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Globus and Harvey World Travel Caloundra are promoting the 22-day journey with the 4BC afternoon presenters through the ancient cities of the Balkans with an unforgettable Avalon Waterways river cruise along the Danube from Hungary to Romania. The...
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Ahead of them, Kenny Hayden was hauling a propane tank on an orange plastic sled, stopping briefly at each to quickly melt the column’s surfaces and make each almost perfectly transparent. The sun, he explained, is among an ice-carvers’ greatest...
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US Deputy Secretary of State, William Burns (L) sits during a meeting with unseen Bosnian Chairman of the tripartite Presidency, Zelko Komsic, in Sarajevo, on February 17, 2012. Burns arrived with his delegation ,for a two-day official visit to... View Photo »
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I appeal once more to your government, which enjoys broad support, to use this unique opportunity and back the commencement of accession negotiations, at the European Council in December, and to increase the benefits from the process of EU expansion to the entire Balkans region
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Milosevic aspired for Serbia to dominate the Balkans; Assad hopes that Syria, along with Iran, would dominate the Middle East. The Balkans have been ravaged by multiple civil and international wars over the last century. The Middle East has been...
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Luis D Negron with Liberty Flag hangs banners along the route of the South SIde Irish Parade, near 103rd and Western on March 8, 2007. “How’s life in the Balkans?” Edward Burke (14th) has chided fellow Irish politicos from a part of town proudly...
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Luis D Negron with Liberty Flag hangs banners along the route of the South SIde Irish Parade, near 103rd and Western on March 8, 2007. “How’s life in the Balkans?” Edward Burke (14th) has chided fellow Irish politicos from a part of town proudly...
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US Deputy Secretary of State, William Burns (L) shakes hands with Bosnian Chairman of the tripartite Presidency, Zelko Komsic (R), in Sarajevo, on February 17, 2012. Burns arrived with his delegation ,for a two-day official visit to Sarajevo, within his... View Photo »
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The force that resulted did a mighty fine job in the Balkans and used Saddam Hussein as a speed bump in 2003 ... It was a technologically modern, more capable, highly agile force.
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Still, if – borrowing an American football metaphor – Israel lost 10 years in losing Turkey, it has picked up five or six yards with the the new regional alliance growing in the eastern Mediterranean and the Balkans. Does it get Israel back to the line...
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The Balkans is the historic and geographic name used to describe a region of southeastern Europe. The region has a combined area of 550,000 km² and a population of around 55 million. The archaic Greek name for the Balkan Peninsula is the Peninsula of Haemus (Χερσόνησος του Αίμου). The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains which run... Full Article
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US Deputy Secretary of State, William Burns (L) shakes hands with Bosnian Chairman of the tripartite Presidency, Zelko Komsic (R), in Sarajevo, on February 17, 2012. Burns arrived with his delegation ,for a two-day official visit to Sarajevo, within his tour of the Balkans region.
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Montenegro's rescue workers evacuate passengers from a train blocked by an avalanche near Kolasin on February 13, 2012. So far the cold weather has killed 56 people in the Balkans -- 20 in Serbia, 13 in Bosnia, 10 in Kosovo, five in Montenegro, three in Croatia, three in Albania and two...
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Pedestrians walk on roads covered by snow after heavy snow fell in Pristina on February 13, 2012. An avalanche killed at least nine people in Restelica a southern mountain village and left others trapped in several houses under 10 metres of snow. A helicopter from the NATO-led...
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A girl crosses a boulevard during a heavy snowfall in downtown Sofia on February 13, 2012. More heavy snow fell on the Balkans and in Italy over the weekend, while the Danube river, already closed to shipping for hundreds of kilometres (miles) because of thick ice, froze over in...
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Women walk on February 13, 2012 during a heavy snowfall in the center of Sofia .More heavy snow fell on the Balkans and in Italy over the weekend, while the Danube river, already closed to shipping for hundreds of kilometres (miles) because of thick ice, froze over in Bulgaria for the first...
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Bosnian men speak at the Grbavica football stadium, covered by snow, after part of the stands crumbled under the weight of the snow, in Sarajevo on February 13, 2012. The total number of deaths in the western Balkans was put at 56. Twenty people have died in Serbia, 13 in Bosnia, 10 in...
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A picture taken on February 13, 2012 shows the collapsed roof of the Olympic sports hall 'Skenderija' in Sarajevo, no one was injured in the incident. The total number of deaths in the western Balkans was put at 56. Twenty people have died in Serbia, 13 in Bosnia, 10 in Kosovo, five in...
