61.   U.N.-sponsored talks for the reunification of the island are deadlocked by the Turkish precondition that the breakaway state be recognized.

62.   An Iranian official has questioned the legitimacy of Azerbaijan, a former Soviet republic, saying history would never recognize a state with such a name.

63.   Although the state is not recognized internationally, the presence of the UN peacekeepers has put them beyond the reach of the Croatian government.

64.   Belgrade had said it would recognize the states arising from the former Yugoslavia only if Serbia and Montenegro were declared the sole inheritor of the now defunct federation.

65.   But he also criticized the Vatican for recognizing the state of Israel.

66.   China recognizes the state of Palestine with Yassar Arafat as its president.

67.   The state is recognized only by Ankara.

68.   The Vatican recently exchanged ambassadors with Israel after formally recognizing the state.

69.   The breakaway northern state is recognized only by Ankara.