The new geopolitical situation partly explains this political shift: the old demons of the Cold War have vanished a long time ago and, similarly, troubles in former Yugoslavian republics are now part of the past.

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The man who then called himself Chris Chichester vanished around the same time, according to witnesses.

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At the time she vanished she had been receiving hospital treatment after drinking bleach.

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