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| | Saudi Aramco World : Olympics in the Nearest East (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) |
 | | Though Sarajevo itself is no ski area, Mount Jahorina, site of the women's alpine events, Mount Bjelasnica, site of the men's events, and Mount Trebevic, where bob-sledding will be held, are no more than 20 to 30 kilometers away (13 to 20 miles). |
 | | Furthermore, the region can almost always guarantee earlier and deeper snow than winter resorts in, say, the Mont Blanc massif or the Jura, thanks to an odd quirk in weather patterns: warm moist air sweeping eastward from the Adriatic Sea is trapped behind the Dinaric Alps and meets icy currents of air from Siberia. |
 | | Islam came to the Balkans in the early 15th century when the Ottoman Turks completed their conquest of Bosnia, and began to occupy the valley under Mount Trebevic, settle along the lovely Miljacka River and, as a sign of permanence, contructed a great palace for the sultan's deputy. |
| www.saudiaramcoworld.com /issue/198306/olympics.in.the.nearest.east.htm (1034 words) |
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