31.   NATO has said it may launch airstrikes at Serb and Albanian Kosovar forces and positions if the two sides do not resolve their dispute peacefully.

32.   On Saturday, both sides resolve a dispute involving early retirement benefits and job security after two days of talks.

33.   The patriarch called on the two sides to resolve their dispute over Jerusalem, claimed by both sides as their capital.

34.   The talks are meant to see if the two sides can resolve their dispute themselves.

35.   The two sides eventually resolved the funding dispute last November.

36.   Washington officially says the sides should resolve their dispute peacefully without outside intervention.

37.   Washington, however, is required by law to ensure Taiwan can defend itself, and maintains that the sides must resolve their dispute peacefully.

38.   However the two sides have since resolved these problems, the sources said without elaborating.

39.   Before the projects are implemented, the two sides must resolve disputes over border demarcation, water-sharing and security arrangements.

40.   Clinton earlier this month said he did not expect China to take military action against Taiwan and reiterated the US position that both sides should resolve their differences peacefully.