71.   The dispute erupted last month when Britain announced that it was expanding the fishing exclusion zone around the Falklands saying that the move was aimed at protecting the environment.

72.   The dispute almost erupted in violence before the United States -- fearful that two NATO allies were feuding so close to the former Yugoslavia -- intervened and tempers cooled.

73.   The dispute erupted last month with Manila discovering what it describes as observation structures on stilts erected by China on Mischief Reef, which is claimed by the Philippines.