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republic of bosnia and herzegovina
n a mountainous republic of south-central Europe; formerly part of the Ottoman Empire and then a part of Yugoslavia; voted for independence in 1992 but the mostly Serbian army of Yugoslavia refused to accept the vote and began ethnic cleansing in order to rid Bosnia of its Croats and Muslims
Bosnian leader calls for end to ethnic divisions Zeljko Komsic, the current chairman of the three-person presidency of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, said the ethnic divisions entrenched in his country's constitution threaten its future and potential membership in the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Chairman of the presidency visits campus between two other stops in St. Louis, Chicago CHAMPAIGN — Dividing ...
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