WORLD : 500,000 Protest Slav Separatists
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BELGRADE, Yugoslavia — About 500,000 angry Serbs massed in Belgrade streets today to protest what they see as separatist tendencies in Kosovo province, where an eight-day miners’ strike forced the resignation of three leaders.
Yugoslav President Raif Dizdarevic addressed the crowd in front of the federal Parliament, promising that the country’s leadership would “undertake all necessary measures” to prevent Yugoslavia from falling apart.
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