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PHOTOS: Europe's deadly cold snap

Death tolls rise, villages are evacuated and cash machines freeze over as Europe's cold snap continues.

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A stray dog tries to catch birds on a frozen lake in a park in Bucharest on January 30, 2012. Temperatures plunged to -27 C in central Romania, where at least four people have died due to the cold.
DANIEL MIHAILESCU / AFP/Getty Images - February 02, 2012

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