61.   The monthlong protests against Milosevic were triggered after he canceled opposition victories last month in all major Serbian towns, including Belgrade.

62.   The number of casualties in the central Serbian town could not be independently confirmed.

63.   The report coincided with escalating anti-Milosevic protests, including demonstrations by thousands of people Tuesday in two Serbian towns.

64.   The protests in this central Serbian town are the third wave of worker unrest this year, and the largest and longest in many years.

65.   The reservists, several hundred of them, said at their protest in downtown Kragujevac that they would block a road leading to Kraljevo, another central Serbian town.

66.   The protests have spread to most Serbian towns.

67.   The Yugoslav army, meanwhile, banned anti-war demonstrations in a central Serbian town, Krusevac, during air raid alerts, the daily Vijesti reported.

68.   Thousands of workers in a major Serbian industrial town are in a fifth week of strikes and bitter protests demanding money, jobs, and political change.

69.   Warning sirens blared in some Serbian towns.

70.   Yugoslav media also reported attacks later Friday on bridges, and on several Serbian towns.