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YUGOSLAVIA: STRIKING MINERS CLASH WITH POLICE
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Striking miners from the Kolubara mine came head to head with Slobodan Milosevic's riot police on Wednesday.
Police blockaded a bridge leading to the mine, but backed down when miners forced their way through.
After security forces withdrew from their barricades, thousands of miners and supporters streamed into the mining complex, 25 miles (40 kilometers) south of Belgrade.
Truckloads of police and soldiers tried to stop workers reaching the mine, which employs 7,000 workers, by blocking the bridge leading to it with police vans.
When a bus carrying more miners rammed the police vehicles out of the way the crowd surged through the barricade.
Police in riot gear watched as the crowd swelled.
Police tried to stop the strikers with batons, but soon gave up.
SOUNDBITE: (Serbian)
I've heard that warrants for the arrest of some of these miners have been made, but I don't think the police will do it.
SUPER CAPTION: Dragoljob Micunovic, Opposition party member
The turnaround was hailed by Milosevic foes as another key victory in their civil disobedience campaign to force him to accept election defeat.
The confrontation came one day after Milosevic's government threatened «special measures» against leaders of strikes launched this week to force the Yugoslav president to concede defeat to challenger Vojislav Kostunica in the September 24 election.
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Serbian Protestors Attempt Storming of Presidential Palace, TV Channel Headquarters in Belgrade
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Mass protests took place in the capital of Serbia. Last Sunday, demonstrators broke into the television broadcasting center and then tried to storm the presidential palace. As a result, the protesters were dispersed by the police, and the most aggressive were detained.
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BOSNIA: GOVERNMENT FORCES DISCOVER FURTHER MASS GRAVES UPDATE
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Bosnian government forces say they've discovered two further mass graves in recently recaptured territory in north-western Bosnia.
The graves, near Sanski Most, are believed to contain bodies of at least 15 civilians. Bosnian soldiers said they had been executed.
Washington, concerned about the fate of the thousands still missing in Bosnia, has urged the Serbs to allow observers immediate access to prisoners or alleged mass grave sites.
Bosnian government forces are still discovering mass graves on the recently recaptured territories.
Two graves have just been discovered near Sanski Most, recaptured from the Bosnian Serbs earlier this month.
UPSOUND: (In Serbo-Croat)
I'm looking for my two brothers.
The second grave reportedly contained about 15 bodies, most of them said to be civilian.
The gruesome job of removing the bodies has been handed to a small group of government soldiers.
But the U-N is present during the exhumations to report to the Human Rights Commission.
The bodies, some mutilated, have not been identified yet, nor have the causes of death.
But the government has promised a full investigation.
UPSOUND: (In Serbo-Croat)
....Before the execution they were bound with wire
U-S envoy John Shattuck has been discussing the human rights crisis in Belgrade with Serb President Slobodan Milosevic.
Shattuck, who heads the State Department's human rights office, said the fate of the thousands of people still missing in Bosnia was of top interest to his country.
SOUNDBITE:
I stressed to President Milosevic the importance of immediate and unconditional access to all missing persons and all places where crimes have been or may have been committed.
SUPER CAPTION: John Shattuck - Head of State Department's human rights office
Milosevic promised Shattuck he would do what he could to find the missing people.
He also said the Red Cross and other international organisations would be permitted to make investigations.
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Yugoimport SPDR - Lazar 2 8x8 MRAV / MRAP Multi-Purpose Armoured Vehicle [720p]
The Lazar 2 is a multi-purpose 8x8 armoured vehicle in the category of MRAP (Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected). This vehicle is designed and manufactured by the Serbian Defense Company YugoImport. The Lazar 2 was unveiled for the first time to the public during the Defense Exhibition Partner 2013 which was held in Belgrade from the 25 to 28 June 2013. LAZAR II 8x8 MRAV/MRAP Multi-Purpose Armored Vehicle 8x8 is designed following modern world trends in development of a wheeled armored vehicles families intended for carrying out of a number of tactical tasks in different armed conflicts. The concept and technical solutions of the vehicle are especially adjusted to the requirements of modern infantry units and special units engaged in carrying out of the tasks of asymmetric warfare, antiterrorist and peace keeping actions, as well as wide range of medium level armed conflicts. Special accent is made on vehicle actions in urban conditions, inhabited areas and highly intersected terrain, against enemy extensively using ambushes, anti-tank (AT) mines, improvised explosives devices (IED), etc. LAZAR II is also enabling effective engagement of bunkers, armored fighting vehicles, as well as MBTs. The vehicle concept is merging of most important features of MRAV (Multi Role Armored Vehicle), and MRAP (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle) armored vehicle concepts, featuring with very high all-terrain/all climate conditions mobility, high fire power, high all-round ballistic protection, high AT mines/IED protection as well as possibility of battlefield observation and target engagement by embarked crew personal weapons. Vehicle concept provides these unique combinations of basic characteristics of the two classes of modern wheeled armored vehicles exceptionally important in the world today. All the main assemblies: power pack components, steering components, power pack, electric system components, hydraulic-pneumatic system components, armament - can be replaced in the field in a very short time. In August 2013, Pakistan has announced that the Pakistani army has procured three Serbian LAZAR II AFV’s for evaluation with the possibility of constructing facilities to produce the AFV/APC locally, under license.
