41.   Though a foreign policy crisis could break out at any moment, the chances of an international incident influencing the November election seem pretty slight.

42.   U.S. officials, meanwhile, insisted that the United States would not apologize for the incident that touched off the international incident, as China has demanded.

43.   What happened next turned a crime into an international incident.

44.   Where else do human rights issues and international incidents get wrapped up in something as prosaic as putting up a street sign?

45.   A military escort in the air and on the water had orders to do whatever it takes to keep the flotilla from turning into another international incident.

46.   An airplane to provoke international incidents?

47.   Arbel said no pressure had been put on her office to clear Bassiouny, but that the investigation was accelerated to avoid creating an international incident.

48.   As for President Bush, he is now facing the first major international incident of his young administration.

49.   Chen said he chose foreigners as his hostages so that he could create an international incident and put more pressure on police to meet his demands.

50.   Clinton later repudiated the remarks and said she had feared she would have caused an international incident by denouncing Mrs. Arafat on the spot.