In November 2010, a Nicaraguan general cited Google's map of the border with Costa Rica to justify a reported raid in a disputed area.

CNN: Iran threatens to sue Google for not labeling Persian Gulf

But according to the new U.S. account, a serviceman talking to the border-control center, attempting to make the coordinates more specific for the Pakistanis by pairing them with a map of the political border, applied an incorrect electronic overlay on his computer.

WSJ: U.S. Erred in Deadly Attack

Yugoslav and NATO generals met late Tuesday in the Macedonian border town of Kumanovo to map out the details of a Serb withdrawal from Kosovo.

CNN: Kosovo peace resolution goes to U.N. Security Council

When Croatia joins the EU a new line, that of the Union's external border, will change the Balkan map.

BBC: How Croatia and Serbia buried the hatchet

The map illustrating your story appears to show that the ants have eaten the entire border between Mississippi and Alabama, creating the super-state of Missabama.

ECONOMIST: Letters

Also interesting is the scene of Mr Libbi's capture, in Mardan (see map in article), in North West Frontier Province, close by Pakistan's border with Afghanistan.

ECONOMIST: Pakistan nabs a key al-Qaeda fugitive