11.   The shooting reportedly occurred following a dispute over possible contamination caused by the well.

12.   Trade tension between the U.S. and Japan was exacerbated yesterday when the U.S. imposed sanctions on Japanese shipping companies following a dispute over unpaid fines.

13.   Political disputes have been followed by killings and refugees fleeing to Zaire or Tanzania.

14.   Premier Costas Simitis accepted the resignation of the transport minister Monday following internal disputes from a cabinet meeting last week.

15.   A key ethnic Albanian party threatened to leave the governing coalition following a dispute Thursday over the extradition of an alleged rebel leader detained in Germany.

16.   Al-Silmi was found guilty of shooting Ayed Awaad al-Muteiri to death following a dispute, the statement said.

17.   An official in an eastern Thai province was stabbed to death following a dispute with a fishmonger who was blocking a sidewalk with his stall.

18.   As the Israeli Cabinet prepared to vote on the latest Mideast peace accord, a new crisis emerged Friday following a dispute over the controversial Palestinian Charter.

19.   Brown skipped practices on consecutive days following a dispute with his team last weekend amid signs of a renewed feud with Iverson.

20.   Burgess resigned in March following a dispute about her hours.