1.   The Franks took advantage of this by seizing some islands which the Saxons had held.

2.   But he said China could have long ago seized those islands and chose not to, to maintain the proximity and psychological link between Taiwan and China.

3.   Moscow seized the islands from Japan in the last days of World War II.

4.   The larger dispute dates to the end of World War II, when Soviet troops seized the islands.

5.   The programs were broadcast from Saipan after the American military seized the island.

6.   Russia seized the islands during World War II, and Japan demands the return of what it calls the Northern Territories.

7.   Russia and Japan have never signed a peace treaty ending World War II hostilities because Soviet troops seized four islands at the end of the war.

8.   Russia seized northern islands from Japan at the end of World War II.

9.   Russia seized the islands after World War II, and Japan has demanded them back.