The fact that it was the one place in the region where a domestic dispute could spark an international conflict persuaded the UN to send peacekeeping troops to patrol its frontiers.

A rumbling dispute about changes to working conditions sparked an ill-temperered row in a research facility marked for twenty years of good industrial relations.

The dispute sparked another war, this time with Charles and Louis the German allied against Lothar.

In England, disputes between the Parliament and King Charles I sparked a massive civil war in the 1640s.

The dispute sparked a large debate within the climbing community.

B1 Publisher says dispute within the unions sparked strike B4 The governor's race in New York, which Governor Cuomo is strongly favored to win, has produced little but apathy.

The dispute with the customer, Giselaine Fetissainte, a Haitian immigrant, sparked the boycott in January.

The dispute has sparked considerable debate on the Bronx Science alumni e-mail group.

These forces were in play over the last few weeks as a racially divisive dispute over the dismissal of Selma's first black school superintendent sparked demonstrations, provoked fears of violence and disrupted schools.

The dispute between Vincent and his employers has sparked debates between fans and division among owners.