31.   Athens had blocked the aid package because of its sovereignty dispute with Ankara over a barren Aegean Sea islet last month which nearly led to a military clash.

32.   Athens had blocked the aid package because of its sovereignty dispute with Ankara over a barren Aegean Sea islet last month which nearly led to a military showdown.

33.   Both countries nearly went to war in their sovereignty dispute over the island early this year.

34.   Chen Thursday urged Beijing not to rush Taiwan into settling the sovereignty dispute.

35.   China Times said the visit, approved by President Chen, was significant as Taipei-Beijing ties remain deadlocked over sovereignty disputes.

36.   Earlier Tuesday, Greece put its armed forces on full alert as tension mounted over the sovereignty dispute.

37.   EU foreign ministers met Monday to try to resolve a lingering sovereignty dispute between Greece and Turkey which could also affect an EU customs union with Ankara.

38.   The UAE and Iran are locked in a sovereignty dispute over three strategic islands at the entrance to the Gulf.

39.   The United States intervened when Greece and Turkey began a military build-up earlier this year in a sovereignty dispute over an Aegean Sea islet.

40.   Turkey and Greece have long been involved in sovereignty disputes in the Aegean Sea and Cyprus.