In Sarajevo, black market is symbol of economy in utter collapse. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)

    SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina _ Kira Prgovski needs to go shopping, but she doesn't have much in the way of money. What she does have is two bags of powdered milk donated by a humanitarian organization. 
    In an economy hobbled by war, just about anything becomes a commodity that can be sold or bartered for more desirable goods. 
    So 28-year-old Kira leaves her 7-week-old son at home with his father, throws the powdered milk in her shopping bag and ventures to the ``Markale'' _ the indoor hall where a black market thrives. 
    Perhaps more than any other institution in Sarajevo, the black market is the symbol of an economy in utter collapse. 
    From Logavina Street and throughout the city, Sarajevans come here to swap their children's clothing for sugar, the tiny tins of fish they have received from relief organizations for more essential products like flour. 
    Or, as is often the case, their food rations for coffee and cigarettes _ both being deemed staples in the Bosnian diet. 
    Wednesday afternoon, coffee was the ...