31.   Feldstein said the fundamental issue is determining the appropriate role an international agency and its technical staff take on, when they deal with sovereign countries coming for assistance.

32.   German politicians largely rally behind their military, but several voice misgivings about the first attack on a sovereign country since World War II.

33.   He said international law does not allow the suing of sovereign countries in courts of other nations.

34.   How then can NATO justify attacking a sovereign country that does not threaten it?

35.   However one might want to see it, NATO has attacked a sovereign country in clear violation of international law and without the authorization of the U.N.

36.   If the legislature and voters approve it, Quebec will divorce the rest of Canada and become a sovereign country.

37.   Krenz and the others have argued that since East Germany was a sovereign country, they were acting under East German law and cannot be tried under western law.

38.   Malaysia is an independent sovereign country and it was never a colony of the US nor was it ever under its protectorate.

39.   Obuchi also agreed not to support Taiwanese independence or membership in international organizations reserved for sovereign countries.

40.   Obuchi agreed not to support Taiwanese independence or membership in international organizations reserved for sovereign countries, NHK television said.