But a process has begun that will drain some of their powers towards a stronger centre, making Bosnia a more normal country.
The last four months of negotiations between politicians have been a reminder of how far Bosnia is from functioning as a normal country.
But even so, doubts remain about how it could fully participate as a normal country in such organisations without producing the sort of economic detail it has always been unable or unwilling to provide.
"This is huge because the results illustrate that what we call normal in this country is abnormal, " Van Horn says.
In reaction to the statements by China's Ministry of Commerce, Mr. Plummer said that it was entirely normal for a country to express concern about "unfair treatment" of a company headquartered in its borders.
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Cold weather should return soon, giving the country a normal start into 2013, he said.
Distributed through the country's normal outlets--public and private hospitals and pharmacies--the drug could be obtained by many more people.
Now comes news that Vietnam is entering the World Trade Organization and that the U.S. could soon establish permanent normal trade relations with the country.
That strangled growth opportunities and exacerbated the normal cash flow issues for the country's coastal manufacturers already operating on razor-thin margins.
Meanwhile, Libyan Oil Minister Shukri Ghanem urged foreign oil companies to send back their workers and experts to Libya as soon as possible, saying that the situation in his country was returning to normal.
What is the comfortable number that this administration has set for a normal, healthy unemployment rate in this country?
According to preliminary government forecasts, the country is expected to receive normal rainfall this year and this could cool food prices.
Most of the country will experience hotter than normal temperatures this summer because of "La Nina, " which will remain in force through August, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
In November 2011 a technocrat, the economics professor and former European Commissioner Mario Monti, was brought in to stabilize the country's finances, make reforms and give the country a "reset" before normal politics commence again after the upcoming elections.
It is not clear how long the country will take to return to its normal output of 350, 000 barrels a day.
What happens to Iraq's oil will be crucial in determining how fast the country is able to resume something like normal economic life.
But it can be done only when my country and the USA, their relationship becomes normal.
"People thought it was normal for us to have only one company in this country, " she adds.
In the interim, governments led by so-called technocrats (a professor, a governor of the Bank of Italy, an ex-diplomat) were brought in to make reforms and give the country a much needed "reset" before normal politics would be resumed.
"I have stuck out my neck in this country trying to show Jewish people are as normal as other people, " he said, pointing out that the government had allowed the Israeli cricket team to participate in an international tournament held in Malaysia last April.
Less normal is how many Americans have come to think that the country is not just passing through a rough patch but is in long-term decline.
And you're also not at seeing in a lot of parts of the country essential services that people need to live a normal life, and they need a competent armed forces over there too.
"The state will do all what needs to be done, in the quickest way, to assure the return to normal life to such a special and productive region of the country, " Monti said in a televised statement.
Scottish Water said it had mobilised an army of staff and additional resources to minimise the impact of the severe weather on their customers after it experienced 305 burst pipes across the country last week, more than four times the normal rate.
Northern states including Minnesota, Wisconsin and North Dakota are closer to normal rainfall levels as a high pressure system over the middle of the country pushed wet weather northward during the last month.
They've had problems and wars and fights and skirmishes so many times in this country that I think people are very accustomed to getting back to normal.
In Mumbai, the country's financial hub, taxi, bus and train services were normal.
Last year, India received below-normal rains in the first half of the season, which left vast swaths of the country reeling under a drought.
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