The modular concept of the vehicle provides the possibility of integration of a wide spectrum of armament system solutions. At partner 2013, the APC version Lazar 2 was fitted with a one-man turret armed with an M86 automatic 30mm cannon with double-feed mechanism. The M86 30 mm cannon has been designed for engagement of ground targets (manpower and lightly armoured targets) and aerial targets (helicopters and low flying aircraft). A remote weapon station is mounted on the roof of the turret armed with an M86 7.62mm machine gun. The turret can rotate 360° at a maximum speed 55°/sec with an elevation from -7° to +65°. Two smoke grenade dischargers are mounted to each side of the turret. Two anti-tank launchers units are mounted on the right side top of the turret which are able to fire upgraded anti-tank missile MALYUTKA (-2T and -2F) in SACLOS (Semi-Automatic Command to Line Of Sight) guidance mode. The armament is coupled with wide-angle CCD camera, day sight subsystem with 12x magnification, thermal imager and eye-safe laser range-finder.
The Butcher of Bosnia - BBC Newsnight
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As former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic awaits his verdict on war crimes, Newsnight's Mark Urban, in collaboration with BBC Our World, investigates his devastating legacy.
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Serbia's cafe culture percolates underground
Four hundred metres below the small city of Bor, the depth of Serbia's love for coffee is on display as men in hard-hats huddle inside a cafe carved into the walls of their active copper mine. Known as 'The Pit', the cave-like room was opened in 2012 to give relatives and tourists and chance to connect with miners and better understand their work inside RTB Bor, Serbia's biggest copper mine.
AP pix after huge explosions rock Serbian army ammo dump
1. Various of explosions and smoke rising from ammunition depot
2. Police helicopter in air
3. Clouds of smoke rising from ammunition depot
4. Flames and smoke rise above trees from ammunition depot
5. Close-up of sign outside Serbian army head quarters
6. Serbian flag
7. Serbian soldier next to military vehicle
8. Group of Serbian soldiers
9. SOUNDBITE: (Serbian) Zoran Stankovic, Serbian Defence Minister:
There was a fire at first, then the explosions, members of the army who where there reacted accordingly, they assessed the situation and then pulled back, no army members were injured, investigation teams are doing their jobs.''
10. Wide of damaged buildings and people clearing broken glass
11. Person putting broken glass in cardboard box
12. Man shovelling broken glass into wheelbarrow
13. Pull out of man wheeling wheelbarrow full of broken glass away
14. Wide of damaged buildings
15. Wide pan of damaged buildings
STORYLINE:
A series of explosions rocked a Serbian army ammunition depot early on Thursday, injuring at least 20 people and damaging several buildings in a nearby industrial town, police and hospital officials said.
The blasts were set off by 3,500 metric tons of explosives and ammunition stored at the army barracks on a hill near Paracin, about 150 kilometres south of Belgrade.
State TV footage showed a cloud of grey smoke billowing from the site.
Serbian Defence Minister, Zoran Stankovic, told the Associated Press; there was a fire at first, then the explosions, members of the army who where there reacted accordingly, they assessed the situation and then pulled back, no army members were injured, investigation teams are doing their jobs.''
Hospital officials said about 20 people, mostly from Paracin, were treated for wounds caused by broken glass and flying shrapnel.
One patient was hospitalised after suffering a shock, they said.
The cause of the blasts, which started at around 0400 (0200 GMT) and lasted for hours, was not known, police said.
An investigative judge speaking in Paracin, said that the authorities were not ruling out a sabotage.
