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Yo_Mama

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1. Very cold weather across much of Europe
Wed Feb 1, 2012, 11:29 AM
Feb 2012

NG consumption has soared, and people have frozen to death. A number of people. The cold moved from Russia to eastern Europe, and is now moving over to France, Italy, etc.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/ukraines-says-43-people-have-died-so-far-from-severe-cold-weather/2012/02/01/gIQA9R2AhQ_story.html

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-01/freezing-siberian-winds-boost-european-power-prices-disrupt-gas-supplies.html

A big snowstorm in Italy is shutting roads. Transportation in the Black Sea is affected due to freezing.

20 people dead in Poland, many more in Ukraine.

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