In those early cold war days, the 800-mile border between East and West Germany was lightly guarded and delineated by a few strands of barbed wire, and thousands fled to the West.

在冷战时代的早期，东西德之间长达800英里的边界并不戒备森严，只有一些带刺的铁丝网，因而成千上万的东德人逃到了西方。

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For some time during the American Civil War, the Fugitive Slave Acts were considered to still hold in the case of blacks fleeing from masters in border states that were loyal to the Union government.

在美国内战期间，相当一段时间，逃奴法案在某些忠于联邦的边境州仍被视为有效。

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Stranded refugees from Chad stand in a line to receive food at the Libya-Egypt border crossing after leaving Libya three weeks earlier because of the on-going civil war on March 17 in Sallum, Egypt.

3月17日，来自乍得的滞留难民排队在埃及Sallum领取食物。

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Missouri can put the debate over the Border War record to rest with a win.

WSJ: Border War: Missouri, Kansas Have One Last Score to Settle

Since South Sudan's independence, tension between the new neighbours has been strained, with rebellions breaking out on either side of the border and a dispute over oil which escalated to the brink of war last April.

BBC: Humanitarian crisis in Sudan south gets worse, says UN

Mr. McGINNIS: The Guard's been working the border for a longtime, dating back to the mid eighties with the war on drugs.

NPR: Critics Question Using Nat'l Guard Troops at the Border