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Bosnia marks 20 years since start of Yugoslav war

Muslim populated Bosnia-Herzegovina is still troubled two decades on

Bosnian man, Daut Nezovic (46) shows brass bullets he found by digging on the slopes of mount Trebevic, north of Bosnian capital Sarajevo, on April 2, 2012. Nezovic reopens trenches that used to be the frontline during 1992-95 siege of Sarajevo, in his search for brass bullet casings that he sells at 2 EUR per kilo to a local scrap yard th

Bosnian man, Daut Nezovic (46) shows brass bullets he found by digging on the slopes of mount Trebevic, north of Bosnian capital Sarajevo, on April 2, 2012. Nezovic reopens trenches that used to be the frontline during 1992-95 siege of Sarajevo, in his search for brass bullet casings that he sells at 2 EUR per kilo to a local scrap yard thus making his modest earnings. Bosnia on Friday marks 20 years since the start of a war that has left the country’s Muslims, Serbs and Croats deeply divided as some warn it could become Europe’s failed state. (AFP/Getty Images)

Bosnian man, Daut Nezovic (46) digs on the slopes of mount Trebevic, north of Bosnian capital Sarajevo, on April 2, 2012. Nezovic reopens trenches that used to be the frontline during 1992-95 siege of Sarajevo, in his search for brass bullet casings that he sells at 2 EUR per kilo to a local scrap yard thus making his modest earnings. Bosnia on Friday marks 20 years since the start of a war that has left the country’s Muslims, Serbs and Croats deeply divided as some warn it could become Europe’s failed state. (AFP/Getty Images)

Bosnian man, Daut Nezovic (46) dig on the slopes of mount Trebevic, north of Bosnian capital Sarajevo, on April 2, 2012. Nezovic reopens trenches that used to be the frontline during 1992-95 siege of Sarajevo, in his search for brass bullet casings that he sells at 2 EUR per kilo to a local scrap yard thus making his modest earnings. Bosnia on Friday marks 20 years since the start of a war that has left the country’s Muslims, Serbs and Croats deeply divided as some warn it could become Europe’s failed state. (AFP/Getty Images)

General view of Bosnian capital Sarajevo, on April 2, 2012. Bosnia on Friday marks 20 years since the start of a war that has left the country’s Muslims, Serbs and Croats deeply divided as some warn it could become Europe’s failed state. (AFP/Getty Images)

The monument with names of children killed during 1992-95 siege of Sarajevo is seen on April 2, 2012, 20 years after the beginning of the siege. Hundreds of children were killed during the siege of Bosnian capital which is recorded as the longest one in modern history. Bosnia on Friday marks 20 years since the start of a war that has left the country’s Muslims, Serbs and Croats deeply divided as some warn it could become Europe’s failed state. (AFP/Getty Images)

A former sniper position on slopes of mount Trebevic gives a view of Bosnian capital Sarajevo, on April 2, 2012. Bosnia on Friday marks 20 years since the start of a war that has left the country’s Muslims, Serbs and Croats deeply divided as some warn it could become Europe’s failed state. (AFP/Getty Images)

A former sniper position on slopes of mount Trebevic gives a view of Bosnian capital Sarajevo, on April 2, 2012. Bosnia on Friday marks 20 years since the start of a war that has left the country’s Muslims, Serbs and Croats deeply divided as some warn it could become Europe’s failed state. (AFP/Getty Images)

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