11.   Greece has so far escaped a serious rift with NATO, but daily anti-war protests are becoming increasingly militant.

12.   Her move opened a serious rift among Bosnian Serb officials.

13.   However, the U.S.-South Korean alliance is so strong that prospects of a serious rift over how to deal with the North are dim.

14.   However, Watkins dismisses talk of a serious rift.

15.   In past years, Iranian rallies in Mecca have sparked serious rifts with Saudi Arabia, exacerbating the strained relations between the two Muslim powers.

16.   In past years, Iranian rallies in Mecca have sparked serious rifts with Saudi Arabia, exacerbating strained relations between the two Muslim powers.

17.   Serious rift surfaces among Bosnian Serbs leaders.

18.   Serbian opposition leaders headed to Washington on Thursday to seek crucial U.S. support, while reports surfaced about serious rifts within their pro-democracy coalition.

19.   The battle to succeed Hague, likely to drag on until September, has exposed both serious rifts on policy and petty personality clashes.

20.   The defections and their aftermath have marked the most serious rift between Iraq and Jordan, which was once the strongest ally of Saddam.