Kicker - Borders make good neighbors

NICK EICHER, HOST: A farmer in Belgium accidentally invaded France.

No, seriously. Invaded and took territory, about 7 feet of it. Turns out that a stone marking the boundary of the two countries since 1819 was in the way of his tractor. So he did the reasonable thing and moved it.

It just so happened that a history buff was out for a walk along the border and noticed something amiss.

The Belgian government asked the farmer to put the stone back where it belongs.

Failing that, the long-dormant Franco-Belgian border commission will have to come in and resolve it.

The mayor of a nearby French town said the good news is this will probably resolve peacefully.

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