61. Afghan tribesmen opened fire on the forces of a provincial governor trying to mediate a land dispute, killing two soldiers, an official said Sunday. 62. Al-Omri had a grudge against the villagers because of a land dispute and there was no political motive, officials said. 63. An Israeli settler was shot and killed Sunday and another seriously wounded in a land dispute with Bedouin shepherds. 64. An Australian military official also rejected the suggestion that his troops stumbled into the midst of a land dispute. 65. Armed tribesmen engaged in a yearlong land dispute with police have kidnapped a German diplomat, tribal chiefs said Saturday. 66. At the same time hundreds of farmers clashed with plantation workers during a protest over a land dispute near Medan on the island of Sumatra. 67. Aum Shinri Kyo was involved at the time in a court case involving a land dispute, and the three judges hearing the case lived in the residence. 68. Authorities on Sunday were negotiating with members of the rival tribes to settle the land dispute and end the violence. 69. Border crossings have since reopened and relations have normalized, but land disputes remain at the forefront of bilateral ties. 70. Blanco says he sees similarities between land disputes in Chiapas and Peru. |