Subject: Re: Antarctica - Neutral Zones<br/>
Date: Apr 07, 2003 @ 01:23<br/>
Author: alqaszar (&quot;alqaszar&quot; &lt;saz@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-803629726">Dear John-Lucas,<br/>
<br/>
normally those &quot;no-mans-lands&quot; between two nations don&#39;t really <br/>
exist. One can get the impression there would be one since the custom <br/>
offices are some hundred meters apart. In case were there still are <br/>
custom offices like on the Romanian-Hungarian border, for example, <br/>
the land between is under the jurisdiction of the country it belongs <br/>
to. The border itself isn&#39;t a line, so the borderline has no <br/>
measurable wideness. Just imagine two sheets of paper laying next to <br/>
each other so close that they touch on one side. This is like <br/>
countries fit their boundary lines.<br/>
<br/>
As far as I know there&#39;s no piece of land in this world thats not <br/>
under the jurisdiction ar at least the claim of at least one nation. <br/>
Even the Antarctica is partet in several districts and some nations <br/>
claim their souvereign rights on these parts of eternal ice.<br/>
<br/>
But also some countries like the USA don&#39;t accept any claims on <br/>
Antarctic terrortory.<br/>
<br/>
Regards<br/>
<br/>
Alqaszar<br/>
Germany</div>