41.   Breakaway Chechnya is also located in the volatile region.

42.   Border clashes between the two rival former Soviet republics began in mid-April in what has become a spring routine in the volatile region.

43.   But political turmoil in Serbia points to continued tensions in the volatile region.

44.   But the attack heightened tensions in the volatile region.

45.   Clinton said the resolution could damage relations with a crucial ally in a volatile region.

46.   Concerned about escalating Kosovo violence, British Defense Secretary George Robertson called Tuesday for more attention in Europe to the instability of the volatile southeastern Yugoslav region.

47.   CIA Director John Deutch in February warned that continued uncertainty over nuclear arms in South Asia increased the chances of a conflict in the already volatile region.

48.   Cross-border shelling is common in the volatile region.

49.   Despite the disagreements, Dourado remains optimistic that the union of Tanzania, long considered an island of stability in a volatile region, will remain strong.

50.   Ethnic Albanian militants fired a mortar barrage at police in a volatile region of southern Serbia near the boundary with Kosovo, a key government official said Wednesday.