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Melbourne-born Russell Moore, who has died in Florida, was jailed for life in 1991 for murder. His birth mother spent years campaigning for him to be returned to Australia. ....
A Belgian farmer accidentally annexed France by moving a rock. What does it say about borders? Man-made boundaries are fragile. They contradict the apparent solidity in an atlas or on Google Maps. Representational image. | Francois Lenoir/ Reuters This week, a farmer in the Belgian town of Erquelinnes caused an international ruckus when he moved a stone standing in his tractor’s path. This stone marked the boundary between Belgium and France. By moving it 2.29 metres, he expanded Belgium’s territory. We must assume he had driven around it before – the stone was placed on this site in 1819, as part of the proceedings that established the Franco-Belgian border in 1820 after Napoleon’s defeat. ....
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Court continues to hear witness testimony in Ian Howard case for second day Ian Howard Case- Day 02 Testimony 05/06/2021 and last updated 2021-05-09 19:07:05-04 LAFAYETTE, La. â NOTE: we ve corrected some information here, based on what Susan Hebert told us after the hearing. A district court judge heard testimony Thursday for a second day from witnesses during a hearing for the man accused of gunning down a Lafayette Police officer and wounding three others in 2017. State prosecutors and defense attorneys for Ian Howard continued to call several witnesses to testify before 15th Judicial District Judge Valerie Gotch Garrett. Howard, 31, is accused of fatally shooting Cpl. Michael Middelbrook and wounding several other Lafayette Police officers as they responded to a shots fired call at the Big Boyz store on Moss Street in Lafayette in October 2017. ....
This week, a farmer in the Belgian town of Erquelinnes caused an international ruckus when he moved a stone standing in his tractor’s path. This stone marked the boundary between Belgium and France. By moving it 2.29 metres, he expanded Belgium’s territory. We must assume he had driven around it before the stone was placed on this site in 1819, as part of the proceedings that established the Franco-Belgian border in 1820 after Napoleon’s defeat. For the farmer, it stood in the way of his tractor. For the governments of France and Belgium, it was an active international border. This story suggests a fragility to borders that contradicts their apparent solidity in an atlas or on Google Maps. Human history is, however, full of arguments about where the edges of property lie. ....