Between East and West, no-man's land is visible, nicknamed the "death strip", as is this is where many escape attempts met a fatal end.

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"It was designed ... to be exactly what it is, a legal no man's land, " Warner said.

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But the US delegation is in a political no-man's land, not knowing whether George W Bush or Al Gore will be the next president.

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In between the two main fences is 150 feet of "no man's land, " an area that the Border Patrol sweeps with flood lights and trucks, and soon, surveillance cameras.

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But there is still a desolate no-man's land in the centre which has hardly changed since we visited last year, except for a clock tower with even less of a face.

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It is hoped that this no-man's-land can act as a buffer between cattle-raiding groups and brand the new country as the green heart of Africa.

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This time there's hope he'll create a revival on the dreary north end of the Strip, where the Desert Inn is located, a no-man's-land of aging dowagers and low-roller joints.

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To pass through is to see mostly abandoned or shuttered buildings in a bleak no-man's land under the watchful gaze of Israeli surveillance balloons.

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"The war in Gaza indeed restored the public's sense of security and lowered the anxiety level, yet Lieberman is perceived as the man who will know how to do what needs to be done so that no more missiles land around here, " she wrote.

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