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Serbia: 11,000 trapped by severe weather
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At least 11,000 villagers have been trapped by heavy snow and blizzards in Serbia's mountains, authorities said, as the death toll from Eastern Europe's deep freeze rose to 123, many of them homeless people.
Poland's 1996 Nobel poet Szymborska dies at 88
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Poland's 1996 Nobel Prize-winning poet Wislawa Szymborska, whose simple words and playful verse plucked threads of irony and empathy out of life, has died. She was 88.
Merkel urges support for euro
By Zhou Wa
German leader calls for greater political and economic ties with China.
Eastern European cold snap death toll rises to 71
Agencies
The death toll from a severe cold spell in Eastern Europe rose to 71 on Wednesday, most of them homeless people.
Italy cruise wreck search suspended
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The vast wreck of the cruise ship Costa Concordia shifted on the undersea ledge supporting it on Friday, forcing a new suspension in rescue work and threatening plans to pump oil out of the vessel to prevent a possible environmental disaster.
German Socialist elected European Parliament president
By Fu Jing and Zhao Shengnan
German Socialist Martin Schulz was voted president of the European Parliament on Tuesday after defeating two British rivals in the first ballot.