51.   Conflicting claims among heirs, national secrecy and legal questions have held up restitution, they said.

52.   Conflicting claims by Greek and Turkey over a group of tiny islands almost led to a war last month before the United States intervened.

53.   Conflicting claims by Greece and Turkey over an unihabited group of islets last month almost led to war before the United States intervened.

54.   Conflicting territorial claims were simply shelved as an issue.

55.   Despite a conflicting claim by at least one of the children, NATO reiterated Sunday that Gagovic was to blame.

56.   Diplomatic relations between Russia and Japan have been strained by conflicting claims to the islands, which the Soviet Union occupied in the waning days of World War II.

57.   Egypt protested, the Canadians withdrew and the conflicting claims remain unresolved.

58.   Even where there is willingness to return the art objects, conflicting claims among heirs, national secrecy and legal questions have held up restitution, they said.

59.   Greek and Turkish warships massed in the eastern Aegean Sea on Tuesday as their governments threatened to use force to support conflicting claims to a minuscule rocky outcropping.

60.   He said the conflicting claims by China, Brunei, the Philippines, Vietnam, Taiwan and Malaysia could be settled peacefully through bilateral talks.