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“When a man is ill,he has only one wish -to gain health,and when he does -then come a hundred wishes and he turns even unhappier than when he was lying sick in bed”

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Alija Izetbegovic
Alija Izetbegovic

Alija Izetbegovic was a Bosnian politician born on August 8, 1925, and died on October 19, 2003. He played a significant role in the Bosnian War for independence and served as the first President of Bosnia and Herzegovina. more

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