In 1945, a convoy of U.S. trucks from India crossed the Burmese-Chinese border, opening the Burma Road.
But Mr Fox still hints at opening the border completely in the long term.
Iran says it cannot handle any more influx of refugees, and there is no sign of it opening its border again despite urgent calls from the United Nations.
Before the summit, India had floated the idea of opening extra border crossings between the two countries, and optimists had speculated about an agreement to build an oil pipeline from Iran to India, through Pakistan.
Next, the president stayed silent as Congress shut down a project that was meant to lead to the opening of the border to Mexican trucks, something promised in the NAFTA agreement of 1994.
Egypt has remained isolated in Arab public opinion as Mr Mubarak has subsequently cracked down on cross-border smuggling and struggled to strong-arm Hamas into sharing power with its secular rival, Fatah, by using the opening of the border as a lure.
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PA, and that was before the brief opening of the Egyptian border allowed them to smuggle in thousands more.
Newly appointed Foreign Minister Nabil el-Araby has already called for the opening of Egypt's border with Hamasruled Gaza.
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They want Israel to acquiesce to Hamas's demand to open its borders with Gaza and to support the opening of Egypt's border crossing with Gaza.
Zaire will almost certainly follow suit, opening an opportunity for cross-border mining co-operation.
Yet, the jury at Bristol Crown Court heard within days of the Lapland New Forest attraction opening on the Hampshire-Dorset border, hundreds of disgruntled visitors complained to trading standards officials that they had been ripped off.
But others are opening up the legal services market south of the border.
And Paterson is looking forward to the opening fixture after finding club rugby south of the border too negative.
This opening was supposed to be the first step towards scrapping all regulations holding up cross-border trucking.
Senators writing a sweeping immigration bill have said they hope to finish their work this week, opening what's sure to be a raucous public debate over measures to secure the border, allow tens of thousands of foreign workers into the country and grant eventual citizenship to the millions living illegally in the United States.
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