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02-27-2017, 10:50 AM
http://l.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/kxlCZ0TJP.2haXl3gxkN3A--/YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b247aD04Njt3PTEzMDs-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/d149e63da5a31f3d6b8b102c4e388f950cc45d14.jpg (https://www.yahoo.com/news/border-walls-turnkey-answer-threats-real-imagined-104731258.html)Built to keep out migrants, traffickers, or an enemy group, border walls have emerged as a one-size-fits-all response to the vulnerability felt by many societies in today's globalized world, says an expert on the phenomenon. Practically non-existent at the end of World War II, by the time the Berlin Wall fell in 1989 the number of border walls across the globe had risen to 11. One third were intended to bring an end to a conflict, Vallet says, such as between north and south Cyprus, the two Koreas, and India and Pakistan.



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