Many Paracin residents who were woken up by the powerful blasts, that shattered windows and damaged several houses, spent the night on the streets.
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Mark Knopfler - Telegraph Road LIVE @ Belgrade Arena, 30.4.2013.
Mark Knopfler & Band live in Kombank Arena, Belgrade, Serbia - 30th April 2013.
This great concert was the part of the Privateering tour.
Mark Knopfler (guitar, vocals)
Guy Fletcher (keyboards)
Richard Bennett (guitar)
Jim Cox (piano)
Glenn Worf (bass)
Mike McGoldrick (whistle and flute)
John McCusker (fiddle)
Ian Thomas (drums)
Lyrics:
A long time ago came a man on a track
Walking thirty miles with a pack on his back
And he put down his load where he thought it was the best
Made a home in the wilderness
He built a cabin and a winter store
And he ploughed up the ground by the cold lake shore
And the other travellers came riding down the track
And they never went further, no, they never went back
Then came the churches then came the schools
Then came the lawyers then came the rules
Then came the trains and the trucks with their loads
And the dirty old track was the telegraph road
Then came the mines - then came the ore
Then there was the hard times then there was a war
Telegraph sang a song about the world outside
Telegraph road got so deep and so wide
Like a rolling river. . .
And my radio says tonight it's gonna freeze
People driving home from the factories
There's six lanes of traffic
Three lanes moving slow. . .
I used to like to go to work but they shut it down
I got a right to go to work but there's no work here to be found
Yes and they say we're gonna have to pay what's owed
We're gonna have to reap from some seed that's been sowed
And the birds up on the wires and the telegraph poles
They can always fly away from this rain and this cold
You can hear them singing out their telegraph code
All the way down the telegraph road
You know I'd sooner forget but I remember those nights
When life was just a bet on a race between the lights
You had your head on my shoulder you had your hand in my hair
Now you act a little colder like you don't seem to care
But believe in me baby and I'll take you away
From out of this darkness and into the day
From these rivers of headlights these rivers of rain
From the anger that lives on the streets with these names
'cos I've run every red light on memory lane
I've seen desperation explode into flames
And I don't want to see it again. . .
From all of these signs saying sorry but we're closed
All the way down the telegraph road.
Fighters bearing flowers as rebel commander weds sweetheart in Donetsk
The pro-Russia rebel commander Arsen Pavlov, who has been involved in the recent fighting in Eastern Ukraine, married his sweetheart Elena Kolenkina in Donetsk on Friday.
The wedding was attended by armed rebels, including Igor Girkin, a Russian better known by his assumed nom de guerre Strelkov, who is also the defence minister of the so-called Donetsk People's Republic.
The rebels, including the groom, attended the event dressed in military uniforms.
Some separatists held guns in their arms during the entire ceremony, which was conducted under the laws of the self-proclaimed independent Donetsk People's Republic.
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Triko - Klagenfurt pub
Triko - Klagenfurt pub , Belgrade
21.12.2013.
Bosnia 1992: The Omarska Camp | Al Jazeera World
Twenty-five years on, survivors of the Omarska concentration camp tell chilling personal stories of their incarceration and shocking treatment at the start of the Bosnian War.
By 1992, the Yugoslav Federation was disintegrating. Slovenia and Croatia had already broken away, sparking a conflict with Serbia. Further violence then broke out in Bosnia-Herzegovina which had also declared independence.
The Serbs there wanted to remain within Yugoslavia and build a greater Serbia - and received backing from extremists in Belgrade. Bosnian Muslims, known as Bosniaks, were driven from their homes in what soon became known as 'ethnic cleansing'.
The first outbreaks were in northern Bosnia-Herzegovina in and around the municipality of Prijedor, where Bosnian Serb military and police unlawfully segregated, detained and confined several thousand of Bosniaks and Bosnian Croats.
Over four thousand people were killed between May and August 1992. While Serb forces set up hundreds of concentration camps throughout Bosnia-Herzegovina, Omarska was the most notorious and where a relatively few survived.
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SUPER DEADLY Serbian Military 155 mm M03 Artillery Gun
The Serbian military unveiled a new 155mm artillery gun that could pose a new challenge to NATO military members.
