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Europe Expands Virtual Borders To Thwart Migrants

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It was after midnight in the Maltese search-and-rescue zone of the Mediterranean when a rubber boat originating from Libya carrying dozens of migrants encountered a hulking cargo ship from Madeira and a European military aircraft. When I got to Libya, I didn’t have money,” Jacob says. Five more migrants died on the southward journey.

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Global CO2 emissions up 3% in 2011; per capita CO2 emissions in China reach EU levels

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tonnes per capita—within the range of 6 to 19 tonnes per capita emissions of the major industrialized countries. The much smaller amount of global CO 2 emissions from gas flaring did not change significantly in 2011, with the largest increases occurring in the United States and Russia, and the largest decrease occurring in Libya.

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