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European cold snap freezes waterways
The Danube River and other waterways freeze in Europe during cold snap.
A ship is seen on a frozen Danube branch in Calarasi city, 110km east from Bucharest, on February 10, 2012. The river began to ice over in early February as temperatures plunged to minus 20 Celsius. AFP PHOTO/ DANIEL MIHAILESCU
DANIEL MIHAILESCU
A brutal winter has frozen the Danube River for the first time in 25 years, as well as other waterways across Europe.