(4 Oct 2000) Voice and effects
VOICED BY: Vera Frankl
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Protests are continuing in the Yugoslav capital, Belgrade, as people take to the streets to voice their anger at Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic.
As the protests went ahead, Milosevic's police entered a major coal mine to break up the largest of the nationwide strikes launched to drive the Yugoslav president from power.
The action came one day after the government threatened "special measures" against leaders of strikes and road blockades, launched this week to force Milosevic to concede defeat to challenger Vojislav Kostunica in the September 24 election.
VOICE-OVER:
0003 Protesters gathered in one of Belgrade's main squares to continue the anti-Milosevic demonstrations.
0008 Several hundred doctors and nurses joined the rally to add their voices to the chorus of disapproval following the elections.
0016 One doctor had a message for the beleaguered Yugoslav president.
0021 SOUNDBITE: (Serbo-Croat) Doctor
0024 We are offering our help to Milosevic, he said. Come and you will be treated humanely in the psychiatric ward.
0032 The opposition says their candidate, Vojislav Kostunica, won the election outright.
0037 While Milosevic accepts their claim, he's ordered a second round of voting on Sunday because he says neither he nor Kostunica won more than 50 per cent of the vote.
0048 Protests like this one have been held since the result of the election was announced.
0054 At this rally, an opposition economist said his group had obtained information on election fraud from the Federal Statistics Bureau.
0102 Meanwhile, thousands of students rallied infront of Belgrade's university.
0106 Opponents of Milosevic are also seeking legal redress in relation to the presidential election result, and they plan to take their case to Yugoslavia's highest court.
0116 But these protesters may be facing an uphill march, with the courts full of judges loyal to President Milosevic.
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