1.   Greek Premier Costas Simitis last Tuesday rejected a Turkish proposal for direct talks over the rock cluster saying that Turkey could take the dispute to the Hague.

2.   Greece and Turkey nearly went to war in January over a barren rock cluster in the eastern Aegean Sea.

3.   Greek and Turkish warships collided near a barren rock cluster that was the cause of a recent crisis between two NATO allies, the Defense Ministry said Friday.

4.   Last week, the two countries nearly went to war over a deserted rock cluster in the eastern Aegean.

5.   On Sunday Turkey protested to Greece when a Greek man briefly landed on a rock cluster in the Aegean, which both nations claim is theirs.

6.   The two ships collided Thursday near the eastern Aegean Sea rock cluster known in Greece as Imia.

7.   The two vessels collided near a rock cluster in the eastern Aegean known as Kardak in Turkish and Imia in Greek.

8.   The two countries almost went to war in January over a barren rock cluster in the eastern Aegean Sea.

9.   The two NATO allies almost went to war in January over a barren rock cluster in the eastern Aegean Sea.

10.   Turkey on Sunday protested to Greece after a Greek fisherman briefly landed on an Aegean rock cluster over which the two countries nearly went to war in January.