1. Even though the three former Socialist officials are now formally under investigation, it will be up to investigating magistrates to decide whether they should be prosecuted. 2. Ford had originally hoped to build the factory in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul but abandoned those plans after a financing dispute with local socialist officials. 3. On Thursday in Kragujevac, Socialist officials loyal to Milosevic were busy organizing resistance to the new administration. 4. Socialist officials who have gained local trust have been allowed to remain at their posts. 5. Socialist officials in the interim government said they did not know who the armed men were. 6. The police chief, one of his top aides and Sancristobal then called in the top Socialist official for the province for advice, according to the court. 7. Other Socialist officials accused the Peratikos Group of closing Elevsis in an effort to blackmail the government into selling them the Skaramangas shipyard. 8. A senior Socialist party official, Jose Maria Benegas, issued a written statement Tuesday denying he had met with Conde and the advisor to arrange the Gonzalez interview. 9. A Socialist party official said the detentions were aimed at obstructing the convention. 10. Although Ivkovic reiterated his loyalty to Milosevic, he was conspicuously absent when other top Socialist officials visited Milosevic at The Hague detention facility last month. |