21.   Tensions have remained high on the island since a Greek Cypriot government decision last month to deploy Russian-made surface-to-air missiles.

22.   Tension has been running high on the Mediterranean island since the Greek Cypriot government announced plans last year to deploy Russian anti-aircraft missiles.

23.   The groups have been gathering signatures across the island since early last year.

24.   They have been the target of several protest voyages to the islands since July.

25.   It came after two Chinese ships arrived at the weekend in Kaohsiung, to become the first Chinese mainland vessels to dock at the island since the war.

26.   It is the fourth round of major maneuvers near the nationalist island since July.

27.   A Catalina flying boat with the remains of eight US soldiers and another smaller plane had been found on the same island since last January.

28.   Castro also met with Italian Luciano Benetton, the first foreign businessman to establish a chain of ready-to-wear clothes on the island since the Cuban revolution.

29.   China has claimed sovereignty over the island since it drove the nationalist troops here and considers Taipei a local government under its jurisdiction.

30.   Comorian troops were out in force to prevent disturbances but a contingent of French troops stationed in the islands since September was ordered to stay in camp.