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Q&A: The Horn's bitter war  The border commission charged with
deciding on the border between Ethiopia and Eritrea is due to
announce its findings on Saturday in the Hague, Netherlands,
some two years after a peace deal was reached between the two
countries. BBC News Online examines the main issues behind the
border conflict.  How did the border conflict begin?  The border
between Ethiopia and Eritrea has been described as a
geographer's nightmare.  It is a nightmare which became a
reality as soon as the neighbours' once-friendly relationship
turned sour.  From 1962 to 1993, Eritrea was ruled as a province
of Ethiopia - and any argument over the borders was little more
than a squabble between two local authorities.  So when Eritrea
and Ethiopia separated amicably in