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Snow, Siberian Cold Blankets Croatia to Eastern Russia
Blizzard conditions, record-low temperatures and high winds persisted from Bulgaria to Baku, disrupting transportation and complicating efforts to respond to a calamity that has claimed hundreds of lives in central and eastern Europe in the last week.

Snow Cuts Off Hundreds of Villages in Eastern Europe
(Adds Ukrainian death toll, Serbian power supplies) By Irina Ivanova [More]

63rd Sapporo Snow Festival gets underway
The world-famous Sapporo Snow Festival has opened in the northern Japan city, where heavy falls of snow have ensured that sculptors taking part in the annual competition have plenty of raw material to work with.

Snow Blankets Croatia’s Palms as Cold, Winds Hamper East Europe Rescuers
Blizzard conditions, record-low temperatures and high winds persisted from Bulgaria to Baku, disrupting transportation and complicating efforts to respond to a calamity that has claimed hundreds of lives in central and eastern Europe in the last week.

Bitter cold, snow raise Europe death toll
LONDON, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Extreme cold and heavy snow in Europe has killed more than 300 people, impeded travel and left about 50,000 without power, officials say.

Tompkins: Waterfowlers' interest in snow geese wanes
Tompkins: Waterfowlers' interest in snow geese wanes Houston Chronicle Copyright 2012 Houston Chronicle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 06:29 p.m., Sunday, February 5, 2012 Texas' coastal prairies attracted the continent's largest wintering population of lesser snow geese, and tens of thousands of waterfowlers throughout ...