North India cold snap toll rises to 170

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BBC News - 1/08/13

Indian laborers warm themselves on a fire in a market on a cold morning in New Delhi, India, Monday, Jan 7, 2013.

Delhi has experienced its coldest day for 44 years

More than 170 people have died in a cold snap sweeping across northern India, reports say.

The majority of deaths were in Uttar Pradesh state. Punjab and Haryana are among the other northern states badly hit by the cold weather.

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