| Ancestors of the Bosnians, Slavic people of central Europe, first settled in the region that is modern Bosnia in the fifth century. |
| As a Serb living among Croats and Bosnians he was, more than most, forced to confront his identity and loyalties. |
| During the conflict in Bosnia in the mid-1990s, NATO deployed 60,000 troops, equivalent to one soldier for every 66 Bosnians. |
| His second son Faruk, is a fireman, part of the welcoming committee that will include both Serbians and Bosnians. |
| In the mid-nineteenth century, Bosnians joined Slavs from Serbia and Croatia in an uprising against the Turks. |
| Serbs, Bosnians and Croats divided the loot with the loftiest of egalitarian instincts. |
