1.   The war has left the sprawling nation carved up into various regions controlled by the government and rebel armies.

2.   Election returns have been arriving here from around this sprawling nation with excruciating slowness, and officials of some parties are expressing alarm over the possibility of vote manipulation.

3.   For better or worse, the clashes have united this sprawling nation and unleashed a torrent of frothy patriotism.

4.   The mosque is a touchstone of Hindu-Muslim tension in a sprawling nation where people of nearly every religion generally live peaceably.

5.   Turning to Russia, Rubin said the sprawling Eurasian nation is prepared to meet International Monetary Fund standards on its finances.

6.   African leaders defended their decisions to intervene in the Congo conflict, telling heads of state that the sprawling nation would collapse if rebels ousted President Laurent Kabila.

7.   Anti-Chinese violence has erupted sporadically since May in towns and villagers across the sprawling Southeast Asian nation.

8.   Civil unrest in this sprawling Southeast Asian nation has escalated since student protests and riots forced ex-President Suharto to quit last May.

9.   Corruption and economic mismanagement has for years plagued Papua New Guinea, a sprawling nation of five million people north of Australia, roughly the size of California.

10.   Despite this, Wahid has consistently rejected calls for him to resign, saying that if he did step down the sprawling Southeast Asian nation would disintegrate.