Dubrovnik Learns to Love Again ; Devastated14 Years Ago in a Siege That Shocked the World,the Pearl of the Adriatic has Now Healed Its Wounds

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WHEN the siege of Dubrovnik began, Marijana Mihajlovic was 21 years old and madly in love. She had just married her fiance, Vlaho, and they planned to open a restaurant together.

But, as a combination of the Yugoslav army, Serbs and Montenegrans pounded their beautiful city with more than 2,000 shells.

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Dubrovnik Learns to Love Again ; Devastated14 Years Ago in a Siege That Shocked the World,the Pearl of the Adriatic has Now Healed Its Wounds

Their dream was shattered.

The couple went to Germany to look for work. But watching the horror at home unfold on TV, and knowing that her family was left behind, became too much for Marijana to bear.

She returned to Dubrovnik and the relationship foundered.

'The war ruined my life,' she says. 'But at least it was only my marriage I lost. Som...

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