21.   They fear that the prefabricatedtemple will suddenly be erected by militants, once again tearing the country apart.

22.   When a Labor government carried out the first Oslo stages, the country was torn by violent demonstrations culminating in the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.

23.   Both countries have been torn by civil war in recent years.

24.   Despite the peace dividend, the country was torn internally.

25.   Evidently, the Vatican feels that both church and society are still divided in Chile and that to put Pinochet on trial risks tearing the country apart again.

26.   Gailani watched from abroad as her country was torn apart and lobbied for the West to intervene.

27.   Since then, the country has been torn by separatist conflicts and economic ruin as it struggles to establish democracy after decades of dictatorship.

28.   The country was torn by violent conflict between a ruling government elected earlier this year and opposition parties who claimed the election was rigged.

29.   The president recently ended a long civil war in the former Soviet republic, but the country still is torn by rival clans battling for territory and influence.

30.   OIC secretary general Hamid Algabid issued an appeal to the ministers to help end wars tearing Moslem countries apart and improve a distorted image of their religion.