The fascinating story of Bir Tawil — the land no country wants
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Imagine a land so remote and unwanted that no nation claims it as its own. This is the curious case of Bir Tawil, a 795 square mile, trapezoid-shaped territory located along the border between Egypt and Sudan.
Historically, Bir Tawil was used as grazing land by the Ababda tribe near Aswan in Egypt. — Read the rest
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