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      ODRAZ B92, Belgrade                             Daily News Service

      Odraz B92 vesti (by 9 PM), April 1, 1997

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      NEWS BY 9 PM

        RS Secession Impossible  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23
        Nine Green Bottles...  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  37
        Politika ``Persecuting Journalists'' . . . . . . . . . . . .  45
  15    Sacked RTS Editor Reinstated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  54
        Turks in Sarajevo  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  59
        Bosnian Repatriations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  66
        UNTAES reacts to Vukovar Attack  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  71
        Muslims Block Serb and Croat Repatriations . . . . . . . . .  77

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      RS SECESSION IMPOSSIBLE

      There can be no question of either political or economic secession
  25  of Republika from Bosnia Herzegovina, said Colum Murphy, spokesman
      for the UN High Commissioner for Bosnia on Monday. Mr Murphy said
      that the recent pact between RS and Yugoslavia did not technically
      breach the Dayton accords, but that its provisions on customs
      regulations would jepoardise the passing of economic laws which
  30  were a prerequisite for the planned donor's conference.

      He added that neither the agreement with Yugoslavia nor the tying
      of the RS economy to the Yugoslav dinar was in the interests of
      Republika Srpska as this would mean sinking together with the sick
      man of Europe. Mr Murphy also warned that the customs agreement
  35  would also diminish Yugoslavia's chances of being granted trade
      concessions by Europe.


      NINE GREEN BOTTLES...

      The Montenegrin branch of the Radical Party lost another member on
      Tuesday. Vice-president Aleksandar Stamatovic resigned from both
  40  his office and his party membership. He gave the same reason as
      had the former president, Acim Visnjic: Radical leader Vojislav
      Seselj support of Montenegrin President Momir Bulatovic and the
      consequent connection with the regime of Serbian President
      Slobodan Milosevic.


  45  POLITIKA ``PERSECUTING JOURNALISTS''

      The trade union representing journalists at the pro-government
      daily Politika on Tuesday warned that the persecution of
      journalists at the paper was becoming critical. The statement
      referred to the reduction of salaries for a group of journalists
  50  who had protested at editorial policy on recent political
      developments in Serbia. The incident follows the sacking of
      Biserka Matic, a highly respected journalist with years of
      experience and the suspension of Ivan Stojkovic.


      SACKED RTS EDITOR REINSTATED

  55  The Novi Sad Municipal Court has overturned a decision by the
      Managing Board of Radio Television Serbia to replace the Editor in
      Chief of Novi Sad information current affairs programs. The court
      ruling said that the sacking was unlawful.


      TURKS IN SARAJEVO

  60  Between three and four hundred Turkish citizens are currently in
      Sarajevo according to local daily Svijet. The report says that the
      Kurds arrived legally with the necessary papers as tourist. The
      daily reports that information from the Bosnian Interior for the
      Ministry clearly confirmed that this was a case of organised
  65  illegal immigration of Kurds into Western European country.


      BOSNIAN REPATRIATIONS

      A group of 31 Bosnian children was returned to Sarajevo on Tuesday
      from Germany where they had spent the last five years. The
      children, aged between five and twelve were returned to the same
  70  orphanage from which they had been taken in 1992.


      UNTAES REACTS TO VUKOVAR ATTACK

      The UN Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia stated on
      Tuesday that it would bolster security measures in the region in
      the lead up to the April 13 local elections. The added precautions
  75  follow an incident on Monday when representatives of the ruling
      Croat Democratic Union were pelted with eggs and stones.


      MUSLIMS BLOCK SERB AND CROAT REPATRIATIONS

      A spokesman for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Mons
      Nieberg, on Tuesday expressed grave concern over the refusal of
  80  Sarajevo authorities to allow Serbs and Croats to move back into
      their restored flats in Sarajevo. He said that this ran counter to
      earlier statements of the authorities that Sarajevo was a
      multiethnic city and minorities would be allowed to return.

      Prepared by: Marija Milosavljevic
  85  Edited by: Steve Agnew

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