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Drina (drē`nä), river, c.285 mi (460 km) long, formed by the confluence of the Piva and Tara rivers of Montenegro. It flows generally N through Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Sava River. There are several high dams on the Drina and its headstreams. Višegrad, a major city along the river, is the setting of the historical novel The Bridge on the Drina by 1961 Nobel Prize winner Ivo Andrić. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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And Tommy (Ricky Ullman), the leader of the Dead End Kids, gets into more trouble than he bargains for, much to the despair of Drina (Kathryn Hahn), his hard-working, labor-organizing sister. The Mothers of Srebrenica and Drina Valley association of survivors of the Serbian massacre of Bosnian Muslims, meanwhile, charged that "the United Nations and Kofi Annan are winners of the Nobel prize for genocide against the [muslims] of the Drina valley and the whole of Bosnia. Kjasif Smajlovic reported for Oslobodjenje from the small Bosnian town of Zvornik, bordering Serbia on the banks of the river Drina. |
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