Length 11200mm
Width 2950 mm
Height ~3815
Clearance 400m
Approach angles 35 ⁰
Combat weight 33t
Dynamical characteristics:
- Engine power 400KS
- Maximum speed 90 km/h
- Maximum speed off road depending on condition 15-40 km/h;
- Vehicle autonomy 800km, at the speed of 80 km/h
Performance (cross-country capability):
Maximum wheel track 2086mm
Maximum water draught 1.2m up to 1.6m
Maximum gradient 50%
Maximum slope 20%
Field of action in elevation - Main sector (°) -5 to +65
Field of action in traverse - Main sector (°) 60 (-30 to +30)
Field of action in elevation- Emergency sector (°) +20 to+65
Field of action in traverse- Emergency sector (°) 50 (-25 to +25)
Max. Rate of fire – first round in the barrel (rounds/min): 4
Combat set (rounds) 36
Transition time from marching into combat position (s) 60
Transition from combat into marching position (s) 60
Crew
In the past decade the needs of contemporary battlefield particularly pointed out the importance of introducing some subsystems and conceptual solutions. In principle, this was announced on the market parallel to the development of the second generation of NORA system, however full development of the subsystems has been completed in the past several years thus creating the third generation of NORA system. The latest technology in design and manufacture were applied in designing of the third generation of NORA, which resulted in multiple savings in time as well as in the increased accuracy. The weapon is modular, which provides for the delivery of a number of different options depending on the user’s choice.
The third generation NORA incorporates a number of new technical solutions such as complete armor protection of all sides of the vehicle which is most notable on the outside, and which has changed general outside appearance of the system.
The introduction of ballistic protection has increased the probability of survival of the weapon when exposed to fragmentation effect of ordnance and missiles. Apart from protection against fragmentation effect, the applied solution of ballistic protection also provides resistance against ambush or effects of small calibre arms, as well as certain resistance of vital parts of the weapon against antipersonnel and anti-vehicle mines and improvised explosive devices.
Introducing auxiliary power unit (APU) intended for power supply of the all subsystems: elevation and traverse mechanism, automatic loader, firing mechanism, front and rear trails increases autonomous engagement of the weapon. (optional)
NORA K-I” features the following basic automatic functions:
Semiautomatic breechblock,
Automatic loader of missiles and powder charges,
Electro-hydraulic laying of the weapon in traverse and elevation,
Automatic line of sight, (optional)
Electric and hydraulic extracting and retracting of front and rear trails,
Navigation and orientation system, (GPS optional INS)
Fire control system.
DESCRIPTION OF NEW TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS OF THE SUBSYSTEMS APPLIED ON THE THIRD GENERATION NORA
The modifications introduced on Nora K-I include the following:
Increased speed of assuming firing position and automatic aiming,
Increased precision of determination of own position,
Increased crew security,
Increased weapon mobility,
Increased reliability of all weapon systems,
Increased autonomy,
Decreased number of crew members, and
Decreased fatigue of the crew.
The teared generation incorporates following innovations namely:
Development and manufacture of armor protection system including unique armor assembly for crew cabin and ammunition magazine, as well as armor assembly of the turret with armament system, automatic loader and places for the commander and gunner; as well as anti-mine protection (optional) and armor protection of all fuel tanks;
Development of new software and installation of contemporary equipment for automated navigation system, and automated fire control system;
Redesign of new assemblies of the breech and the breechblock;
Redesign of modified automatic loader,
Introduction of new chassis with higher mobility and bearing capacity,
Development of original system for internal crew communication,
Installation of a radar on the weapon for measurement of muzzle velocity
Implementation of back-up functions for trail elevation and traverse mechanism
The Serbian Armed Forces (Serbian: Војска Србије / Vojska Srbije) are the armed forces of Serbia. The armed forces consist of the Serbian Army and the Serbian Air Force and Air Defence. The Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces is the President of the Republic. The Serbian Armed Forces are a professional and volunteer based military.
BOSNIA: FUNERAL OF 75 CIVILIANS RECOVERED FROM MASS GRAVE
Serbo-Croat/Nat
Thousands of people turned out on Saturday for the funeral of 75 civilians whose bodies were recovered from a mass grave last Friday.
War crimes investigators unearthed the bodies from the mass grave in Laniste, about 90 miles northwest of Sarajevo.
It's estimated that up to one-thousand five-hundred victims, mostly civilians, were killed in a wave of executions in the area between May and July 1992. 15 grave sites have been identified.
The victims - all male aged 16 to 60 - were from the village of Donji Biljani. Only two local men survived the massacre.
