41.   But for Yeltsin, Russian sovereignty over Chechnya is nonnegotiable, and he can certainly not win it if he starts negotiating from a position of weakness.

42.   But Israel would maintain sovereignty over the remaining areas of the holy city.

43.   But real development will come only with Palestinian sovereignty over the Jordan Valley, admits Jawad Salah.

44.   But their government has never been able to exercise effective sovereignty over the region.

45.   But the Israelis have insisted on maintaining sovereignty over the entire holy city while granting limited control of certain areas of East Jerusalem to the Palestinians.

46.   But they stumbled at the most sensitive point, sovereignty over East Jerusalem.

47.   But the Palestinians insisted on full sovereignty over all of east Jerusalem, including the OLD City.

48.   But their government has never been able to exercise effective sovereignty over the region, which in any case remains an exotic mystery to most Brazilians.

49.   China has claimed sovereignty over all of the South China Sea, and the Spratly and Paracel islands within it.

50.   China, which claims sovereignty over Taiwan, said the U.S. was interfering in its internal affairs by granting Lee a visa.