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Western Europe is mainly a socio-political concept coined, forged and used during the Cold War. It largely means the European

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$In this Monday, April 23, 2013 photo Inna Pchenichna comforts her son Roman Pchenichny, 2 year-old, after he was administered a combined vaccine against diphtheria, whopping cough and tetanus vaccine in Children\'s Hospital No. 1 in Kiev,Ukraine. Only about one-half of Ukraine s children are fully immunized against vaccine-preventable communicable diseases in line with local health regulations, compared to over 90 percent in Western Europe, according to UNICEF, the United Nations children s agency. Such a low immunization rate has already led to a major outbreak of measles and a risk of an outbreak of polio, a highly dangerous disease which may cause paralysis and which has been unseen in Ukraine for more than a decade, UNICEF and the World Health Organization said ahead of the current World Immunization week.$

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$BERLIN, GERMANY - MAY 29: An actor in period costume waits with an umbrella for his event to begin on Bebelplatz on May 29, 2013 in Berlin, Germany. Weather forecasters have predicted that there is a large chance of most of the summer continuing to be cold and wet across Western Europe, possibly the worst weather on record for the season in the region since 1816, known by meteorologists as \'the year without a summer.\'$

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$BERLIN, GERMANY - MAY 29: Tourists covered in plastic rain ponchos ride Segwey scooters on Bebelplatz on May 29, 2013 in Berlin, Germany. Weather forecasters have predicted that there is a large chance of most of the summer continuing to be cold and wet across Western Europe, possibly the worst weather on record for the season in the region since 1816, known by meteorologists as \'the year without a summer.\'$

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$BERLIN, GERMANY - MAY 29: A tourist with a Union Jack umbrella walks in front of the Brandenburg Gate on May 29, 2013 in Berlin, Germany. Weather forecasters have predicted that there is a large chance of most of the summer continuing to be cold and wet across Western Europe, possibly the worst weather on record for the season in the region since 1816, known by meteorologists as \'the year without a summer.\'$

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BERLIN, GERMANY - APRIL 08: Two women sit on a pond inside the Memorial for under Nazism murdered Sinti and Roma of Europe as ethnic Roma protest against discrimination against Roma on International Roma Day on April 8, 2013 in Berlin, Germany. Western Europe has experienced a large influx of Roma, who are also called Gypsies, from Romania and Bulgaria in recent years following the accession of the two countries to the European Union. Restrictions on the rights of Romanian and Bulgarian citizens to work in the EU are scheduled to end at the end of 2013.

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In this Monday, April 23, 2013 photo Inna Pchenichna comforts her son Roman Pchenichny, 2 year-old, after he was administered a combined vaccine against diphtheria, whopping cough and tetanus vaccine in Children's Hospital No. 1 in Kiev,Ukraine. Only about one-half of Ukraine s children are fully immunized against vaccine-preventable communicable diseases in line with local health regulations, compared to over 90 percent in Western Europe, according to UNICEF, the United Nations children s agency. Such a low immunization rate has already led to a major outbreak of measles and a risk of an outbreak of polio, a highly dangerous disease which may cause paralysis and which has been unseen in Ukraine for more than a decade, UNICEF and the World Health Organization said ahead of the current World Immunization week.

BERLIN, GERMANY - MAY 29: An actor in period costume waits with an umbrella for his event to begin on Bebelplatz on May 29, 2013 in Berlin, Germany. Weather forecasters have predicted that there is a large chance of most of the summer continuing to be cold and wet across Western Europe, possibly the worst weather on record for the season in the region since 1816, known by meteorologists as 'the year without a summer.'

BERLIN, GERMANY - MAY 29: Tourists covered in plastic rain ponchos ride Segwey scooters on Bebelplatz on May 29, 2013 in Berlin, Germany. Weather forecasters have predicted that there is a large chance of most of the summer continuing to be cold and wet across Western Europe, possibly the worst weather on record for the season in the region since 1816, known by meteorologists as 'the year without a summer.'

BERLIN, GERMANY - MAY 29: A tourist with a Union Jack umbrella walks in front of the Brandenburg Gate on May 29, 2013 in Berlin, Germany. Weather forecasters have predicted that there is a large chance of most of the summer continuing to be cold and wet across Western Europe, possibly the worst weather on record for the season in the region since 1816, known by meteorologists as 'the year without a summer.'

BERLIN, GERMANY - APRIL 08: Two women sit on a pond inside the Memorial for under Nazism murdered Sinti and Roma of Europe as ethnic Roma protest against discrimination against Roma on International Roma Day on April 8, 2013 in Berlin, Germany. Western Europe has experienced a large influx of Roma, who are also called Gypsies, from Romania and Bulgaria in recent years following the accession of the two countries to the European Union. Restrictions on the rights of Romanian and Bulgarian citizens to work in the EU are scheduled to end at the end of 2013.

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