WAR OF WORDS ESCALATES BETWEEN POLITICAL GROUPS IN SERBIAN CAPITAL.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Slobodan Milosevic's supporters from the countryside called Wednesday for ``tough action'' against opposition demonstrators, and the Serbian president's Socialist Party Socialist party, in U.S. history, political party formed to promote public control of the means of production and distribution. In 1898 the Social Democratic party was formed by a group led by Eugene V. Debs and Victor Berger. demanded they be punished. Opposition leaders and students vowed to keep up their protests, but many wondered whether Milosevic would use Tuesday's violence as an excuse to crush the opposition. The clashes between government supporters and opponents left 58 people injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. , including one man who suffered a gunshot wound. It was the worst violence in Serbia in five years. There were no signs of a crackdown Wednesday as 100,000 protesters marched through Belgrade without incident, their 36th day in the streets. Earlier in the day, 10,000 student marchers carried sponges, brooms and plastic bottles filled with soapy water to wash down the spot where Milosevic's supporters rallied Tuesday. ``Arrest Slobo '' they chanted. The air vibrated with shrill shrill adj. shrill·er, shrill·est 1. High-pitched and piercing in tone or sound: the shrill wail of a siren. 2. whistles, and an occasional firecracker popped. While the mood was festive, marshals with walkie-talkies monitored the demonstration carefully to prevent any provocation. ``The idea is to have pressure from all sides,'' said Bojan Radinovic, 24, an agronomy agronomy (əgrŏn`əmē), branch of agriculture dealing with various physical and biological factors—including soil management, tillage, crop rotation, breeding, weed control, and climate—related to crop production. student at Belgrade University, who blew a whistle as he slogged through the slush slush n. 1. Partially melted snow or ice. 2. Soft mud; slop; mire. 3. Nautical Grease or fat discarded from a ship's galley. 4. A greasy compound used as a lubricant for machinery. . ``We want to have authorities that can be replaced.'' The students addressed a letter to Milosevic on Wednesday, accusing him of bringing Belgrade ``to the edge of civil war.'' |
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