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Europe Expands Virtual Borders To Thwart Migrants

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In the last five years, Europe has bestowed massive new regulatory and spending power on the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, known as. EU pushed migrants back until courts intervened. Meanwhile, legal scholars and civil-society groups are asking whether a hands-off border can really keep Europe’s hands clean.

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How an Electrical Engineer Solved Australia’s Most Famous Cold Case

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The back cover of the book also included scribbled letters, which were at first thought to constitute an encrypted message. Also scribbled on the back cover was a telephone number that led to one Jo Thomson, a woman who lived merely a five-minute walk from where the Somerton Man had been found. The book proved a match.

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My Cycling trip from Agra to Bikaner

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Walked back to find the Rajdhani standing on platform 18. Walked back to reach the hotel at 1620 hours. I engaged the guard to ensure that the train halt could be extended by a few minutes. At times, the guard can put his foot down and overrule the local parcel office team. Nadeem had finished his BSc.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

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Lutz, who retired earlier this year, called the car Detroits "moon shot" and an attempt to wrest the mantle of innovation back from the Japanese. GM killed that car because of back room deals with oil companies, and now they expect us to believe that they are just so cutting edge now? It is simply the cost of doing business.

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