 25, 5 years to a
      day since the first separate Albanian elections in Kosovo.


      BELGRADE EMERGENCY TO STRIKE

      The Independent Trade Union of the emergency medical unit in
      Belgrade announced they whould go on strike on April 26th if their
  60  demands were not met. These include the payment of overdue wages
      and the provisions of protective equipment.


      DUAL CITIZENSHIP FOR CROATS IN HUNGARY

      Finishing his two-day official visit to Budapest, Croatian
      President Franjo Tudjman announced on Wednesday that the Croat
  65  minority in Hungary would soon be granted dual citizenship. This
      will mean that the 90,000 ethnic Croats in southern Hungary will
      become Croatian as well as Hungarian citizens.

      A car belonging to President Tudjman's party in Hungary was stolen
      during his stay in Budapest. Hungarian radio, quoting no sources,
  70  reported that the thieves were most probably members of the Serb
      mafia.


      SFOR COLONEL SHOT

      An Italian colonel in the Stabilization Forces (SFOR) in Mostar
      was found dead on Wednesday morning. A spokesman for SFOR told
  75  media that the officer had had been killed by a shot from his own
      gun and that this appeared to be a case of suicide.

      Prepared by: Marija Milosavljevic
      Edited by: Steve Agnew

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