1.   A US State Department spokeswoman said that extremists were trying to frustrate the efforts of the USA to convene a peace conference.

2.   Extremists will try to destabilize an increasingly stable political situation.

3.   Hernandez warned that some extremists might try to block any effort to turn Elian over to his father.

4.   They see many long-intractable issues remaining in the Arab-Israeli conflict, with plenty of chances for extremists to try to derail talks.

5.   Peres canceled some appearances Wednesday and increased his bodyguard detail after the secret service received fresh warnings that Jewish extremists would try to harm the prime minister.

6.   Peres canceled some appearances Wednesday and increased his bodyguard detail after the secret service received warnings that Jewish extremists would try to harm him.

7.   And he predicted that Protestant extremists would have tried to kill Catholics at random.

8.   But fuel was spent on lighting and air conditioning during the tense standoff in Algeria, where Muslim extremists are trying to topple the military-backed government.

9.   Fears are growing that Jewish extremists might try a last-ditch violent effort to scuttle an Israeli pullout from the West Bank town of Hebron, security officials said Wednesday.

10.   He said this had caused extremists to try to set up a religion-based state using violence.