The presidents of Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador March 7, 2008 signed a declaration to end a crisis sparked when Colombian troops killed a rebel leader and 21 others inside Ecuadoran territory ( 2008 Andean diplomatic crisis ).

The incident sparked significant outrage from the opposition Conservatives, who argued that it had the potential to damage diplomatic relations between Canada and the United States.

Spain ’ s expulsion of a British garrison from the Falkland Islands in May 1770 sparked a major diplomatic crisis that brought Europe to the brink of war.

On a trip to Africa in late 2004, De Gucht sparked a diplomatic row when he said that " there is a problem with the political class in Congo " and questioned their ability to tackle corruption.

This sparked four days of riots that ended with 22 Panamanians and four Americans dead and with Panama breaking diplomatic relations with the United States.

Charlemagne's claim to the imperial title of the Romans sparked a prolonged diplomatic row, which was resolved only in 812 when the Byzantines agreed to recognize him as " basileus ".

The speech sparked a diplomatic incident with Canada's government, and was condemned by Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson, saying that " Canadians do not need to be liberated.

This sparked Cuba to cut off diplomatic relations with the EU.

This sparked off a minor diplomatic incident, the review being attacked in Tynwald with House of Keys member David Cannan demanding an apology for this " unacceptable and scurrilous attack ", whilst Tourism Minister David Cretney said it would harm the island's tourism.

Chen Yonglin () is a former Chinese diplomat who sparked fears of a diplomatic incident through his defection to Australia in the summer of 2005.

* 1911 – A gun battle in the East End of London left two dead and sparked a political row over the involvement of then-Home Secretary Winston Churchill.

The government then sparked off a political row by suggesting that some of the smaller colleges should be closed.

The affair sparked a widely reported row within the corporation.

All the materials he had to work with was a strip board nailed to the floor with a row of tallow candles It wasn ’ t until 1849, when Jefferson returned to New York that he began to earn both critical and financial success though not nearly to the extent he would earn later in life In 1861 due to his failing health and the death of his wife, he left to go to San Francisco and then on to Australia After spending four years in Australia, he left for London and met Dion Boucicault who would revise Rip Van Winkle, turning it from just a play in Jefferson ’ s repertoire to being “ a pronounced success and ran for one hundred and seventy nights .” Opening night on September 5, 1865 at the Adelphi Theatre in London sparked what would become one of the most celebrated characters of the stage in the 19th century.

Preceded by the Houndsditch Murders, it ended with the deaths of two members of a supposedly politically motivated gang of burglars and international anarchists supposedly led by Peter Piatkow, a. k. a. " Peter the Painter ", and sparked a major political row over the involvement of the then Home Secretary, Winston Churchill.

Kealey sparked a sexism row in September 2009.

In 2005, five years after his resignation from Benetton following the controversy surrounding the death row campaign, he sparked controversy again with his photographs for an advertising campaign for the men's clothing brand ' Ra-Re '.

In 2007, executive producer Diederick Santer used Patrick and Yolande to cover a storyline about racism, that according to the producer, was inspired by the 2007 Celebrity Big Brother race row, sparked by supposed racist bullying of Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty by UK celebrity Jade Goody.

In 2007, executive producer Diederick Santer used Patrick and Yolande to cover a storyline about racism, that according to the producer, was inspired by the 2007 Celebrity Big Brother race row, sparked by supposed racist bullying of Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty by UK celebrity Jade Goody.

However his hasty return on August 18 sparked off fierce inter-tribal clashes between the Issa and the Gadabuursi, which in turn caused the Gadabuursi to withdraw from Djibouti politics and did not return to the political scene until after Djibouti's independence.

The new law, which would allow civilians to own guns, sparked heated scenes in the East Timorese parliament between the parliamentarians who support the new law and those who oppose it.

At first relations between the Seleucids and the Jews were cordial, but the attempt of Antiochus IV Epiphanes ( 174 – 163 ) to impose Hellenic culture sparked a national rebellion, which ended in the expulsion of the Syrians and the establishment of an independent Jewish kingdom under the Hasmonean dynasty.

The construction of the towers involved the demolition of the Ajyad Fortress, which in turn sparked a dispute between Turkey and Saudi Arabia.

Intellectual as well as violent clashes between the junta and the intellectual sparked in the urban and the countryside respectively.

This sparked a war between the Amazons and the Athenians.

This book sparked the association between the Medmenham Monks and the Hellfire Club.

The elections sparked the gruesome violence in Pakistan and tension between Awami League and the Pakistan Peoples Party began to rise.

The invention sparked the " War of Currents " between the Westinghouse Electric Corporation and the General Electric Company headed by Thomas Edison and J. P. Morgan.

The end of the war also sparked the beginning of the German dualism between Prussia and Austria, which would ultimately fuel German nationalism and the drive to unify Germany as a single entity.

This sparked a period of civil strife between Hutu political structures and the Tutsi military, in which an estimated 500, 000 Burundians died.

Mégnin's work and study of the larval and adult forms of insect families found in cadavers sparked the interest of future entomologists and encouraged more research in the link between arthropods and the deceased, and thereby helped to establish the scientific discipline of forensic entomology.

This somewhat stunted the Omsk's growth and sparked a continuing rivalry between the two cities.

The Bentuhua or localization / indigenization movement was sparked in the mid-1970s with the growing expression of ethnic discontent due to unequal distribution of political and cultural power between mainlanders and Taiwanese people.

This sparked a period of civil strife between Hutu political structures and the Tutsi military, in which an estimated 800, 000 Burundians, mostly Tutsi, were murdered.

The government did not acquiesce and the ruler continued to issue laws by decree and in 1974 the issuance of the security law sparked a political crisis between certain members of the assembly and the government.

Technically, Kundalini energy is understood as being sparked during yogic breathing when prana and apana blends at the 3rd chakra ( naval center ) at which point it initially drops down to the 1st and 2nd chakras before traveling up to the spine to the higher centers of the brain to activate the golden cord-the connection between the pituitary and pineal glands-and penetrate the 7 chakras.

It also sparked a violent feud between the UDA and its rival loyalist organisation, the Ulster Volunteer Force ( UVF ).

The " State of Emergency ," which lasted 34-days, coincided with the opening of PPL Park, but was sparked due to the murder of a 3-year old toddler in the city's crime-plagued West End ( between Lamokin Street and the western borders with Upper Chichester Township and Trainer Borough ).

The unyielding originality of Styron's next two novels, published between 1967 and 1979, sparked much controversy and may have caused the violent responses they received.

Early on, a public polemic was sparked between Eliade and Camil Petrescu: the two eventually reconciled and later became good friends.

In addition, rumors were sparked that Sebastian and Nina Mareş had a physical relationship, one which could have contributed to the clash between the two literary figures.

Alongside the ledger, which included the price of the pasty in Plymouth, Devon in 1509, the discovery sparked a controversy between the neighbouring counties of Devon and Cornwall as to the origin of the dish.

Nabokov's previously close friend Edmund Wilson reviewed Nabokov's translation in the New York Review of Books, which sparked an exchange of letters there and an enduring falling-out between them.