1.   Burundi, like neighboring Rwanda, has been torn by violence between members of the Hutu and Tutsi ethnic groups.

2.   Similar privileges have been granted to people from nations torn by violence in Eastern Europe and Africa.

3.   There are concerns about the security of staffers in an area riddled with land mines and still torn by violence.

4.   He warned there will be no investements in a country torn by violence.

5.   Ingushetia has been torn by violence resulting from ethnic strife with nearby North Ossetia.

6.   Ingushetia, a region torn by violence resulting from ethnic strife with nearby North Ossetia, sits in the mountainous northern Caucasus.

7.   Nigeria is sharply divided along ethnic and religious lines and is often torn by violence.

8.   Nigeria, which is sharply divided along ethnic and religious lines, is often torn by violence among the groups.

9.   Tajikistan has been torn by violence between the government and its political opposition, with fighting sometimes reaching the capital.

10.   Tajikistan has been torn by violence between the government and its political opposition, with fighting reaching the outskirts of the capital on occasion.