1.   Inter-ethnic violence has flared sporadically since independence.

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

3.   Violence flared and on at least one occasion stones were thrown at the police.

4.   As violence flared, a spectator had an ear sliced off and play was suspended by the referee for five minutes before order was restored.

5.   And because violence has flared occasionally, you are required to sign a waiver.

6.   As the talks went on, renewed violence flared out between Israeli troops and Palestinian rioters in the West Bank and The Gaza Strip.

7.   As the violence has flared recently, Yasser Arafat has repeatedly called for a cease-fire, and the Palestinian leadership did so again on Friday.

8.   As the talks went on, renewed violence flared between Israeli troops and Palestinian rioters in the West Bank and The Gaza Strip.

9.   After visiting his father there the previous summer, Kerr had to be sneaked across the border to get out of the country when violence flared.

10.   But Bush ordered Zinni home in January when violence flared anew and the peace prospects dwindled.