31.   India has ruled out talks with Pakistan over the lingering dispute between the two nuclear states.

32.   A lingering dispute over some farm land was reportedly behind the murder.

33.   Analysts have said he might use the issue as a bargaining chip in resolving lingering disputes in negotiations with Beijing.

34.   But lingering disputes over the military chapter remain.

35.   But lingering disputes between the parties prevented the immediate restoration of traffic.

36.   But lingering disputes between the parties delayed implementation and dampened the peace momentum here.

37.   But these gestures -- and the welcome the proposed talks have received in the West -- have been marred by the lingering dispute over Kashmir.

38.   Foreign Minister Yukihiko Ikeda said Monday that Japan would promote ties with China and South Korea despite lingering territorial disputes with the two countries.

39.   They have been caught in a lingering dispute between the administration and the Republican-controlled Congress on social spending.

40.   The truce, while having been generally honored, has been dogged by sporadic outbreaks of fighting around the country and lingering disputes between the parties on humanitarian provisons.