21.   A long-standing border dispute between Ecuador and Peru has soured relations between the countries and has triggered three armed conflicts in the last half century.

22.   A Pentagon official arrived Tuesday for the first high-level U.S. military contact with China since its confrontation with Taiwan in March soured relations.

23.   A series of anti-German outbursts by Turkish premier Mesut Yilmaz is souring relations between the two countries, Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel said Thursday.

24.   Although the incident soured relations between Indonesia and Australia for years, Jakarta had never publicly admitted the deaths before.

25.   Any WTO ruling against the United States would have seriously soured relations between the organization and its most powerful member.

26.   Arms sales to Taiwan and the collision of a U.S. spy plane with a Chinese jet fighter soured relations with China.

27.   As the two sides try to get the peace talks back on track, debate over Jewish settlement construction has further soured relations.

28.   Australian Trade Minister Mark Vaile said negotiation was the preferred option for resolving the dispute, which has soured trade relations between the countries.

29.   But EU foreign ministers, aware sanctions may sour relations with other African nations, are nevertheless keen to send Mugabe a message his behavior is intolerable.

30.   But other policies have also soured relations since Netanyahu took power in June.