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EUROPE Freezing, News, Feb 09, 2012


Freezing conditions paralyze Danube River shipping
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Photo: BORIS GRDANOSKI / AP Cormorants standing on the banks of thefrozen Sava river in Belgrade, Serbia, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. Hundreds of people have died across Europe and thousands more were stranded because of the heavy snow in the Balkans ...
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Thousands remain cut off by deep freeze in Europe
AFP
SARAJEVO — Helicopters ferried food and medicine to iced-in villagers on Wednesday as Europe's 12-day-old cold snap tightened its frigid grip on the continent, where more than 400 have died as a direct result. Eastern countries such as Poland and ...
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AFP
Serbia urges citizens to save power in big freeze
The Associated Press
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia was struggling to keep its power system going, officials warned Thursday, after weeks of record low temperatures in Europe that have snarled traffic,frozen rivers and challenged officials to step up outreach to the ...
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The Associated Press
Europe's deep freeze may last for weeks
Montreal Gazette
On Wednesday, Bulgaria declared a day of mourning for eight people whodied after melting snow caused a dam to burst, flooding an entire village. Two people are missing. The European Union's crisis response chief Kristalina Georgieva said the worst of ...
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Eastern Europe in freezing temperatures
StandardNet
(AP Photo/Petr David Josek) People skate on the frozen Lauriergracht canal in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Wednesday Feb. 8, 2012. In Amsterdam, several of the city's famous canals have frozen over, giving residents a rare opportunity to skate lined by ...
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Ukraine's emergency services under pressure as winter bites
CNN
Poddubniy said the man was freezing to death, so he brought him inside. "I felt sorry for him. But I also didn't want to find a body in the morning," Poddubniy said. Paramedics determined Kostya needed emergency hospital care for frostbite, ...
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European freeze may last to end of February
Stuff.co.nz
Bulgaria declared overnight (NZ time) a day of mourning for eight people who died after melting snow caused a dam to burst, flooding an entire village. Two people are missing. The European Union's crisis response chief Kristalina Georgieva said the ...
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Poland's president honors Nobel poet at funeral
Boston.com
Szymborska, one of Poland's most acclaimed writers in recent decades, died last week of lung cancer at the age of 88.Freezing temperatures and falling snow at the Rakowicki Cemetery in the southern city of Krakow, where Szymborska lived, ...
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Boston.com
Explainer: What's causing Europe's deep freeze?
Climate Spectator
While the US cruises through winter with a snow drought and above-average temperatures, much of Europe and Eurasia are locked in the grips of a deadly cold air outbreak, with more than 300 people reported dead so far. According to news reports, ...
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The Global Note: Hell In Homs…Libya's “Freedom Problem”…Apple Protests…Snow ...
ABC News (blog)
Some reports put the death toll today at 105 – higher than at this time yesterday. -THE VOICES…The eyewitness reports continue to come in. “The situation is dire. We are short of food, water and medical aid. Doctors have collapsed after treating the ...
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Winter heard around the world
Washington Post
Musadeq Sadeq / AP An Afghan boy sits in the snow after a snowstorm in Kabul. Afghan officials say more than 16 children have died from harsh weather this year. Musadeq Sadeq / AP An Afghan man walks during asnow storm in Kabul.
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You only had to look out to see the snow
Yorkshire Post
YOU reported (Yorkshire Post, February 1) that severely cold weather conditions are raging across the whole of continental Europe with scores of people actually freezing to death in the streets. I wonder if the fanatics in the green movement could tell ...
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European freeze to last till Feb-end
Times of India
Pope Benedict XVI has called for prayers for the victims of the cold wave that is sweeping through Europe and offered encouragement to efforts to provide assistance to those in need. In Serbia, where 13 people have diedand 70000 are cut off by snow, ...
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Flowers in Colombia
Toronto Star
Europe paralyzed by snow, ice Bosnia declared a state of emergency as much of Europe was blasted by a deep freeze, trapping some r... PHOTOS: Rescued from killer... The lone cub survivor of a vicious October polar bear attack at the Toronto zoo is ...
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Frigid weather set to continue
Prague Post
A frozen water pipe burst Feb. 2, and the resulting leak saw nearly a half-kilometer of Prague's ring-road highway turn into a virtual skating rink. As of press time, the extended forecast for Prague called for temperatures to stay well below freezing ...
