| The land here was settled in about 1820 to form a buffer zone between the established white farms and the Xhosa, the indigenous people. |
| The soldiers deployed in late December and early January 1996, and quickly established a 2.5-mile-wide buffer zone between the opposing forces. |
| The French army intervened to protect its nationals and to set up a buffer zone to prevent the conflict spreading south. |
| Since the events of 1974, UN peacekeeping forces have maintained a buffer zone between the two sides. |
| Under the agreement, only lightly armed police are allowed to patrol the buffer zone. |
| Groups of ethnic Greeks and Turks waved at each other as they walked across the buffer zone that 24 hours earlier had been a no-man's land. |
