Serbian town consents to Milosevic burial in family front yard
BBC Monitoring Europe (Political) - March 16, 2006, Thursday

Excerpt from report by Bosnian Serb news agency SRNA

Pozarevac, 16 March: The Municipal Assembly [MA] of Pozarevac today approved the request that former Serbian and SRJ [Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, FRY] President Milosevic be buried in the front yard of his family home in 41 Nemanjina Street in [his hometown of] Pozarevac.

It was also decided that the day of Milosevic's funeral, 18 March, be declared a day of mourning for the municipality of Pozarevac area.

A 32-member funeral committee has been formed and will be headed by the president of the Pozarevac Socialists, Miomir Ilic.

Milosevic's body will be placed on public display in the Pozarevac MA building, for citizens who wish to do so to bid him last farewell.

[Passage omitted: already covered]

Source: SRNA news agency, Bijeljina, in Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian 1040 gmt 16 Mar 06

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