1.   For it is an ethnic conflict, between peoples who see each other at close range.

2.   Nabaa also reflects the legacy of ethnic conflict.

3.   The ethnic conflict in the region has become violent.

4.   This surge of humanity has disrupted land-holding patterns and economic relationships and engendered ethnic conflict.

5.   An ethnic conflict that was simmering away in the background finally erupted into civil war.

6.   The Soviet Union faced another ethnic conflict when rioting and intercommunal violence flared in the Central Asian republic of Kirghizia.

7.   Emphasis was given in the final summit declaration to overcoming ethnic conflict and guaranteeing minority rights.

8.   Relations with neighbouring Mauritania were affected by the continuing ethnic conflict.

9.   Troops trying to put down the ethnic conflict in South Ossetia were transferred to relief operations.

10.   The risk of ethnic conflict in Bosnia-Hercegovina was considered to be too great for that republic to qualify for EC recognition.