1.   In greater Boston, home to the third-largest Haitian population in the United States after New York and Miami, tragedy has deepened the fear of return.

2.   One after another, black legislators explained that naming Ashcroft as attorney general had only deepened the fears that black Americans have about receiving fair treatment under federal law.

3.   STOCKS DECLINE ON PROFIT CONCERNS Stocks fell as the Russian crisis deepened fears that slumping economies around the world would cut corporate profits.

4.   The African National Congress had set a two-thirds share of Parliament as its goal, but the goal itself deepened fears in the minority communities.

5.   Recent rebel attacks are deepening the fears.

6.   Soldiers hammered ethnic Albanian rebel positions with artillery fire again Saturday in an offensive that deepened fears among Macedonians that the country is on the verge of civil war.

7.   The incident deepened fears of military provocations from the North.

8.   The escalation in the monthlong crisis has deepened fears that prospects for peace are dying.

9.   The Security Council warned of consequences if Iraq threw them out of the country, but they were kicked out Thursday, deepening fears here of a military strike.

10.   The Security Council warned of consequences if Iraq threw them out of the country, but they were kicked out Thursday, deepening fears of a military strike.