CNN CNN Tonight July 16, 2014 02:54:00
And it's a by-product of a colonial -- british colonial dispute over a boundary. and basically, britain drew the line in 1899. and three years later, egypt decided that they wanted to move the line to the 22nd parallel. and the piece of ground that is contested between the two countries is the halabi triangle. and because of the conflict and the way the boundary situation, the debate has been over the halabi triangle, which is a far more valuable and larger piece of land and bir tawil for over 100 years has been left in the dustbin of governance, and it has been unclaimed. it was very exciting...