1.   Clearly angered after his second rebuff by parliament, Chernomyrdin accused some lawmakers of inciting social tensions for their political advantage.

2.   Labor Party officials blamed Likud for inciting tension during the period leading up to the assassination.

3.   Officials have accused Chechnya of inciting tension in Dagestan in an effort to expand its influence in the region.

4.   Elizabeth Rehn, special rapporteur on the former Yugoslavia, also called for the resignation of those guilty of inciting ethnic tensions.