51.   Both sides claim sovereignty over the compound, which was one of the most contentious issues in the Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations that collapsed amid the current fighting.

52.   Both sides claim sovereignty there.

53.   Both the Beijing Communists and the Taipei Nationalists claim sovereignty over all of China.

54.   Both countries claim sovereignty over the islands.

55.   Both Israelis and Palestinians claim sovereignty over east Jerusalem, which is holy to Christians, Muslims and Jews.

56.   Britain and Spain agreed Thursday on unspecified measures against drug and cigarette smuggling and money laundering in Gibraltar, a British colony over which Spain claims sovereignty.

57.   Both sides claim sovereignty over the Bakassi peninsula and have sent troops to their respective sides of the area, which juts out into the Gulf of Guinea.

58.   Both sides claimed sovereignty.

59.   But China claims sovereignty over Taiwan, and it was considered highly unlikely that Taiwan would be able to gain WTO membership ahead of China.

60.   But China still claims sovereignty over Taiwan and sees it as a renegade province, which is to be reunited eventually.