1.   His defiance of calls to resign will only add fuel to the political funding row that erupted around Mr Kohl last November.

2.   When the latest bout of violence erupted around Freetown I knew he would be there.

3.   A NEW row erupted around the Government last night after it signalled it would go slow on new laws to outlaw ticket touts.

4.   And the confrontations have erupted around final exams, a period usually devoted to quiet study and subdued parties to mark the end of the school year.

5.   Another, less genial bit of Hollywood political conflict also has erupted around the film.

6.   As charges erupt around him, Clinton has denied, in increasingly strong terms, that he had a sexual affair with the intern.

7.   As the Teapot Dome scandal erupted all around him, he amused himself in the White House with booze, poker games and a young mistress.

8.   As word spread Sunday that the parade would be allowed, violent incidents erupted around Northern Ireland.

9.   As with so much of the controversies that have erupted around the president, the questions are legion and answers hard to come by.

10.   At their best, they scarcely seemed to notice the criminal activity erupting around them.