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Bosnian protesters sweep up rubble from rioting in northern city after days of violence

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    Bosnian workers look at burnt out cars in front of a burnt government building after protests in Bosnian capital of Sarajevo on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014. Anti-government protesters have stormed into the Bosnian presidency and another government building in Sarajevo and set them ablaze as riot police fired tear gas in a desperate attempt to stop them. Smoke rose from several cities as thousands vented their fury over the Balkan nation's high unemployment and rampant corruption. (AP Photo/Amel Emric) (The Associated Press)

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    A man and an emergency official talk on the phone in front of a blackened government building after protests in Bosnian capital of Sarajevo on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014. Anti-government protesters have stormed into the Bosnian presidency and another government building in Sarajevo and set them ablaze as riot police fired tear gas in a desperate attempt to stop them. Smoke rose from several cities as thousands vented their fury over the Balkan nation's high unemployment and rampant corruption. (AP Photo/Amel Emric) (The Associated Press)

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    A young Bosnian girl plays in front of the burnt building of the Bosnian Presidency in Sarajevo on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014. Anti-government protesters have stormed into the Bosnian presidency and another government building in Sarajevo and set them ablaze as riot police fired tear gas in a desperate attempt to stop them. Smoke rose from several cities as thousands vented their fury over the Balkan nation's high unemployment and rampant corruption. (AP Photo/Amel Emric) (The Associated Press)

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina – In a peaceful gesture after days of violent protests, Bosnians have swept up rubble in the northern city of Tuzla left over from the rioting.

But many are still furious over the nearly 40-percent unemployment rate and privatizations after the 1992-95 war that enriched a few tycoons and impoverished most of the middle class.

Hundreds gathered in peaceful demonstrations Saturday in the capital, Sarajevo, and other cities. On Friday, protesters set fire to government buildings in several cities, including the Bosnian presidency in Sarajevo.

In Tuzla, where the riots started Tuesday, people appeared with brooms and cleaned up stones and other wreckage.

The local governments in four cities, including Sarajevo, have resigned amid the unrest.