21.   Bahrain on Monday declared that a chain of disputed Gulf islands and surrounding territorial waters would become a wildlife sanctuary.

22.   Both Turkey and the Greek Cypriots have been upgrading their military capabilities in recent months as tension between Greece and Turkey over disputed islands in the Aegean has heightened.

23.   Britain on Wednesday welcomed moves by Greece and Turkey to back away from a showdown over a disputed island in the Aegean Sea.

24.   But newspaper reports in Japan say Tokyo has proposed drawing a border with Russia that would run through the middle of one of four disputed islands.

25.   But Tatham said independence would only be feasible if Argentina dropped its sovereignty claims over the disputed islands.

26.   China demanded Tuesday that the Philippines stop improving military facilities on a disputed South China Sea island, warning that a build-up threatened to inflame tensions.

27.   China accused Vietnam on Tuesday of occupying a pair of submerged reefs near the disputed Spratly islands and demanded that Hanoi immediately withdraw troops in the area.

28.   China on Monday protested a visit by extreme Japanese nationalists to a disputed island chain but threatened no action.

29.   China on Tuesday accused Vietnam of occupying a pair of submerged reefs in the disputed Spratly islands and demanded Hanoi immediately withdraw its troops.

30.   China upset with Japan over disputed islands.