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  bosnia and herzegovina - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
Bosnia and Herzegovina (officially Bosna i Hercegovina, shortened to BiH, also in English variously written Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Bosnia-Hercegovina) is a mountainous country in the western Balkans.
On November 21, 1995, in Dayton, Ohio, presidents of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Alija Izetbegović), Croatia (Franjo Tuđman), and Serbia (Slobodan Milošević) signed a peace agreement that brought a halt to the three years of war in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (the final agreement was signed in Paris on 14 December 1995).
The Dayton Agreement succeeded in ending the bloodshed in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and it institutionalized the division between the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Muslim and Croat entity - Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (51% of the territory), and the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Serb entity - Republika Srpska (49%).
www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/Bosnia-and-Herzegovina   (1399 words)

  
 Bosnia and Herzegovina - Gurupedia
The Dayton Agreement divides Bosnia and Herzegovina roughly equally between the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Bosnian Serb Republika Srpska.
Bosnia is located in the Western Balkans, bordering Serbia and Montenegro to the east and Croatia to the north and south-west.
Banja Luka in the northwest, Tuzla in the northeast and Mostar, the capital of Herzegovina.
www.gurupedia.com /b/bo/bosnia_and_herzegovina.htm   (937 words)

  
 Bosnia and Herzegovina - Enpsychlopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Bosnia and Herzegovina was formerly one of the six federal units constituting Yugoslavia.
This was caused by the ethnic cleansing of non-Serb population, of Bosnian Serb refugees from the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina due to Bosnian war (1992-1995) and of Croatian Serb Croatia due to the Croatian war (1991-1995).
In Bosnia and Herzegovina, there is a strong correlation between ethnic identity and religion because 88% of Croats are Roman Catholics, 90% of Bosniaks practice Islam, and 93% of Serbs are Orthodox Christians.
enpsychlopedia.org /psypsych/Bosnia   (4531 words)

  
 ooBdoo
In the 1990s, the region was gravely affected by armed conflict in the former Yugoslav republics, resulting in intervention by NATO forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and the Republic of Macedonia.
Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia and Montenegro started negotiations with the EU over the Stabilisation and Accession Agreements, although shortly after they started, negotiations with Serbia and Montenegro were suspended for lack of co-operation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia.
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Bosniaks are mostly Muslim, Serbs are mostly Serbian (Eastern) Orthodox and Croats are mostly Catholic.
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 Meteoroloo.com :: Bosnia - topographical maps of bosnia
Bosnia through historyThe territories of today's Bosnia and Herzegovina were part of Illyria and later part of the Roman Empire (provinces Dalmatia and Pannonia).
The Dayton Agreement succeeded in ending the bloodshed in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and it institutionalized the division between the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Muslim and Croat entity - Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina bosnia war (51% of the territory), and the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Serb entity - bosnia news Republika Srpska (49%).
The currency (the Convertible bosnia herzegovina civilian Mark KM or Bosnian mujahideen in bosnia Mark BAM, BAM ratio to the Euro 1: 0,51), which is based on the fixed value of the deutschmark, is also very stable.
www.meteoroloo.com /Met-countries-a-b/Bosnia.html   (2100 words)

  
 Marcus Cox: Strategic Approaches to International Intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina
The State of Bosnia and Herzegovina is a federation between two Entities: the Republika Srpska and the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the latter being itself a federation of Bosniac and Croat areas.
Bosnia and Herzegovina is in a period of major demographic upheaval.
For a country as small as Bosnia and Herzegovina, this is highly inefficient, and economic pressures should lead to the economic integration of the three areas.
www.isn.ethz.ch /3isf/Online_Publications/WS5/WS_5A/Cox1.htm   (19867 words)

  
 Top20Bosnia-Herzegovina.com - Your Top20 Guide to Bosnia-Herzegovina!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (locally: Bosna i Hercegovina/Босна и Херцеговина, most commonly abbreviated to BiH) is a triangular mountainous country in the western Balkans with an estimated population of about 4,000,000 people.
Bosnia was formerly one of the six federal units constituting Yugoslavia.
While those living in Bosnia were from 1908 officially in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, South Slavs in Serbia and elsewhere were calling for a South Slav state; World War I began with the assassination in Sarajevo of Archduke Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, the assassin was Gavrilo Princip, a member of the "Mlada Bosna" organization.
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 Bosniaks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The rest of Bosnia was nominally Roman Catholic, with a segment of the population belonging to an indigenous Bosnian Church (krstjani, "Christians").
Like national identity in Bosnia and Herzegovina in general, Bosniak national identity is chiefly based on religion and communal feeling, as opposed to linguistic and/or physical differences from their neighbors.
Bosnia and Herzegovina were occupied and administered by Austria-Hungary in 1878, and a number of Bosniaks left Bosnia and Herzegovina.
koz.vianet.ca /boshis77.htm   (5970 words)

  
 Bosnia and Herzegovina   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Bosnia and Herzegovina was invited by the Community of Democracies' (CD) Convening Group to attend the November 2002 second CD Ministerial Meeting in Seoul, Republic of Korea, as a participant.
Much of Croat-controlled Herzegovina and towns in eastern RS remained resistant to minority returns, although efforts by hard-line Croats to resettle returning refugees in a manner that consolidated the results of ethnic cleansings ceased for the most part.
From data collected by the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMiBH) and International Organization for Migration (IOM), it was estimated that during the year there were roughly 3,000 women engaged in prostitution in the country, of which some 25 to 30 percent were thought to be victimized through coercion or deception.
www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2002/18356.htm   (18882 words)

