"Having won," he told the flag-waving crowd, "we can now change together more calmly."

He was given a rapturous reception by a flag-waving crowd of 5,000 when the result was announced shortly after midnight.

Police battled to keep back the cheering, flag-waving crowds who turned out to do honor to the inventor of the first outpost in space.

This time, along with his mother, Betty, he had his brother, Thomas, offering support from the stands, as well as a partisan, flag-waving crowd.

It would not give much detail, but the first cargo welcomed by flag-waving crowds last month was said to be18 tonnes worth some $300m (£192m).

Dario Kordić is to be seen speaking to a cheering, flag-waving crowd.

"We must change our priorities, no matter how difficult it is," he declared to a flag-waving crowd of 10,000 gathered in the school's football field.

He told a flag-waving crowd, "Let's finish this job with style."

The flag-waving crowds along the parade route were striking both for their enthusiasm and their racial diversity.

The flag-waving crowd cheered through the anthem while Abdul-Rauf stood silently and prayed.