Before and After

Not so Black and White

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February 24th 2007
The residents seem unselfconscious about the Swiss-cheese like buildings that line every street. It is impossible to walk ten feet without seeing another at least partially destroyed grocery store or apartment. Bullet-sized holes and artillery shell explosions are evident everywhere. Many of the near-rubble buildings have warnings posted: NO PARKING OR CLIMBING for fear of the building compl ... read more

Europe » Bosnia & Herzegovina » South » Mostar

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Bosnia and Herzegovina's declaration of sovereignty in October 1991, was followed by a declaration of independence from the former Yugoslavia on 3 March 1992 after a referendum boycotted by ethnic Serbs. The Bosnian Serbs - supported by neighboring S... ... read more