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    "All Countries",
    "All Countries - Politics and Society",
    "All Countries - Premium Only",
    "Balkan Insight",
    "Balkan Transitional Justice",
    "Serbia",
    "Serbia - Politics and Society",
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  "textContent": "As tensions grew in Yugoslavia, Serbia used the crimes committed by the fascist Ustasha forces of World War Two to whip up fear and hatred of Croats, preparing the public for war.",
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