1.   His much-publicized act occurred a month after Turkey unexpectedly claimed the tiny islets as its own, igniting anger that almost led to war.

2.   The Senkakus are eight tiny islets lying between Taiwan and Okinawa.

3.   The tiny islet was abandoned.

4.   Earlier this month, Turkey issued an angry complaint when a Greek man married an Italian woman on a tiny islet.

5.   Greece on Tuesday said it would not take its dispute with Turkey on the ownership of tiny Aegean Sea islets to the International Court of Justice in The Hague.

6.   Seoul says that is because the tiny islets would be overrun by tourists.

7.   The helicopter was flying to the tiny islet of Mactan near the city of Cebu, where the United States has a supply base for the Basilan mission.

8.   The tiny islet, called Tok-do in Korean and Takeshima in Japanese, is claimed by both countries, but South Korea currently exercises de facto control.

9.   The two countries also are embroiled in territorial disputes over tiny islets in the Japan Sea.

10.   The two countries are also embroiled in a territorial dispute over tiny islets in the Sea of Japan, called Tokdo in Korea and Takeshima in Japan.