1.   But underlining the fragility of this process were two incidents of violence on Saturday.

2.   The resettlement difficulties in the other two town underline the fragility of ties between the Muslim and Croat partners in the shaky, U.S.-brokered federation.

3.   The rupture over the NATO bombing campaign in Yugoslavia underlined the fragility of the council.

4.   The violence underlines the fragility of security conditions in the newly liberated Lebanese territory, where anti-Israel guerrillas are now in control.

5.   Ethnic and tribal violence in the provinces has underlined the fragility of the UN-backed interim cabinet as it tries to assert its control over the countryside.