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By Matt Robinson and Maja Zuvela SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Sarajevo marked 100 years on Saturday since the murder of an Austrian prince that lit the fuse for World War One, with a concert by the Vienna Philharmonic offering a message of unity to a divided country and a continent tested by social and economic strife. The murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne and his wife Sophie on a bright June morning in Sarajevo in 1914 by a 19-year-old Bosnian Serb called Gavrilo Princip set the Great Powers marching to war. Sarajevo closed the century under siege by Bosnian Serb forces during Yugoslavia's disintegration. Still dealing with the aftermath, Bosnia's former warring communities greeted the centennial deeply at odds over Princip's motives and his legacy.More...