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By GEIR MOULSON, Associated Press: World
Wed, 07/01/2015 - 2:24am

BERLIN (AP) -- The number of migrants crossing the Mediterranean to southern Europe was more than 80 percent higher in the first half of 2015 than a year earlier, with deaths initially soaring before dropping back as rescue efforts at sea were stepped up, the U.N. refugee agency said Wednesday....

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