11.   But Iran, a Shiite Muslim nation, and Saudi Arabia, a mostly Sunni Muslim state, have long battled for influence and rarely cooperate.

12.   But Taiwanese have long discarded the Nationalist doctrine of reunification under rule from Taipei and are developing a separate island identify away from the mainland.

13.   Its partners, especially German, have long questioned Italy on that score.

14.   Relatives of those slain have long demanded that Britain divulge the truth about what went wrong.

15.   Some carvings already submerged for that long have shown no signs of wear, Clottes said.

16.   The EPA and Northeastern states, which have strict emissions regulations, have long said pollution from the Midwest and South is wind-carried into the Northeast.

17.   The hard-liners have long have called for removing Yeltsin from office, and nothing has come of it.

18.   The military have long dominated the gubernatorial positions.