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Ashdown to talk on why Bosnia's reconstruction is more successful than Iraq's

11-20-2006 · University of Bath

The reasons why the post-war reconstruction of Bosnia has been more successful than in Iraq are outlined in a free public lecture by Paddy Ashdown at the University of Bath on Thursday (23 Nov).

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