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Bulgarian Cruiser With 160 Onboard Crashes Into Wall On Danube In Austria
Eleven people were injured when a Bulgarian cruise ship crashed into a concrete wall in a sluice on the River Danube in the northern Austrian town of Aschach an der Donau overnight, local police said on Saturday.
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Ukraine Says Russian Drones Hit NATO Member Romania
Ukraine said on Monday Russian drones had detonated on the territory of NATO member Romania during an overnight air strike on a Ukrainian port across the Danube River, but Bucharest denied its territory had been hit.
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Rivers Worldwide Are Running Dry - Here's Why And What We Can Do About It
Rivers around the world have been drying up recently. The Loire in France broke records in mid-August for its low water levels, while photos circulating online show the mighty Danube, Rhine, Yangtze and Colorado rivers all but reduced to trickles.
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7 Dead, 21 Missing As Boat Capsizes After Hitting Cruise Boat In Hungary
Seven South Korean tourists died and 21 others were missing after a sightseeing boat capsized and sank on the Danube in Budapest, Hungarian and South Korean officials said Thursday.
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In Icy River Just Above Freezing Point, "Naked Swimmers" Test Their Nerve
A record 1,917 hardy swimmers of all ages joined an annual 400-metre race in the icy Danube River in southern Germany on Saturday, a popular event now in its 50th year.
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Vienna Ranked World's Nicest City, Baghdad Worst
Vienna, Austria's grand capital on the Danube river, has topped consulting firm Mercer's list of cities offering the highest quality of life for the eighth year in a row, while Baghdad is again considered the worst place to live.
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India, Germany Join Hands To Clean River Ganga
India today joined hands with Germany to attain "pristine" status of Ganga by adopting river basin management strategies used for cleansing rivers like Rhine and Danube of pollutants.
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Once More, Vienna Ranked World's Nicest City And Baghdad Worst
Vienna, Austria's grand capital on the Danube river, offers the highest quality of life of all cities in the world, while the Iraqi capital Baghdad, once more, took its place at the bottom of the list compiled by consulting firm Mercer.
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Austrian Police Find More Than 100,000 Euros in Danube River
The banknotes were wet, but Austrian police are not treating the find of more than 100,000 euros found in the Danube river as a classic case of money laundering.
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River Turbines Turn Austria's Danube From Blue to Green
The Wachau, a picture-postcard river valley in Austria, makes a lot of wine. Soon it could be producing its own electricity too, and in a way that will not spoil the stunning views.
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Love of Letters: 70-Year Romanian Saga Starring Twain, Zola
In a Romanian town on the Danube river, three sisters in love with great writing jumped for joy whenever the postman delivered a new letter from giants Mark Twain, Emile Zola or Jules Verne.
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Crete Counts on Cravings to Catch Mystery Crocodile
A Greek reptile expert on Friday began an operation to trap a two-metre long crocodile that mysteriously appeared in a man-made lake on the tourist island of Crete last weekend.
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Death toll rises to ten in European flooding
Germany dispatched thousands of soldiers on Tuesday to help cities and towns cope with flooding from the rain-soaked Danube and other southern rivers - reinforcements that came a day after the Bavarian city of Passau saw its worst flooding since 1501.
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Floods in Central Europe leave four dead, several missing
Four people have died and at least eight more were missing on Sunday as torrential rains lashed central Europe, forcing hundreds to evacuate their homes after floods and landslides.
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Hungary's toxic sludge spill as big as Gulf oil leak
Officials have reported the mighty Danube River is apparently absorbing Hungary's massive toxic red sludge spill with little immediate harm - even though the amount of caustic slurry spewed over the western part of the country was nearly as great as the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.Revising even higher earlier estimates, government officials said the r...
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Bulgarian Cruiser With 160 Onboard Crashes Into Wall On Danube In Austria
Eleven people were injured when a Bulgarian cruise ship crashed into a concrete wall in a sluice on the River Danube in the northern Austrian town of Aschach an der Donau overnight, local police said on Saturday.
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Ukraine Says Russian Drones Hit NATO Member Romania
Ukraine said on Monday Russian drones had detonated on the territory of NATO member Romania during an overnight air strike on a Ukrainian port across the Danube River, but Bucharest denied its territory had been hit.
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Rivers Worldwide Are Running Dry - Here's Why And What We Can Do About It
Rivers around the world have been drying up recently. The Loire in France broke records in mid-August for its low water levels, while photos circulating online show the mighty Danube, Rhine, Yangtze and Colorado rivers all but reduced to trickles.
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7 Dead, 21 Missing As Boat Capsizes After Hitting Cruise Boat In Hungary
Seven South Korean tourists died and 21 others were missing after a sightseeing boat capsized and sank on the Danube in Budapest, Hungarian and South Korean officials said Thursday.
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In Icy River Just Above Freezing Point, "Naked Swimmers" Test Their Nerve
A record 1,917 hardy swimmers of all ages joined an annual 400-metre race in the icy Danube River in southern Germany on Saturday, a popular event now in its 50th year.
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Vienna Ranked World's Nicest City, Baghdad Worst
Vienna, Austria's grand capital on the Danube river, has topped consulting firm Mercer's list of cities offering the highest quality of life for the eighth year in a row, while Baghdad is again considered the worst place to live.
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India, Germany Join Hands To Clean River Ganga
India today joined hands with Germany to attain "pristine" status of Ganga by adopting river basin management strategies used for cleansing rivers like Rhine and Danube of pollutants.
-
Once More, Vienna Ranked World's Nicest City And Baghdad Worst
Vienna, Austria's grand capital on the Danube river, offers the highest quality of life of all cities in the world, while the Iraqi capital Baghdad, once more, took its place at the bottom of the list compiled by consulting firm Mercer.
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Austrian Police Find More Than 100,000 Euros in Danube River
The banknotes were wet, but Austrian police are not treating the find of more than 100,000 euros found in the Danube river as a classic case of money laundering.
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River Turbines Turn Austria's Danube From Blue to Green
The Wachau, a picture-postcard river valley in Austria, makes a lot of wine. Soon it could be producing its own electricity too, and in a way that will not spoil the stunning views.
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Love of Letters: 70-Year Romanian Saga Starring Twain, Zola
In a Romanian town on the Danube river, three sisters in love with great writing jumped for joy whenever the postman delivered a new letter from giants Mark Twain, Emile Zola or Jules Verne.
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Crete Counts on Cravings to Catch Mystery Crocodile
A Greek reptile expert on Friday began an operation to trap a two-metre long crocodile that mysteriously appeared in a man-made lake on the tourist island of Crete last weekend.
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Death toll rises to ten in European flooding
Germany dispatched thousands of soldiers on Tuesday to help cities and towns cope with flooding from the rain-soaked Danube and other southern rivers - reinforcements that came a day after the Bavarian city of Passau saw its worst flooding since 1501.
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Floods in Central Europe leave four dead, several missing
Four people have died and at least eight more were missing on Sunday as torrential rains lashed central Europe, forcing hundreds to evacuate their homes after floods and landslides.
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Hungary's toxic sludge spill as big as Gulf oil leak
Officials have reported the mighty Danube River is apparently absorbing Hungary's massive toxic red sludge spill with little immediate harm - even though the amount of caustic slurry spewed over the western part of the country was nearly as great as the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.Revising even higher earlier estimates, government officials said the r...
