Novak Djokovic has achieved what no politician has managed since the bloody Balkan wars in the 1990s - he's gotten the former wartime enemies to pull together. The world's No. 2 tennis player has sparked worldwide financial and media support for victims of the massive floods that have killed at least 45 people and left hundreds of thousands homeless in Serbia, Bosnia and Croatia. What has set Djokovic's flood campaign apart is that he also sought support for Bosnia and Croatia which were at war with Serbia. All three states still harbor a deep mutual hatred and distrust, 20 years after the wars ended and the former Yugoslavia split up into seven different countries.
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