11.   But insiders warn of tough bargaining ahead, and the pitfalls of playing European fireman on international crises such as the simmering conflict in nearby Kosovo.

12.   Each side in the simmering conflict sought to bring international pressure to bear on the other.

13.   Eritrea occupied Badme in early May, sparking off the simmering conflict into a full scale war.

14.   He spoke of a new sense of urgency dictated by the tense relations and simmering conflicts on the continent.

15.   In a sign of simmering conflict in Azerbaijan, the ruling party scolded the parliament speaker Monday and accused him of inciting instability in the former Soviet republic.

16.   In West Africa, a simmering conflict along the borders of Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea has intensified in recent months, threatening a new, all-out war.

17.   Simmering conflict in the Great Lakes region could engulf Central and East Africa unless neighboring countries promote peace, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said Thursday.

18.   Simmering conflict between Chinese and Muslims in predominantly Muslim region has become the most violent internal threat to China.

19.   Simmering conflict has slowed commercial traffic and even soldiers rarely venture outside their barracks after sunset.

20.   Swiss authorities in Bern and Geneva have refused to comment on whether the killing was somehow related to the simmering conflict between Muslim militants and the Egyptian government.