21.   Some criticism is tolerated, but news media tiptoe around touchy subjects like religion and any hints that the government might be divided on an issue.

22.   Syria rejects the agreement, which dies as the Lebanese government is divided by civil war.

23.   The debate cut across party lines, even dividing the government.

24.   The government is divided over the merit of a single, national force though its current police system is highly discredited.

25.   The government is sharply divided along ethnic lines.

26.   The government has been divided over how to deal with the Kurds.

27.   The Lebanese government was divided.

28.   West European governments are divided on Iraq.

29.   West European governments have been divided on how to deal with Iraq.

30.   Westerners close to negotiations say the government has been divided over whether to readily accept many of them.