Thousands March in Capital

About 3,000 followers of former Albanian President Sali Berisha defied a government ban and staged a peaceful march through the center of the capital, Tirana, as heavily armed state security forces looked on. Socialist Prime Minister Fatos Nano, emerging from hiding after violence Monday during which his office and residence were looted, accused Berisha of trying to stage a coup and demanded that opposition supporters surrender their arms. Two tanks were handed over. Nano made clear that he has no intention of resigning, a key demand of Berisha’s opposition Democrats, who blame the prime minister for the weekend slaying of a leading Democratic politician.