Giuseppe Biancani also corresponded with Grienberger, with whom he discussed his doubts over Galileo's assertion that there were mountains on the moon.

The state court said the state's 'unqualified interest in life' should prevail over their assertion that her right to privacy gave her the right to die gracefully.

In recent days, though, tensions between the countries have flared anew over Turkey's assertion that it has the right to conduct cross-border military operations against Kurdish guerrillas in Iraq.

There was particular anger today over Mr. Netanyahu's assertion that further negotiations would have to be held over the Israeli pullback in Hebron.

A few months back, these two were swearing eternal enmity over Wylie's unilateral assertion of control in the exploitation of ebook rights for authors he represents.

In Bahrain, a fistfight recently erupted in a bar between a Kuwaiti and an American soldier over the Kuwaiti's assertion that the Americans were little more than mercenaries.

They fenced with Mr. Sullivan over his assertion that these were overture meetings, not formal fund-raisers.

Voters were evenly divided - and strictly along party lines - over President Clinton's assertion that people are "still too unwilling to vote for people who are different than we are."

The candidates next sparred over the Governor's assertion that Jeb Bush had made a $1 million profit from a failed savings and loan.

Estonia and Moscow had a confrontation over the republic's assertion that it had the right to reject Soviet laws, with the Kremlin condemning the Estonian vote as unconstitutional.