• Swinney defends referendum voters
  
  Finance Secretary John Swinney defends plans to let EU nationals living in Scotland vote in the independence referendum.
  BBC News.  Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:30:24 GMT.
• Greek PM in crucial bailout talks
  
  Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos will meet party leaders in his coalition to discuss a proposed 130bn euros EU rescue plan.
  BBC News.  Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:38:39 GMT.
• Panetta and Clinton Reassure Europe on Defense
  
  Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought to reassure Europe on Saturday that the United States was not abandoning its partners across the Atlantic.
  By Elisabeth Bumiller and Steven Erlanger.  International Herald Tribune.  Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:00:44 GMT.
• Norwegian royals evacuated from plane in Denmark
  
  A Scandinavian airlines flight with 135 people on board, including the Norwegian Crown Prince and Princess, has been evacuated at Copenhagen's main airport Kastrup after smoke was detected in the cabin.
  Miami Herald.  Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:33 EST.
• Kiwi coup from Europe crisis
  
  Economic turmoil in Europe is keeping everything from petrol costs to house prices down in New Zealand, economists say.The European debt crisis has meant countries have scrambled to save the euro. Seventy per cent of Greeces ...
  New Zealand Herald.  Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:30:18 +1200.
• Op-Ed Columnist: Russia: Sort of, but Not Really
  
  Vladimir Putin has been unable to make the political, economic and educational changes needed to make Russia a modern European state. Will he step up?
  By Thomas L. Friedman.  International Herald Tribune.  Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:39:00 GMT.
• Europe Continues to Suffer Severe Winter Weather
  
  Ukraine among hardest hit where temperatures as low as minus 32 degrees Celsius have left more than 120 people dead.
  Voa News.  Voice of America.  Sat, 4 Feb 2012 19:12:15 GMT.
• Europe remains Washington's 'essential partner': Clinton
  
  p MUNICH, Germany (AFP) - United States (US) Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Saturday that Europe remains Washington's 'partner of first resort,' even as the United States marks a strategic pivot to Asia. ...
  Straits Times.  Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:38:00 GMT.
• Nationalists turn to EU for justice
  
  A member of the far-right party Jobbik plans to write to European Commission Vice-President Neelie Kroes over what he describes as the “outrageously meagre coverage” of his party in Hungarian media. ...
  Budapest Times.  Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:27:18 +0100.
• European cold snap death toll leaps to 175
  
  At least 175 people have died as a result of a cold snap that has been battering Europe, as temperatures in some areas plunge to -38 C.
  Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.  Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:46:09 EST.

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