As parts of Europe are engulfed by a brutal heat wave this summer, it makes one wonder: Who's getting it the worst?

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Out of contact with the rest of the world for so long, they knew nothing about the first world war that had engulfed Europe two years earlier.

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The framers desired to avoid the controversies which engulfed Europe.

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Italy will then be the next country to succumb to the financial crisis which has engulfed Europe and there is absolutely no chance at all anyone will be able to bail out Italy, the debt is too great.

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The bank union chief is less positive on Europe following the recent crisis that has engulfed the eurozone's third-smallest economy, Cyprus.

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The investigations come as Europe's food industry has been engulfed by a meat processing and labelling scandal after multiple processed meat products labelled as beef were revealed to contain quantities of horsemeat.

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