21.   Greece accused Turkey of provocation on Tuesday after a patrol boat from each country collided Tuesday near a disputed islet in the Aegean Sea.

22.   Greece accused Turkey on Thursday of violating agreements signed with the European Union by laying claim to a disputed rocky islet in the Aegean Sea last month.

23.   Greece and Turkey agreed overnight to withdraw their forces from around a disputed Aegean islet, Greek Defence Minister Gerassimos Arsenis and Foreign Minister Thoedore Pangolos said Wednesday.

24.   A Greek and a Turkish patrol boat collided Tuesday near a disputed islet in the Aegean Sea, the Greek foreign ministry announced.

25.   But he said Greece could not claim a right on the remaining disputed islets.

26.   But Japan is likely to intentionally blur the zone limit to avoid explicitly taking in the disputed islets within the zone, the official said.

27.   The two countries -- allies in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization -- have been at loggerheads in recent months, notably over a disputed islet in the Aegean Sea.

28.   Three Greek soldiers were reported missing early Wednesday after their helicopter crashed into the sea near a disputed Aegean islet, Greek military officials said.

29.   Turkey Monday urged Greece to pull back a dozen soldiers it had deployed on a disputed islet in the Aegean Sea.

30.   Turkey on Monday urged Greece to pull back a dozen soldiers it had deployed on a disputed islet in the Aegean Sea, Foreign Ministry spokesman Omer Akbel said.