  
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina (officially Bosna i Hercegovina/Босна и Херцеговина, shortened to BiH, also in English variously written Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Bosnia-Hercegovina) is a mountainous country in the western Balkans.
The territories of today's Bosnia and Herzegovina were part of Illyria and later part of the Roman Empire (provinces Dalmatia and Pannonia).
Bosnia remained independent up until 1463, when Ottoman Turks conquered the region and established the Ottoman province of Bosnia.
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 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2001 LSMS (bih\bih01home.html)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The 2001 Bosnia and Herzegovina Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) survey provides individual level and household level socio-economic data from 5,402 households drawn from urban and rural areas in the two entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republika Srpska.
The sample was designed to allow analyses of Bosnia and Herzegovina as a whole, by entity, and by urban/rural locations.
The form states that downloading the data obligates you to cite the source of the data and to send copies of papers to the State Agency for Statistics for Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republika Srpska Institute of Statistics, and the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina Institute of Statistics and the LSMS Division of the World Bank.
www.worldbank.org /html/prdph/lsms/country/bih/bih01home.html   (415 words)

  
 Global Harvest Ministries
To be able to translate the significance of their real life war and discern the spirits behind it would be an incredible asset to the church in other volatile areas of the 40/70 Window.
A brief overview of the history and government of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The rich history of Bosnia and Herzegovina demonstrates the uniqueness of a country where four religions...
www.globalharvest.org /index.asp?action=bosniaherz   (913 words)

  
 AirNinja.com - Country Facts for Bosnia and Herzegovina
Population of Bosnia and Herzegovina 2000 - 2005
Median Age of Bosnia and Herzegovina 2003 - 2005
Unemployment of Bosnia and Herzegovina 2002 - 2004
www.airninja.com /worldfacts/countries/BosniaandHerzegovina.htm   (109 words)

  
 LSN - Landmine Survivors Network
In March 1992, the conflict began when Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) declared its independence from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
In 1994, Bosnian Muslims joined Bosnian Croats to form the Bosnia Herzegovina Federation and fought against the Bosnian Serbs.
Years of conflict have left Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) one of the most heavily-mined countries in Europe.
www.landminesurvivors.org /where_bosnia.php   (472 words)

  
 InsideBosnia - country portal and web site directories for Bosnia
By Daria Sito-Sucic SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Bosnia's war crimes court on Tuesday sentenced a former...
Bosnia and Herzegovina's declaration of sovereignty in October of 1991, was followed by a referendum for independence from the former Yugoslavia in February of 1992.
On 21 November 1995, in Dayton, Ohio, the warring parties signed a peace agreement that brought to a halt the three years of interethnic civil strife (the final agreement was signed in Paris on 14 December 1995).
www.insidebosnia.com   (282 words)

  
 Bosnia Handout
Croats and Muslims in Bosnia have also committed atrocities and forced other ethnic groups to flee--the Croat destruction of Mostar is a noteworthy example--but the ethnic cleansing actions of the Bosnian Serbs are unrivaled in scale and intensity.
Up to 90 percent of non-Serbs who lived in the 65 percent of Bosnia now under Serb control have been forced to flee, were detained, or were killed.
Estimates by various of international humanitarian and human rights organizations of the number of deaths and displaced persons in Bosnia suggest, when compared with 1991 census data for Bosnia, that far fewer ethnic Serbs than Muslims and Croats have been killed or expelled from their homes.
www.fas.org /irp/cia/product/bosnia_handout.html   (2021 words)

  
 GEOBIS INTERNATIONAL® - Bosnia and Herzegovina Digital Maps
Adress Geocoding, georeferencing and geoindexing system for all cities of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
on national and metropolitan levels for all cities of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
he most complete bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina City Digital Maps for all capital cities and more important parishes, including: roads, blocks and landmarks.
www.geobis.com /mdi/bosniainicio_eng.htm   (158 words)

  
 New Page 14   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Nevertheless, its peculiar geographic shape inherently associates it with the region Bosnia and Herzegovina is part of, as well as the recent history with Yugoslavia etc
There are some deposits of coal, especially in Bulgaria, Serbia and Bosnia.
The Balkan nations began to regain their independence in the 19th century(Greece), and in 1912-1913 a Balkan League reduced Turkey's territory to its present extent in the Balkan Wars.
koz.vianet.ca /jack1.htm   (2266 words)

  
 ReliefWeb » Maps Preview » Bosnia and Herzegovina: Ethnic composition before the war (as of 1991)
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Ethnic composition before the war (as of 1991)
With the exception of public UN sources, reproduction or redistribution of the above text, in whole, part or in any form, requires the prior consent of the original source.
Office of the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina (OHR)
www.reliefweb.int /rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/AHAA-6KRLHT?OpenDocument   (77 words)

  
 DHL: Corporate - Bosnia and Herzegovina Service Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Addresses in Bosnia and Herzegovina where you can leave a shipment for delivery.
The location of the office from where DHL activities in Bosnia and Herzegovina are controlled.
Information that may be of interest to you when doing business with Bosnia and Herzegovina
www.dhl.com /wrd/ba.html   (69 words)

  
 Kardrew Bosnia and Herzegovina Travel Page - VirtualTourist.com
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'Ethnic cleansing’ (there was nothing clean about it, it was genocide) and the war in the 1990's altered the demographics of the countries Serbia Montenegro, Bosnia & Herzogovina (BiH) & Croatia with it's varied cultures Serbian Orthodox, Muslim & Catholic.
As I understand it (it's difficult to find much info on Republika Srpska), Much of BiH has largely Serbian populations & these parts are known as Republika Srpska.
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