11.   Tehran and European Union countries have been locked in a diplomatic dispute since the verdict.

12.   The neighboring Southeast Asian countries have been locked in a fierce debate for weeks over the shifting of a shared railroad immigration and customs point.

13.   The two countries are locked in a border dispute, with many in Estonia saying Russia should give it back lands in the northwestern Pskov region.

14.   The two countries are locked in a bitter territorial dispute over the Himalayan Kashmir region.

15.   We cannot let the terrorists lock our country down.

16.   Both countries are currently locked in a tense military stand-off along their borders, with hundreds of thousands of troops ranged against each other.

17.   The two countries have been locked in a fish feud over Canadian demands for compensation for US catches of Pacific salmon.

18.   The two countries have been locked in discussions over Canadian demands for compensation for US catches of Pacific salmon.

19.   Yemeni President Ali Abdallah Saleh, whose country is locked in a border dispute with Saudi Arabia, said Monday that such disputes could not be settled by force.