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Dozens of trucks blocked by snow along Portuguese-Spanish border LISBON (AFP) Jan 27, 2005 Dozens of trucks were blocked Thursday by heavy snow along the Portuguese-Spanish border as a cold snap engulfed much of Europe. The trucks that were stranded were heading to northern Spain or central Europe, said Antonio Almeida, head of the Portuguese gendarmerie. He said Portuguese authorities were only allowing through trucks travelling to Salamanca, Madrid or southern Spain. A weather service official said the freezing temperatures recorded this week only occur once every 10 years. The southeast Portuguese town of Sagres even set a record on Thursday with temperatures there dipping to 0 degrees Celsius (32 degrees Fahrenheit). All rights reserved. � 2005 Agence France-Presse. Sections of the information displayed on this page (dispatches, photographs, logos) are protected by intellectual property rights owned by Agence France-Presse. As a consequence, you may not copy, reproduce, modify, transmit, publish, display or in any way commercially exploit any of the content of this section without the prior written consent of Agence France-Presse.
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