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Prague Post
Cold snap claiming lives across Europe, Russia
Hurriyet Daily News (press release)
The Polish Interior Ministry said six more people have died as a result of the freezing weather. The temperatures in the country fell at times to minus 32 degrees Celsius. Hundreds of people have died across Europeand thousands more were stranded ...
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Snow return: Britain braced for 4 inches of snowfall as big freeze intensifies
Mirror.co.uk
He is thought to have frozen to death in temperatures which hit minus 7C (19.4F) in Hull on Sunday night. In Castleford, West Yorkshire, a 10-year-old boy was found collapsed outside a friend's house on Sunday after going out to play in the snow.
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Five reasons I can't stand skiing: an Aussie's pain
The Local.se
Another ski-slope screwball, I thought as we alighted, and I watched as she sailed over a ramp she hadn't seen and snapped her finger in half upon impact with the snow. A green run, for those of you who weren't born on the slopes, is designed for ...
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The Local.se
Italy struggles under record cold snap
Press TV
Freezing temperatures took the death toll across the country to over 40. In some inland Northern areas temperatures have reached minus 25 degrees Celsius while snow keeps falling relentlessly. In Central Italy, the Abruzzo region administration has ...
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Press TV
Algeria cold spell kills at least 44
AFP
Some 80 percent of roads remained closed because of snowdespite efforts by the army to clear them, press reports said. The cold weather has swept down from the Arctic, putting much of Europe in a deep freeze and reaching as far as north Africa.
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AFP
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UPI.com
PARIS, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- The deep freeze blamed for hundreds of deaths inEurope so far showed no signs of loosening its grip Wednesday, officials said. The cold has killed more than 300 people, mostly in Eastern Europe, various media have reported.
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North Woods adventure
The Daily Princetonian
And, two minutes later, also a bit bored. Normally, this was a car of many great conversations: about Jewish traditions, Eastern European food, classical music and even gun ownership. Except this time it was 6 pm,freezing cold and pitch black out.
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Ed Mathews: Obama to mark end of war in Iraq
GoErie.com
Considering what a mild winter we've had, it is surprising to see how hardEurope is being hit with snow and freezing temperatures. At one point, the temperature in Finland dipped to 40 degrees below zero. ... Maybe it is because we've always liked ...
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400 freeze to death in Europe
MSN India
The number of deaths caused by extreme cold in Europe continued to soar on Wednesday. So far, the cold has claimed over 400 lives since the weather conditions worsened 11 days ago. Weathermen have warned that the worst was yet to come.
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Thomas Reginald Joseph Irvine
Macleans.ca
While Reg was stationed in Germany, he and Judy would travel when they could to see more of Europe. “We went to Venice, to Amsterdam, to Italy, and to Paris to see the Eiffel Tower,” Reg says. “It was an education.” Thomas and Jeffrey were too young to ...
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Macleans.ca
Hundreds die as Europe freezes
MINA
More than 470 people have died in the cold snap that has hit parts ofEurope, with Ukraine reporting the highest death toll at 135, its Health Ministry said Wednesday. Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday offered prayers for the victims.
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Hundreds frozen to death in Europe as big freeze continues: Voice ...
The unrelenting deep freeze is taking its toll on Europe. Hundreds of people have frozen to death over the past week. The Danube ... A man walks under the snow in the town of Veria, some 510km north of Athens, on February 2, 2012.
Voice of Russia, News
Deep snow and harsh temperatures leave hundreds dead in Europe ...
Hundreds dead in Europe's record freeze ... By Laurent Gillieron, AP. People walk on a frozen path alongside Lake Geneva in Coppet, Switzerland, on Monday.
www.usatoday.com/news/world/...02.../1?...
World News - Britain, France hit by new snow as Europe freeze ...
PHOTOBLOG: More images from Europe's deep freeze. Many of thedead were homeless people with bodies being found in the streets undersnow, in rivers ...
worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_.../10322529-britain-france-hit-b...
As death toll from European freeze rises to 175, precautions taken to ...
