The sadness of Sarajevo

Heroes' cemetery. Interspersed amongst the bright white gravestones is a file of women - not all elderly - who have been attending some sort of ceremony or service in the graveyard. It's a solemn and impressive place, one of many in Sarajevo where 11,000 people died in the 1400 day siege. Nearly 10 per day...

And now in the hotel, the other face of post conflict Bosnia. There is a major international conference here tomorrow and they have set up a mobile metal detector and x-ray macine and nearby the hotel staff are setting up a podium with an American flag.

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