Border Fence

Security Fences or Barriers to Peace?
The US segregation of Sunni and Shia areas of Baghdad marks a resurgent trend.

America's Minutemen Build Their Own Fence Against Mexican Migrants
Activists spend $1m on symbolic wall to demand sealing of the border.

African Migrants Die in Quest for New Life
Armed police clash with crowds trying to storm border fence at Spain's disputed enclave.

'Security Fence' is Legal, Says Israeli Court
Israel's highest court ruled today that the country had the right to build its "security fence" on occupied land, rejecting an earlier decision that the wall was entirely illegal.

US Backs Pakistani-afghan Border Fence
· 1,500-mile barrier meant to stop insurgents · Kabul leader says UN help needed even after polls

Bush Backs Security Fence
Warning of risk to wetlands and Mexican migrants if US department of homeland security is allowed to build an impenetrable triple-fence security zone.

How Giant Fence Could Save Apes
Throwing a huge fence round the Virunga mountains in Africa that would straddle the borders of three countries might be the only way of saving some great apes from extinction.

Israel Scrambles to Defend Fence
Sharon vows to complete 'security' boundary, with minor route changes, despite harm to Palestinian lives.

Palestinian Pm Says Security Fence a Bar to Meeting Sharon
The Palestinian prime minister, Ahmed Qureia, has said he will not meet Ariel Sharon as long as Israel continues construction of its "security" fence and wall through the West Bank. "If the Israeli government says it will continue building the wall regardless of what happens there is no...

EU Hits Out at Israeli Fence
The European Union is to formally condemn Israel's controversial "security fence" in the occupied West Bank. With relations strained anew by alleged anti-semitism in Europe, the Israeli foreign minister, Silvan Shalom, yesterday demanded a "more balanced" EU stance on the Middle East...

Israeli cabinet extends 'security fence'
Ariel Sharon's cabinet has agreed to extend Israel's controversial "security fence" to encircle Jewish settlements deep in the West Bank, moving closer to formally annexing hundreds of square miles of Palestinian territory.

Botswana Erects 300-mile Electrified Fence
Botswana has started erecting a 300-mile electric fence on part of its border with Zimbabwe to stop an influx of humans and livestock, dismaying Zimbabwean officials who claim that southern Africa is building its version of the Israeli security wall. Almost 8ft high, it will snake through...

Chris Mcgreal Reports on the Israeli Security Fence
Israel claims the security fence is needed to protect its citizens from suicide bombers. But for the many thousands of Palestinians cut off from their work, fields and loved ones, it is part of an illegal land grab intended to drive them from their homes. Chris McGreal reports.

Israel's Fence Draws Threat of Us Sanctions
The Bush administration is threatening to impose hundreds of millions of pounds in financial sanctions on Israel if it persists in pushing its security fence and wall in the West Bank deep into Palestinian territory. It said it would tell Israel soon that was considering reducing its loan...

UK censures Sharon over fence around West Bank
The British Government has sharply criticised Israel over the building of a 'separation fence' around the entire Palestinian territory of the West Bank, as pressure builds on Ariel Sharon to sign up to the so-called 'road map' to peace and a two-state solution to the Middle East crisis.

Marines Cut Through Border Fence
A fence that separates Kuwait from Iraq - and would stand in the way of any possible advancing US and British troops - has had tank-sized holes cut through it, apparently in preparation for a ground assault. UN peacekeepers monitoring the demilitarised zone in Kuwait spotted armed US...

In defence of the fence
After watching Colin Powell's riveting performance at the UN security council, with its crackling phone intercepts, satellite photos and carefully crafted televisual moments, I asked myself: what does this change in your view of the Iraq war? The answer is: not much. I remain unconvinced by the case for - and doubtful of the case against.

Tear gas and bullets break up West Bank fence protest
The Israeli army arrested nine foreigners yesterday who were attempting to prevent the destruction of Palestinian trees and land to make way for a security fence designed to separate the West Bank from Israel.

Israel Begins Fencing Off Palestinian Areas
Bulldozers move in to start construction of a fence that is planned to be 70 miles long.