11.   The decision could deepen rifts within the armed forces.

12.   The court action deepens a rift between Mrs. Mandela and the mainstream ANC leadership headed by her husband.

13.   The latest report appears only to deepen the rift between the two partners in a regional trading cooperation group.

14.   United States has criticized Turkey, a NATO ally, for threatening Cyprus and thereby straining the military alliance by deepening a rift with Greece.

15.   He is expected to take care not to deepen the rifts that already plague the Conservatives when he makes his keynote speech at the seaside resort on Friday.

16.   The outcome of the Cairo summit dimmed expectations for the future of the Arab-Israeli peace process and appeared to deepen the rift between the two sides.

17.   The two were transferred a week later by NATO airplane to The Hague at the request of the war crimes tribunal, deepening the rift.

18.   The trip enraged Beijing and deepened the rift between the two rivals.

19.   Their transfer, a week later, by NATO airplane to The Hague at the request of the war crimes tribunal, only deepened the rift.