Old divides plague Bosnia: Twelve years after the Dayton peace accords ended a bloody sectarian war, cracks in Bosnia-Herzegovina's fragile foundation are showing -- and growing wider. From: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) | Date: May 14, 2007 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Chicago Tribune. 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.Copyright information

Byline: Christine Spolar

May 14--SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina -- Nearly 12 years from war, Bosnia-Herzegovina is again flirting with danger.

Feuding among Serb, Croat and Muslim leaders has upended a yearlong attempt to write a constitution. Negotiations over a single national police force have bottomed out again. Since February, Muslims and Serbs have been trading barbs over war crimes. European Union monitors who arrived this spring to check the pulse of reforms quickly backed away from serious talks.

The threat of bullets is long gone, and a once-robust ...

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