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Wednesday, May 28, 2014

EU sends soldiers to help in relief operations after Bosnia floods

People dig out a buried car after floods and landslides in Topcic Polje Around 400 soldiers from Austria, Slovakia and the United Kingdom will join the EU peacekeeping mission in Bosnia this week to help conduct relief operations after the worst floods in living memory hit the country, EUFOR said on Wednesday. More than 50 people were killed by flooding and landslides in Serbia, Bosnia and Croatia. EUFOR took over from NATO in 2004 military implementation of the Dayton peace accords, which ended Bosnia's 1992-95 war. It now comprises around 640 soldiers from 22 countries.




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