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An Indian man called Suyash Dixit <\/strong>has planted a flag<\/strong><\/a> in Bir Tawil, the terra nullius <\/strong>between Egypt and Sudan, and declared himself \u201cking.\u201d<\/strong> Dixity is not the first person to attempt such a stunt<\/a>. Author Jack Shenker attempted a similar feat in 2011 and in June 2014 a 38-year-old farmer from Virginia named Jeremiah Heaton followed suit. Bir Tawil is claimed by neither Egypt nor Sudan, as claiming it could impact the rights to the Halayeb triangle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An Indian man called Suyash Dixit has planted a flag in Bir Tawil, the terra nullius between Egypt and Sudan, and declared himself \u201cking.\u201d Dixity is not the first person to attempt such a stunt. 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