The Canadians, who once looked to their allies across the border for their satellites, have found that they can buy everything they need elsewhere.

Nepal is a landlocked country in South Asia, bordering China to the north and India to the south, east and west.

Germany borders on France.

Pakistan's military said clashes in areas bordering North and South Waziristan do not yet represent the opening of a new war front against Taliban militants.

It borders Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west.