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Bosnia Reborn; Europe's one time wasteland, devastated by war, ideology and ethnic hatred, is staging one helluva comeback.

Newsweek International

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Byline: Ginanne Brownell (With Kris Anderson in London)

Elvir Causevic left sarajevo in 1990, just before the war engulfed Bosnia and smashed it to smithereens. Now 33 and educated in America, a member of Yale University's research staff, he recently moved back --and continues to be amazed at the town's transformation. The city he had seen so often on TV during the dark years was devastated, full of scarred and burned-out buildings, bereft of its once vibrant cosmopolitanism.

But no more. Sarajevo today is the very image of a thriving European capital, chockablock with chic restaurants and upscale art galleries. Cranes punctuate the skyline, erecting ...

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