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A Serbian 'Orao J-22' strike aircraft flies during the international air show in Belgrade Sept. 2. Participants from 16 countries and the Serbian Airforce demonstrated their flying skills on Sunday to mark the 100th anniversary of military aviation in the Balkan country. The air show at the Batajnica airport marks the first flight of a sole Serb biplane aircraft from the southern airfield of Nis during the 1912 Balkan war against Turkish empire.
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A man takes a picture of big chunks of melting ice moving on the Danube River in Belgrade, Serbia, on Feb. 20, 2012.
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People break the ice on a frozen part of the Danube in Belgrade on Feb. 20, 2012. Big chunks of melting ice have damaged hundreds of small boats and several restaurants located on rafts, officials said Monday.
The Associated Press reports from Belgrade, Serbia — Big chunks of melting ice moving on the Danube River have damaged hundreds of small boats and several restaurants located on rafts, officials said Monday.
The thick ice, which had closed hundreds of miles of Europe's busy waterway during the region's recent cold snap, started moving Sunday afternoon because of rising temperatures.
As ice floes up to 1.6 feet thick began to break up in the Belgrade area, hundreds of parked boats crashed into each other and several barges were swept away, officials said. Read the full story.
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A boat is stranded on dry land along the Danube river bank in Belgrade on Dec. 2, 2011. Record low water levels have pushed up power prices across the Balkans and may force local utilities to further boost expensive power imports to meet demand.
"This is a disaster," said Branko Savic, the manager of a privately owned Danube shipping company in Serbia that he says is operating at only a third of its capacity. "Traffic on the Danube is practically nonexistent. . . We are in dire need of enormous amounts of water, rain, or melting snow in order to better the situation."
"In my many years of experience as a boat captain, I don't remember a drought as harsh as this one," said Anton Balasz, whose ship is among those stuck where exposed sand banks are preventing boats from passing. Read more...
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Vessels carrying more than 1,000 tons were blocked in this area of Belgrade earlier this week because the water level was lower than normal. For river traffic to resume water levels would have to rise by at least 19 inches, but meteorological services forecast no rain in the coming days.
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People bathe in mud in the village of Ovca near Belgrade, Serbia, Aug. 21. In the 'Ovcanska Spa' the water is salty and comes from the depth of several hundred meters with high mineral content. Locals believe that various vein diseases, rheumatics, sciatica, and vision disorders are treated by the curative mud and mineral water that contains more than 28 minerals.
I wonder if this mud has a high sulfur content, as the one time that I soaked in a natural mud spa, I had to dispose of my swimsuit and the clothes that I wore later that day since not even the laundry could get the smell out. Despite all of that, I would absolutely soak in the mud again since it felt great!
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A zookeeper sprays water on a polar bear to help it cool down at Belgrade's zoo July 13.
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Children watch as water is sprayed on an Asian elephant to help it cool down at Belgrade's zoo July 13.
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A zookeeper sprays water on a hippopotamus to help it cool down at Belgrade's zoo July 13, 2011 as an intense heat wave sweeps Serbia with temperature reaching 104 degree Fahrenheit (40 degrees Celsius).
It must be hot for a polar bear in that kind of heat. I'm guessing zoos across the Midwest and Northeast United States will be doing the same thing today as a heat wave continues there.
See more animals in our new Animal Tracks blog.
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Lightning strikes over buildings during a thunderstorm in Belgrade, Serbia on June 8.
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Lightning strikes over buildings during a thunderstorm in Belgrade on June 8.
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