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A girl walks with a dog on February 13, 2012 between snow drifts during a heavy snowfall in the center of Sofia. More heavy snow fell on the Balkans and in Italy over the weekend, while the Danube river, already closed to shipping for hundreds of kilometres (miles) because of thick ice,...
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A man walks through snow covered banks of the Danube river in Zemun near Belgrade on February 12, 2012. Cold weather claimed seven more lives on Sunday in the Balkans -- two in Albania, one in Serbia and Bosnia respectively, while three more victims of an avalanche that buried several...
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Montenegrins walk through snow covered streets in Podgorica on February 12, 2012. Montenegro proclaimed a state of emergency in the whole country due to bad weather. Montenegro's capital of Podgorica was brought to a standstill by snow 50 centimetres (20 inches) deep, a 50-year record,...
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A woman stands by a collapsed entrance of a pharmacy after a heavy snow fall in Podgorica on February 12, 2012. Montenegro proclaimed a state of emergency in the whole country due to bad weather. The capital Podgorica was paralyzed by snow higher than 50 centimetres (20 inches), a...
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Montenegrins walk through snow covered streets in Podgorica on February 12, 2012. Montenegro proclaimed a state of emergency in the whole country due to bad weather. The capital Podgorica was paralyzed by snow higher than 50 centimetres (20 inches), a phenomenon unseen for the past 50...
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Picture shows a collapsed tree after a heavy snow fall in Podgorica on February 12, 2012. Montenegro proclaimed a state of emergency in the whole country due to bad weather. The capital Podgorica was paralyzed by a snow higher than 50 centimetres (20 inches), a phenomenon unseen for...
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Lorries and cars slowly move during a blizzard on the E-75 highway near the Serbian town of Deligrad, 180 kilometres south of Belgrade on February 11, 2012. Serbia is struggling to maintain its power system amid record low temperatures in the Balkans.
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During a blizzard a bulldozer clears the E-75 highway near the Serbian town of Deligrad, 1800 kilometres south of Belgrade on February 11, 2012. Serbia is struggling to maintain its power system amid record low temperatures in the Balkans.
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Lighthouse and lampposts are covered with heavy ice in central Adriatic Croatian port of Senj, some 200 kilometres from Zagreb, on February 8, 2012. Europeans across the continent have been battling more than a week of extreme weather with more than 100 villages still trapped by snow...
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Cormorants standing on the banks of the frozen Sava river in Belgrade, Serbia, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. Hundreds of people have died across Europe and thousands more were stranded because of the heavy snow in the Balkans since the cold snap began in January.
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Pope Benedict XVI prays during a general audience he held in the Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. Pope Benedict XVI has called for prayers for the victims of the cold wave that is sweeping through Europe and offered encouragement to efforts to provide...
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Birds are seen on the lake of Doirani, northern Greece, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. Europeans across the continent have been battling more than a week of extreme weather, with thousands still trapped by snow in remote, mountain villages in the Balkans. Temperatures hit as low as minus 33...
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A traffic sign reads ''Greece'' is covered with snow in the lake of Doirani, northern Greece, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. Europeans across the continent have been battling more than a week of extreme weather, with thousands still trapped by snow in remote, mountain villages in the Balkans.
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Vegetables cover on a snow covered farm in the town of Kilkis, northern Greece, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. Europeans across the continent have been battling more than a week of extreme weather, with thousands still trapped by snow in remote, mountain villages in the Balkans. Temperatures...
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A man clears his snow covered yard in the town of Kilkis, northern Greece, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. Europeans across the continent have been battling more than a week of extreme weather, with thousands still trapped by snow in remote, mountain villages in the Balkans. Temperatures hit...
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An elderly man with a scarf over his face, walks on the snow in a city park in Skopje, Macedonia, on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. Europeans across the continent have been battling more than a week of extreme weather, with thousands still trapped by snow in remote mountain villages in the...
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A man pushes a bicycle on a snow covered path in a city park in Skopje, Macedonia, on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. Europeans across the continent have been battling more than a week of extreme weather, with thousands still trapped by snow in remote mountain villages in the Balkans;...
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Lampposts are covered in ice in the Adriatic coastal town of Senj, Croatia, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. Europeans across the continent have been battling more than a week of extreme weather, with thousands still trapped by snow in remote, mountain villages in the Balkans; hundreds - most of...
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US Deputy Secretary of State, William Burns (L) shakes hands with Bosnian Chairman of the tripartite Presidency, Zelko Komsic (R), in Sarajevo, on February 17, 2012. Burns arrived with his delegation ,for a two-day official visit to Sarajevo, within his tour of the Balkans region.
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