31.   They have been held against a background of rising ethnic unrest in Burundi which, like its northern neighbour Rwanda, is divided into Hutu and Tutsi communities.

32.   Visits by foreign dignitaries have in the past nearly always sparked ethnic unrest in Bujumbura between extremists of both sides.

33.   Visits by foreign dignitaries have in the past nearly always sparked ethnic unrest in Bujumbura between extremists of the majority Hutu and minority Tutsi tribes.

34.   Visits by foreign dignitaries have in the past nearly always sparked ethnic unrest in this central African state between extremists of both sides.

35.   Islamabad denies the charge and blames New Delhi for ethnic unrest in Pakistan.

36.   It has attempted to mediate in the fighting in eastern Zaire between the rebels and government forces since the ethnic unrest first broke out there in September.

37.   Police said they had come from Zaire, where tens of thousands of Burundian Hutus fled to escape ethnic unrest.

38.   Reports in Pakistani newspapers recently said the government might ask New Delhi to close down its consulate in Karachi because it was suspected of encouraging ethnic unrest there.

39.   Riots and ethnic unrest in Dili last weekend claimed at least one life.

40.   The Black Sea is a key strategic region for Russia, which faces ethnic unrest in the Caucasus including the continuing brutal war in Chechnya.