Transport Minister Nagib Mikati said Mr Nicolian lost his way and that Israeli fighter jets started following him while he was still in Lebanese air space, nine kilometres from the border.

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Global Terminal, which straddles Bayonne-Jersey City border, to double wharf space so it can accommodate big container ships.

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It can be used to resolve a fight among middle schoolers over locker space as effectively as it can be used to resolve border disputes among nations.

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The playgrounds, ball fields and vast green space of Van Cortlandt Park lie along the area's eastern border.

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When Georgia then banned Russian military flights in its air space, Russia's top military commander promptly accused Georgia of allowing hundreds of Chechen fighters to mass on its border, a dangerous accusation that Georgia has always denied.

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