The tragedy of the war in Bosnia is still unfolding.
About five thousand mourners turned out on Saturday for the funeral of friends and family.
The 75 bodies were recovered last Friday from a mass grave in Laniste, about 90 miles northwest of Sarajevo.
According to judge Adil Draganovic, who's leading the investigation into war crimes in this region, the Bosnian Muslims were ordered by the Serbs, to go to the local school to pick up documents.
When they arrived there, they were lined-up and shot.
It is estimated that up to 200 victims, mostly civilians, are buried there.
The victims - all male aged 16 to 60 - were from the village of Donji Biljani. Only two local men survived the massacre.
But, for the living, the pain lives on.
Sabra Cehic is one of the mothers grieving for missing sons.
SOUNDBITE: (Serbo-Croat)
Q. Who are you burying?
A. Two sons.
SUPER CAPTION: Sabra Cehic, a mourner at the funeral.
The thought of how their lives was terminated is even more tormenting.
SOUNDBITE: (Serbo-Croat)
The School in Velagici. That's where they took them and killed them.
SUPER CAPTION: Sabra Cehic, a mourner at the funeral.
After a post-mortem was carried out, the bodies were released to the victims' families for a traditional Muslim burial in the town of Kljuc.
Local Muslim priest Hasan Efendija Makic led the funeral prayers for the victims. The coffins were then taken to local cemeteries for burial.
Although a peace agreement has been reached between the warring factions, implementing it has yet to materialise.
General Atif Dudakovic, Commander of the 5th Bihac Corps, reminded the mourners of the killers of their relations.
SOUNDBITE: (Serbo-Croat)
We have to know that this was not done by Finns or Hungarians. Our neighbours, the Serbs, did this. It's clear and defined who our enemy is
SUPER CAPTION: Gen. Atif Dudakovic, Commander of the 5th Bihac Corp.
Peace is a state of mind, and so far it is still far from reaching in war-torn former Yugoslavia.
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Yugo troops enter new section fo buffer zone
1. Yugoslav armoured vehicles approaches border village
2. APC carriers arrives at border
3. Yugoslav patrol leader directing troops
4. Masked Yugoslav soldiers on patrol
5. Serb troops conduct mine sweeping and clearing operation
6. Yugoslav General shakes hands with local K-FOR commanders
7. SOUNDBITE: (Serbo-Croat) Ninoslav Krstic, Yugoslav Army General Everything is going according to plan. The operation is going well and we have had no problems. All our units are in position and by the end of the day we will have established direct contact across all control points.
8. Yugoslav troops checking for sniper positions
STORYLINE:
Several hundred Yugoslav soldiers have fanned out into a stretch of a zone separating the NATO-controlled province of Kosovo with the rest of Yugoslavia, in another phase of efforts to quash ethnic Albanian insurgents.
The Yugoslav army's de-mining units, infantry and light artillery spread out in one part of the three-mile-wide zone, which was set up as part of a peace deal that ended NATO's 78-day air war against Yugoslavia.
NATO and the United Nations took over Kosovo when Milosevic's forces left, and the buffer zone was intended to put a breathing space between peacekeepers and Yugoslav troops.
But ethnic Albanian militants seized much of the zone in November, killing seven policemen.
The rebels, known as the Liberation Army of Presevo, Medvedja and Bujanovac, want the primarily ethnic Albanian villages in this part of southern Serbia to throw out Serb rule, as their ethnic kin did in Kosovo.
With Milosevic's demise in October and a new, democratic government now in power in Belgrade, NATO has agreed to the phased return of Yugoslav troops in the area between Kosovo and the rest of Serbia, Yugoslavia's larger republic.
As military vehicles revved up ready to roll into the boundary area on Saturday, the Yugoslav Army General said the ethnic Albanian population had no reason to fear them and that they could expect their support and protection.
The deployment marks the third time Yugoslav soldiers have moved into another section of the zone.
It took place just opposite a Kosovo village where a Russian peacekeeper was shot and killed on Wednesday.
NATO decided earlier this week to allow Yugoslav forces into more of the buffer zone, adding to pressure on ethnic Albanian rebels in the area.
By Saturday noon, the deployment was complete, with about 800 soldiers in place.
Meanwhile, ethnic Albanian rebels released three Serb civilians that had been held since March 4 when they strayed by mistake into rebel-held territory.
Two Yugoslav Army soldiers remain in custody.
