1.   If we take steps that superficially lead to security but, in fact, destabilize the situation and cause new tensions, that leads to a decrease in security.

2.   Western powers, Schulz said, evidently fear that strong condemnations might risk destabilizing the situation in Algeria and furthering the spread of extremism.

3.   With a divided opposition, a fractious army, weak national institutions and a stubborn current leader, economic sanctions could destabilize the situation even further.

4.   International peacekeepers had warned of violence during the loya jirga meeting, perhaps from Taliban and al-Qaida fugitives or others seeking to destabilize the situation.

5.   Kazak President Nursultan Nazarbayev warned that the victory of the Communist leader Gennady Zyuganov could destabilize the situation in other commonwealth countries.

6.   Russian leaders have called the bombing an attempt to destabilize the situation in the north Caucasus region, where inter-ethnic and religious strife is never far below the surface.

7.   The rebels, Belyaev said, remain a formidable force able to destabilize the situation in Chechnya and Russia.

8.   The rebels, Belyaev noted, remain a formidable force able to destabilize the situation in Chechnya and Russia for a long time to come.

9.   The social and political situation could be destabilized, causing the whole IMF reform package to be removed from the national agenda.

10.   They also said the protest was staged to destabilize the situation in the restive republic of Dagestan.