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Serbian trucks "drive through" Ukrainian blockade

BELGRADE -- After spending two days blocked by protesters near the Ukraine-Belarus border, a group of Serbian truck drivers finally managed to pass through.

A small plane crash-landed on a beach in the US state of Florida Sunday, killing a father and critically injuring his young daughter, authorities said July 27.
      
The mid-afternoon incident in Venice involved a 1972 Piper Cherokee aircraft and neither the pilot nor his passenger was hurt, Wendy Rose of the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office said in a statement.
     

Voting has recently begun to select the best 100 films of Turkish cinema as part of events marking the 100th anniversary of the country’s cinema.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin announced he will respect the results of the presidential elections to be held Sunday in Ukraine.

At an economic conference in the city of St Petersburg he described the current situation in Ukraine as a "full-scale civil war".

Russia sends aid to Serb entity in Bosnia

BANJA LUKA -- A plane carrying humanitarian aid from Russia landed late on Thursday in Banja Luka, in the Serb entity (RS) of Bosnia-Herzegovina.

This was reported by the Nezavisne Novine newspaper.

The Ilyushin Il-76 airlifted some 37 tons of goods intended for the RS areas affected by severe floods.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's approval rating has reached a new historic maximum of 82.3% in end-March, according to an independent pollster.

The majority of Russians believe the country is heading in the right direction, results of a sociological survey conducted by the All-Russia Public Opinion Research Center showed, cited by Itar-Tass news agency.