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...rhetoric out of the country is alarming. Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik publicly declared that he doesn't believe the common state has a future, and occasionally hints that his Serb-dominated statelet may secede from Bosnia. From the other side of the ethnic divide, leading Bosniak politician Haris Silajdzic repeatedly calls for the abolishment of the Serbian Republic, which he sees as a product of a Serbian ethnic cleansing campaign during the war. "It appears that the status quo created by genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes has acquired a degree of sanctity in Bosnia and Herzegovina...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Bosnia Test the Obama Administration? | 12/22/2008 | See Source »

Meanwhile, insults are flying across the ethnic divide, spurred by tabloid media and populist politicians from both sides. Two weeks ago, Dodik's government decided to remove the adjective "Bosnian" from the names of several towns in the Serbian Republic. Meanwhile, in once multi-ethnic Sarajevo, a decree by Bosniak officials introducing compulsory lessons in the Koran to kindergarteners prompted remaining Serbs and Croats to pull their children out of school. "Instead of showing some statesmanship, Bosnian political leaders are practicing petty politics", complains the current OHR chief, Slovakian diplomat Miroslav Lajcak...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Bosnia Test the Obama Administration? | 12/22/2008 | See Source »

...Cyprus or Belgium." Knaus blames the current troubles on the "irresponsible political elites." That political accomodation that allowed the war to end 13 years ago, however, will continue to roil the country's politics for the foreseeable future. Knaus sees no easy way out of the Serb-Bosniak stalemate. "No miraculous constitutional reform plan and no powerful international foreign mission can overcome this: both have been tried for many years," he told TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Bosnia Test the Obama Administration? | 12/22/2008 | See Source »

...will return, funded by a $10,000 donation from the Kathryn Wasserman Davis Foundation to rebuild a war-devastated athletic center in her hometown, Kolibe Gornje, Bosnia. Kobiljar said she hoped the reconstruction of the athletic center would promote peace by allowing the town to host the neighboring Bosniak, Croat, and Serb communities in competitions and tournaments, increasing interaction between the groups. She said she also hoped her plan would unite and empower the village’s residents by involving them in the project. “One of my biggest points of the proposal is that the only...

Author: By Amanda L. Brown, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Freshman Receives $10K for Project | 3/15/2007 | See Source »

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