Since then, although there have been occasional incidents along the border, the world's attention has largely shifted elsewhere.
But many mayors along the border say that troops are not needed, at least not yet.
Contrary to some of the reports that you see, crime along the border is down.
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In the meantime, they are likely to be strengthening their patrols along the border with India.
In January 2012 Minsur started operating a gold mine, Pucamarca, along the border between Peru and Chile.
In 1953, the signing of a truce brought an armed peace along the border of South Korea.
Five Saudi border guards had recently been killed along the border in shoot-outs with well-armed smugglers, he added.
One morning, I met with a hospital administrator who had extensive experience managing for-profit hospitals along the border.
The Shabab says it downed a Kenyan military helicopter flying along the border last month, though Kenya denies it.
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Albanian Foreign Minister Paskal Milo condemned what he called "provocative" moves along the border and called for NATO protection.
That it has been able to enjoy this safe haven along the border.
The clashes forced thousands to resettle along the border in Rwandan refugee camps.
Along the border, cattle ranchers, Indians and local priests all say that the Venezuelan armed forces do not patrol.
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The numbers are even more significant when compared to the year 2000, when apprehensions along the border exceeded 1.6 million.
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In recent weeks, Pakistan's military and paramilitary have launched a number of sweeps for "suspected foreign terrorists" along the border.
But Mr Fox also hopes for more American co-ordination on fighting drugs, and on cleaning up environmental damage along the border.
There had been months of relative calm, but Ethiopia launched a series of assaults along the border after peace talks collapsed.
One is the peace agreements that the Pakistani government has signed with a couple of the tribal agencies along the border.
He has prolonged the deployment of some 1, 200 National Guard troops along the border, to provide backup for the Border Patrol.
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For it is not quite true that Israel's only demand in respect of Gaza has been for quiet along the border.
Both sides insist that their mobilisation along the border is the minimum necessary for self-defence, but Pakistan, at least, is suspicious.
The Egyptian government has also ordered an underground barrier to be built along the border with Gaza, to block the tunnels.
Since the Thai coup, there have been tensions over a security barrier that the Thai generals want to erect along the border.
Along the border, Guatemalans poach game and plants from Belize's national parks.
And this goes to the whole ethos along the border areas there.
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What they wanted was not anything that looked like an amnesty but tougher border patrols, and higher, longer fences along the border.
Born in Khyber in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas along the border of Afghanistan, the second of five brothers, he had a rather primitive start.
Since the cease-fire went into effect last August, that protection has been maintained by UNIFIL forces stationed along the border with Israel.
That leaves the new fence as the dominant feature along the border.
For instance, why weren't there water cannons along the border with Lebanon?
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