11.   Israeli officials have used the papal visit to assert their claim to Jerusalem as a Jewish city according to the Bible.

12.   It is suing CDNow, the online music store being acquired by Time Warner and Sony, to assert that claim.

13.   Martha A. Matthews, director of the family advocacy program at Stanford University Law School, said welfare recipients would have more difficulty asserting such claims now.

14.   She and hundreds of mainland residents poured into Hong Kong on temporary visas to assert their claim to residency.

15.   Washington denied any impropriety and asserted a claim of his own against the BCA for money allegedly due to him.

16.   Veering away from the prospect of asserting rival claims of victory, the two have chosen to report simultaneously their attainment of different milestones in their quest.

17.   A pro-Beijing magazine has raised the possibility that China may wage war, probably against the Philippines, to assert its claims over the disputed Spratly Islands.

18.   A minority of Maori have become radicalized in recent years, and are asserting sweeping claims to some form of autonomy and demanding greater political and economic power.

19.   China threatens to use force to assert its claim of sovereignty over Taiwan.

20.   Cox said it is only a matter of time before the army asserts its claim.