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Bangladesh Contests Illegal Border Fence With India

One needn’t be reminded that India and Bangladesh share a border and that there are often skirmishes along that winding strip of land.  So, as if to unnecessarily remind, the government of Bangladesh charged India with constructing a fence in violation of international law.

Perhaps if there weren’t quite as much credibility and mutually advantage riding  on Bangladesh and India’s rapprochment, this might have turned into a bigger row.  But for now, India has owned up to its culpability and peace has again settled over the land.

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