21.   The United States brought the two countries back from the brink of war in January after they squared off over a group of uninhabited rocky islets.

22.   The United States last January barely defused a clash between the two NATO neighbors over a group of uninhabited rocky islets.

23.   They have a series of longstanding disputes in the Aegean, including its airspace, seabed mineral rights and more recently sovereignty over uninhabited islets.

24.   Turkish press reports said the mayor of the Greek island of Kalimnos rented the uninhabited islet of Plati to a couple who planned to marry and settle there.

25.   Turkey and Greece, have long running disputes over air, sea and seabed mineral rights in the Aegean and both lay claims to several uninhabited rocky islets.

26.   Waving Taiwanese flags, a small group of demonstrators staked its claim to the uninhabited islets for about an hour before leaving, the coast guard said.

27.   Waving flags, a small group of demonstrators staked its claim to the uninhabited islets for about an hour before leaving, the Japanese coast guard said.

28.   A protracted dispute early last year over the sovereignty of a group of uninhabited rocky islets brought the two NATO powers to the brink of armed conflict.

29.   But this year, the agenda is set to focus on their quarrel over five uninhabited islets in the East China sea which has strained relations in recent months.

30.   The statement came after Greece ordered its armed forces on full alert in the dispute over who owns the barren uninhabited islet about the size of a football field.