11.   Its support is also important to U.S.-led Middle East peace efforts and to maintaining stability in a volatile region.

12.   One volatile region that has attracted the attention of mutual fund managers of late is Israel and the Middle East.

13.   Populated mostly by Uighurs, a Turkic people, Xinjiang is the largest and one of the most volatile regions of China.

14.   Powell clearly faces a tall order in getting the neighbors to solve their differences on an issue that could flare and further destabilize the volatile region.

15.   School officials insist it has taught professional military skills and ethics to Latin armies and claims to have helped bring democracy to a volatile region once dominated by dictators.

16.   Slamming cruise missiles into Iraq, Belliard continued, threatens to inflame an already volatile region.

17.   Still, the uncertainty has made it difficult to arrange financing for pipelines in a volatile region.

18.   That would enable Washington to take the lead in restraining sales, especially to volatile regions like the Middle East.

19.   The concerns for security in this volatile region were apparent from the start.

20.   The initial fires started Saturday in the Blood Mountain Wilderness area, but since then others have ignited in the volatile region.