... care after scores of people have frozen to death on the streets ofEurope during a ... of Mostar, where ambulances could not reach the victim because of snow.
www.washingtonpost.com/.../gIQAp0hHmQ_story.html
More than 220 dead as Europe freezes
A man walks as snow and frozen winda billow across Roncesvalles, northern Spain. ... Europe hit by extreme cold snap; 220 people have diedso far; Coldest ...
www.news.com.au/world/.../story-e6frfkyi-1226262735653
Britain on snow alert as Europe freezes over - Telegraph
A duck on a frozen pond by Pelham Terrace in Lewes, East Sussex, UK ...More than 220 people have died across Europe as a result of the cold snap, with ... In Italy, Venice's canals started freezing over and even Rome was dusted in snow.
www.telegraph.co.uk/.../Britain-on-snow-alert-as-Europe-freez...
Death toll from Europe freeze tops 220 | The Raw Story
A man walks along a snow covered street in the southeastern Serbian town of ... in the European Union's poorest country were villagers found frozento death on ...
www.rawstory.com/.../death-toll-from-europe-freeze-tops-220...
TheRecord - Europe's freezing temperatures leave 123 dead, 11000...
At least 11000 villagers have been trapped by heavy snow and blizzards in Serbia's ... Europe's freezing temperatures leave 123 dead, 11000 trapped by snow ... remained closed Thursday and large sections of the Danube were frozen , ...
www.therecord.com/.../665028--europe-s-freezing-temperatur...
Amidst death and destruction in freezing Europe, Snow White is ...
Amidst death and destruction in freezing Europe, Snow White is born ...man who had frozen to death, bringing to at least 306 the number of cold-related deaths ...
www.emirates247.com/.../amidst-death-and-destruction-in-free...
Europe freezes: Death toll mounts- TIMESNOW.tv - Latest Breaking ...
Europe freezes: Death toll mounts. 7 Feb 2012, 0838 hrs IST, AGENCIES. People across Europe were digging out from heavy snow on Monday (February 6) ...
www.timesnow.tv/Europe-freezes-Death-toll.../4395309.cms
ICE AGE NOW: The Big Freeze – Death Toll Rises to 200 in ...
ICE AGE NOW: The Big Freeze – Death Toll Rises to 200 in Europe'sCold Snap; Record Snow and Freezing Conditions From Europe to Asia; Black Sea Frozen ...
www.conspiracyhq.com/.../ice-age-now-the-big-freeze-death-t...
As death toll from European freeze rises to 175, precautions taken to ...
... after scores of people have frozen to death on the streets of Europeduring a ... Five people died Friday in Sarajevo, most of them while shoveling snow, Dr.
www.therepublic.com/view/story/.../EU--Europe-Weather/
More than 220 dead as Europe freezes | News.com.au
A man walks as snow and frozen winda billow across Roncesvalles, northern Spain. ... Europe hit by extreme cold snap; 220 people have diedso far; Coldest ...
www.news.com.au/world/.../story-e6frfkyi-1226262735653
Big freeze tightens grip in Europe as death toll tops 220
The current coldspell in Europe has caused the death of over 30 people so far. ... 1000 Bulgarian schools remained closed for a third day amidfresh snowfalls ...
www.terradaily.com/.../Big_freeze_tightens_grip_in_Europe_...
Dozens freeze to death as temperatures plunge to MINUS 26C in ...
Blanket: This Met Office satellite image from this morning shows snowcovering Eastern Europe, where dozens of people have frozen to death...
www.dailymail.co.uk/.../Dozens-freeze-death-temperatures-plu...
More than 220 dead as Europe freezes | smh.com.au
snow. 223 people dead in last seven days; 1600 people treated for frostbite and ... dead in the European Union's poorest country were villagers foundfrozen to ...
m.smh.com.au/.../more-than-220-dead-as-europe-freezes-201...
BBC News - Europe freeze: Emergencies in Italy, Greece and Serbia
As freezing weather grips much of Europe, Italy takes steps to conserve gas while ... is in place in southern Serbia where 70000 villagers are stranded by snow. ... has been declared in Bulgaria, where a dam collapsed leaving nine people dead , ... Greece's PM says more talks are needed on fresh austerity proposals for a ...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16919998
More than 250 dead as big freeze grips Europe - Taipei Times
In Italy, Venice's canals started freezing over and even Rome was dusted in snow . The lowest temperatures recorded in Europe were in the southwest of the ...
www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/.../2003524754
222 dead in freezing Europe | Bangkok Post: breakingnews
222 dead in freezing Europe | Bangkok Post: breakingnews ... for a third day Friday amid fresh snowfalls and piercing winds in the northeast of the country.
www.bangkokpost.com/.../toll-from-europe-freeze-tops-220
  
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