21.   Some of the most important changes are taking place in nations as diverse as Brazil, Germany, New Zealand and the United States.

22.   The election pits the centrist Congress Party of Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao against the Bharatiya Janata Party, which espouses Hindu hegemony over the ethnically diverse nation.

23.   The election pits the centrist Congress Party against the BJP, which espouses Hindu hegemony over the ethnically diverse nation.

24.   The party, espousing Hindu hegemony over this ethnically diverse nation, has been shunned by other parties.

25.   This development is in one sense a natural reflection of the tensions to be expected in a nation as diverse as Indonesia.

26.   Hindus and Sikhs filed in alongside women delegates and representatives from every ethnic minority in the diverse nation.

27.   But the task of getting such diverse nations to agree could be daunting, former Japanese prime minister Yasuhiro Nakasone admitted.

28.   National unity was also the theme for the New Year in Malaysia, reflecting apparently growing extremist threats in the ethnically diverse nation.

29.   National unity was the theme for the New Year in Malaysia, reflecting apparently growing extremist threats in the ethnically diverse nation.

30.   One immediate concern is the threat of lawlessness and factional fighting as the interim administration attempts to unify the ethnically diverse nation.