1 Many Croats and Slovenes saw independence as the fast track to democracy.

2 Both Serbs and Croats lay claim to the same land.

3 "I was serving great, " the beaming Croat said.

4 Language: The principal language is Serbo - Croat.

5 The big-serving Croat, seeded 20th, crunched a forehand down the line to win the tiebreak 7-1 and wrap up the match in two hours, 34 minutes at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden.

6 But regardless of the politics, the Croat girl said she is optimistic Stolac will one day change.

7 In the morning, Croat students attend classes; in the afternoon, Bosniaks fill the rooms.

8 The Yugoslav speaks serbo - croat, but I can not speak it.

9 The yugoslav speak serbo croat, but I can not speak it.

10 At the age of just 17 the young Croat was captain of Dinamo Zagreb.

11 It was the first formal meeting between the Croat acting principal and the unofficial leader of the Bosniak branch of the school.

12 I couldn't tell whether they were Bosnian, Croat or Serb – but I was sure they would all have their own tales to tell.

13 Then in 1993, during the Bosnian civil war, a mortar shell fired by Croat separatists exploded in the courtyard of her building.

14 When Luka Modric started playing football, it has been claimed that the little Croat had to play with wooden shin pads to protect him from the hustle and bustle of the beautiful game.

15 And in the final, I’m not going with the Croat just yet.

16 I emerged onto the former frontline,[] which divides the town into Muslim and Croat enclaves.

17 The House of Peoples includes 15 delegates, two-thirds of which come from the Federation (5 Croat and 5 Bosniaks) and one-third from the Republika Srpska (5 Serbs).

18 The Chair of the Presidency of BH rotates among three members (Bosniak, Serb, Croat), each elected as the Chair for a 8-month term within their 4-year term as a member.