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A broken wooden Serbian coat-of-arms from the Communist era is seen on the stand of Serbia's republic parliament in this May 27 2003 file photo. Serbia's parliament voted on Tuesday Aug 17 2004 to restore its ancient coat-of-arms and a 19th century anthem. Adopting symbols that represented Serbia before it merged with its Balkan neighbors in 1918 to form Yugoslavia, lawmakers voted 183-0 to make the anthem, Boze Pravde (God of Justice), and the once royal coat-of-arms official again. (AP Photo /Aleksandar Andjic

1 posted on 08/18/2004 6:17:23 AM PDT by OESY
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Sandra Valentic, 34, an ethnic Croat born and raised in Serbia, said, "Am I supposed to feel warmth when I hear the anthem?"

What's her complaint......she's never been cleansed from Serbia or had her land taken from her. Go back to Croatia if you don't like it.

2 posted on 08/18/2004 6:27:04 AM PDT by MadelineZapeezda (CPR for hampsters, nothing for the Unborn!)
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Others said the new symbols may not be welcome in a multiethnic state where more than 30 percent of its 10 million people are non-Serb.

That must be a mistake, there can't be that many non-Serbs living in Serbia, the Serbs are all racists who ethnically cleansed all the non-Serbs, I'm told. Clinton even said so, and I just know he wouldn't lie to me.

5 posted on 08/18/2004 10:35:30 AM PDT by Decombobulator
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To: OESY
Sandra Valentic, 34, an ethnic Croat born and raised in Serbia, said, "Am I supposed to feel warmth when I hear the anthem?"

Well, I guess that there's no problem with Croatia's anthem and/or coat-of-arms, same as those used by Croat nazi puppet state in WWII, during which around 700,000 people were killed.

And it's not "God of Justice", but "God (give us) Justice".

7 posted on 08/18/2004 3:38:20 PM PDT by Marko37
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