11.   Although still well-respected in Austria, Waldheim has stirred international controversy for his Nazi ties during World War II.

12.   Drug maker Aventis SA said Wednesday it has decided to divest its agrochemicals business, which has been entangled in international controversy over its genetically engineered corn.

13.   He courted international controversy last year with his role in Swiss attempts to set up a fund to compensate victims of the Nazi Holocaust.

14.   His comments set off a storm of international controversy.

15.   It was not the first time Pamuk became embroiled in international controversy.

16.   The decision allows Germany to skirt a growing international diplomatic controversy.

17.   The Rev. Henryk Jankowski ignited an international controversy after he gave a sermon linking Jews to the rise of Nazism and communism.

18.   France caused international controversy last year with a wave of underground nuclear tests in the South Pacific, its last before adopting simulation methods of testing nuclear weapon reliability.

19.   But the treaty could embarrass France which has been at the centre of an international controversy over its nuclear tests in the South Pacific.

20.   Construction was stopped amid an international controversy over the impact of such a road.