But the rebels have agreed to the government forces' return to the buffer zone.
Saturday's deployment has now given the Yugoslav troops control of much of the land around Kosovo.
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Al Davis, Brian Delatorre & Friends Skate Croatia, Bosnia & Serbia | EXPLORING THE BALKANS Part 1
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Welcome to our two-part skate series in which two Red Bull athletes (Simon Stricker and Vladik Scholz) lead a squad of American sponsored skaters right throughout the former Yugoslavia. Using local contacts and experience, the project was able to take in skateboarding from Dubrovnik to Mostar, and Sarajevo to Belgrade. The team skate an abandoned bobsleigh track from the Sarajevo winter olympics which was used as an arms dump during the civil war, and find spots where stray boards have to be abandoned due to the presence of uncleared land mines in the vicinity. Shredding across Croatia, Bosnia and Serbia in the presence of taste-making US pro’s Brian Delatorre, Al Davis and Cyrus Bennett alongside cult newcomer Andrew Wilson, this release will be accompanied by a parallel feature in Transworld Skateboarding magazine!.
ATHLETES: Vladik Scholz (GER), Simon Stricker (SUI), Brian Delatorre (USA), Alex Davis (USA), Cyrus Bennet (USA), Andrew Wilson (USA).
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BELGRADE : METAL WORKERS MARCH ON GOVERNMENT OFFICES
Serbian/Nat
Scuffles have broken out between Belgrade police and angry Yugoslav metal workers who've been marching through the streets.
Under the pressure of an international trade embargo, workers haven't been paid in two months and their growing discontent is adding to the troubles of President Slobodan Milosevic.
The marchers are protesting against lower wages, difficult working conditions, union rights and what they say is Milosevic's lack of support for Serbs in Bosnia and Croatia.
Marching on the government buildings in Belgrade, up to 10-thousand workers condemned the Yugoslav government as thieves.
With the international trade embargo biting, more than half the work force is unemployed and many of those with jobs haven't been paid for two months.
Their protests add to the troubles of President Slobodan Milosevic, accused by the marchers of treason for his abandonment of fellow Serbs in Bosnia and Croatia.
The president's now a firm advocate of a peace deal in the former Yugoslavia, hoping that will bring his nation economic recovery.
But with rapidly falling living standards and salaries of just one hundred dollars a month Serbia's industrial workers are venting their frustration.
They brought the midday traffic in Belgrade to a standstill in one of the largest demonstrations in two years.
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BOSNIA: CONTROLLED DETONATION OF CONTRABAND SERB AMMUNITION
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NATO-led troops in Bosnia blew up tonnes of munitions seized from a Bosnian Serb depot Tuesday - despite fierce complaints from locals about environmental damage.
The contraband ammunition, buried in three pits near the village of Sokolac, was destroyed as part of Operation Volcano.
IFOR expects to complete blowing up all the ammunition and weapons by the end of the week.
The smoke plume in the distance was the first sign that Operation Volcano was underway in earnest in the village of Margetici, near Sokolac, in north-east Bosnia.
Tuesday's mass explosions followed the detonation of 24 tonnes of ammunition on Monday night.
Operation Volcano went ahead, despite the local protests and threats of retaliation from the Bosnian Serb military.
The NATO-led peace force had cleared the area around a munitions dump and kept a close guard on roads in and out of the danger zone.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
Well this morning, of course, you are hearing the first explosion for the destruction of the munitions here on this site, it was carried out by the IFOR troops.
SUPER CAPTION: Canadian IFOR spokesman
In the nearby town of Sokolac, the mayor said that many buildings had windows broken in the explosion despite IFOR assurances that the explosions would be safe.
As he spoke, the sound of explosions could be heard in the background.
SOUNDBITE: (Serbo-Croat)
We ask for these activities to be stopped, and we ask for the agreement between the politicians and our (Bosnian Serb) headquarters to find some other places to do the explosions and you can hear right now at this moment the explosions and you can also see what is going on around on the various buildings and I appeal to the international community to do something in order to stop this, I have to say, criminal act.
SUPER CAPTION: Mayor of Sokolac
A routine NATO patrol discovered about 300 tonnes of small arms ammunition, anti-tank and anti-personnel mines in a schoolhouse in Margetici on August 5.
Because the Margetici site had not been declared to NATO as required by the Dayton peace agreement, NATO troops confiscated the material.
The destruction of the ammunition is expected to be completed by the end of the week.
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