Defiant Bosnian Serbs Celebrate Their Controversial Holiday

Bosnian Serbs are celebrating a contentious holiday in defiance of the country's other ethnic groups, its constitutional court and the international community. The Jan. 9 holiday commemorates the date in 1992 when Bosnian Serbs declared the creation of their own state in Bosnia, igniting the country's devastating four-year war.   Bosnian Serb police officers, firefighters and folklore groups paraded through the streets of Banja Luka, the de-facto capital of the Serb-run...

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