71.   The accession perspective of Cyprus and the increasing interest of the EU member-states on the Cyprus question has given to this thorny problem a new dimension.

72.   The foreign ministers of the five countries bordering the Caspian agreed Tuesday to seek a quick resolution to the thorny problem.

73.   The EPA may have sidestepped a thorny problem by proposing that any dredging waste be shipped away from the Hudson Valley into existing landfills.

74.   The status of Jerusalem, a holy site to Judaism, Christianity and Islam, presents particularly thorny problems for negotiators.

75.   The thorny problem of East Timor rears its head again Monday as high level negotiations resume to try to find a lasting solution for the troubled region.

76.   Wellington police were left with a thorny problem when a gift of roses from a man they had arrested earlier turned out to be stolen.

77.   A Programme Commission headed by former International Tennis Federation president Philippe Chatrier has been working on the thorny problem for two years.

78.   American League owners must approve the site switch, but it appears the best solution to a thorny problem.

79.   But should China avoid the political and sporting pitfalls, then Beijing is left with the thorny problem of how to secure enough votes.

80.   But that solution does not resolve other thorny problems with the communist island nation.