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An Austrian police officer with a police dog patrols near the northeastern Greek village of Nea Vyssa, in the Greek-Turkish borders on Friday, Nov. 5, 2010. For the first time, the EU’s border agency Frontex is deploying rapid intervention teams. The 175-strong force, arrived with officers drawn from 26 countries. Greek authorities reported 45,000 illegal border crossings in just the first half of this year, according to European border authorities. (Foto:Nikolas Giakoumidis/AP/dapd)