1.   Kono cited the longstanding territorial problem between Japan and Russia and said Japan wants to solve the row based on law and justice.

2.   Murayama also accepted an invitation from Yeltsin to visit Russia to try to solve the row.

3.   Shipley sacked Peters and invoked dispute resolution procedures under the coalition agreement which give the parties one week to solve the row before the coalition can be formally ended.

4.   The Emirates has called for international mediation to solve the row.

5.   Following the mounting calls to review the accord, Tokyo and Washington decided Friday to set up a bilateral committee to solve the row.

6.   If the issue is taken to the world trade body, the two countries would start bilateral negotiations to solve the row.

7.   It was unclear whether they had solved the row.