As the situation in Southern Sudan and the Eritrean-Ethiopian border show, these agreements only last as long as neither side believes it can defeat the other.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Condi's African holiday

The Indonesian contingent failed to show up for a border-surveying mission earlier this year.

ECONOMIST: Asia's imminent addition elects its president

The UK Border Agency figures show that in the last five years it has stopped around 61, 000 people at Calais who were trying to enter the UK illegally.

BBC: French migrant camp re-examined

Ms Foster told the BBC on Tuesday a border poll would show that a clear majority of people in Northern Ireland want to remain in the United Kingdom.

BBC: Border poll considered by DUP, says Foster

At the Alwinton Border Shepherds' Show in Northumberland (October) anyone can nominate a new category for a small fee - so if you have a unique talent for carving dinosaurs out of butternut squashes or baking cakes that taste like burgers, next year that rosette could be yours.

BBC: The great British country show: A cultural eye opener

In 2011 there were 28 reports and so far in 2012, there have been 21 reports, the UK Border Agency (UBKA) figures show.

BBC: UKBA alerted over suspected sham civil partnerships

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

But the Serb build-up, on the Kosovo border and within the province, is not just for show.

ECONOMIST: Kosovo: Bluff, intrigue, war—or peace | The

The show documents actions such as rescue operations inside internment camps in France, clandestine border crossings, the making of false civil and religious identification papers and the hiding of Jews in rural shelters.

UNESCO: Social and Human Sciences

The show had the ambitious aim of bringing the biggest stars of the day to the Border studios in Carlisle.

BBC: Mr & Mrs gameshow host Derek Batey dies aged 84