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<description><![CDATA[It survived the breakup of the Austrian empire, two world wars, the longest city siege in modern history and a bloody war in the 1990s that killed 100,000 people. Yet after 124 years, Bosnia's National Museum closed its doors Thursday due to dwindling state funding and disputes among rival ethnic groups.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Aida Cerkez]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Aida Cerkez]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/04/14218513-bosnias-national-museum-closes-after-124-years</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/04/14218513-bosnias-national-museum-closes-after-124-years</guid><category>eu</category><category>bosnia</category><category>museum</category><category>world-news</category><category>national-museum</category><category>bosnia-national</category><category>bosnia-national-museum</category><pubDate>Thu, 4 Oct 2012 11:10:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=49cd8428-d754-4208-a8a5-88f34dfc37d2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=49cd8428-d754-4208-a8a5-88f34dfc37d2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Group of students shout slogans with banner reading &quot;Shame on you&quot; in front  of National Museum,  in Sarajevo, Bosnia, on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012.  Bosnia's 124 years-old National Museum closed its doors Thursday following disputes among politicians and dwindling state funding, with employees not receiving their salaries for a year.(AP Photo/Amel Emric)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9284b7e4-6a11-469c-b03c-f9894f826a52.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="285" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9284b7e4-6a11-469c-b03c-f9894f826a52.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Students shout slogans near a  banner that reads &quot;Shame on you&quot; in front  of the National Museum,  in Sarajevo, Bosnia, on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012. Bosnia's 124 year-old National Museum closed its doors Thursday thanks to disputes among politicians and dwindling state funding. Having not received their salaries for a year, employees first gathered at the fountain in the Museum's botanical garden and threw a coin into it making a wish the institution will reopen soon. (AP Photo/Amel Emric)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=90ca05eb-be4d-4e17-81ca-69dce5e88368.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=90ca05eb-be4d-4e17-81ca-69dce5e88368.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Policemen secure an area inside of National Museum while the door  remains closed with wooden boards that read closed,  in Sarajevo, Bosnia, on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012. Bosnia's 124 year-old National Museum closed its doors Thursday thanks to disputes among politicians and dwindling state funding. Having not received their salaries for a year, employees  gathered at the fountain in the Museum's botanical garden and threw a coin into it making a wish the institution will reopen soon. (AP Photo/Amel Emric)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>