1.   As the conflicts simmer, the passing on of a national culture and an unbroken Christian legacy hangs in the balance.

2.   Still, the conflict simmers.

3.   Conflict simmers and flares across Africa.

4.   Lopes and Warner, a Virginia Republican, are on a tour of several countries in the Caucasus region south of Russia, where several conflicts are simmering.

5.   The capture of two soldiers by an opposition party adds an explosive new dispute to the conflicts already simmering in the southern state of Chiapas.

6.   The capture of two soldiers by an opposition party has added an explosive new dispute to the conflicts already simmering in the southern state of Chiapas.