51.   Manila recently charged that Beijing had illegally deployed warships and built permanent structures on the Mischief Reef, also part of the island group claimed by the Philippines.

52.   President Lee Teng-hui of Taiwan appealed Tuesday for a peaceful settlement of a dispute with Japan over an island group in the East China Sea.

53.   South Africa said Friday it would probe reports that South African citizens and weapons were involved in the coup in the Comoro island group.

54.   Taiwan on Thursday expressed renewed concern after Japanese rightists planted a national flag on a disputed island group and warned Tokyo their activities would damage bilateral relations.

55.   Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui appealed Tuesday for a peaceful settlement of a dispute with Japan over an island group in the East China Sea.

56.   Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui appealed Tuesday for a peaceful settlement of a wrangle in the East China Sea over a contested island group.

57.   Superintendent Charlemagne Alejandrino, police commander in the Sulu island group, said the Abu Sayyaf denial was relayed to his office by people with links to the extremists.

58.   The age-old dispute flared up anew in February after South Korea started building harbour facilities on the island group.

59.   The defense command on the Matsu island group, a major Taiwanese defense outpost near the Chinese coast, staged an anti-landing drill on Nankan islet.

60.   The dispute was triggered by a right-wing Japanese group which erected a light house and a Japanese flag on the island group.