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| March 17, 2005 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Financial Times Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

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Byline: EUGENE BRCIC

There had been fears of a nationalist backlash and even a wave of collective depression. But a day after the European Union delayed Croatia's bid to start membership talks, Croats are nursing their disappointment with a sense of humor.

"EU-thanasia," the popular weekly Feral Tribune splashed on its front page Thursday, with a photomontage of Foreign Minister Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic lying on a hospital bed, applying an ice-pack to her forehead.

Radio commentators quipped that nothing could stop Croatia from moving closer to the EU _ citing seismological research that showed tectonic movements were…

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