Foreign Agencies on January 17th, 1997

Milosevic's Wife Warns of War
By JOVANA GEC
Associated Press Writer
Friday, January 17, 1997 10:32 am EST

BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP)
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Thousands of opposition supporters and student protesters have demonstrated daily since Milosevic annulled the results of Nov. 17 municipal elections won by the opposition.

Today, a white mare wearing a red ribbon and a whistle symbolic of the protests led a march of hundreds of students and their pets in front of the veterinary faculty of Belgrade University. Dozens of dogs, a black cat and even fish took part.
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Yugo Opposition Claims Support
By JULIJANA MOJSILOVIC
Associated Press Writer
Friday, January 17, 1997 6:48 pm EST

BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP)
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Dozens of judges joined in the public protest against Milosevic, mingling with thousands of students at a rally Friday evening. The judges, from local and district courts in Belgrade, waved copies of the constitution at riot police who prevented the students from marching -- apparently alluding to the alleged illegality of the regime's cancellation of the opposition's triumphs in Nov. 17 elections.
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Earlier Friday, several hundred students brought their pets for a protest march in front of the veterinary faculty in Belgrade. A white mare with a red ribbon symbolizing the Belgrade protests led the column. Pet owners brought dozens of dogs, a black cat, and even fish.
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