West watches Bosnian Serbs as polls close

Banja Luka - Polling stations closed yesterday in Bosnian Serb territory after parliamentary elections

Banja Luka - Polling stations closed yesterday in Bosnian Serb territory after parliamentary elections. Western countries sponsoring the country's peace agreement were carefully watching the two-day vote amid concern hard-line nationalists might secure a majority in parliament.

The elections pit the Western-backed President Biljana Plavsic against nationalists loyal to the indicted war criminal, Dr Radovan Karadzic.

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