11.   Dagestan sees frequent small-scale bombings and other unrest, often spillover violence from the war in Chechnya.

12.   Dagestan, a patchwork of mostly Muslim ethnic minorities, is the site of fairly frequent small-scale bombings and other unrest, often spillover violence from Chechnya.

13.   It has also been hit by spillover violence from breakaway Chechnya, on its western border.

14.   It is plagued by spillover violence from nearby Chechnya, as well as internal conflicts among various religious and ethnic groups battling for power.

15.   It was one of the worst episodes of spillover violence in the two-year Chechen war.

16.   It was the latest in a series of attacks in Dagestan, which borders Chechnya and often sees spillover violence from the conflict in that breakaway province.

17.   North Ossetia, which is located near Chechnya, has been plagued by spillover violence from the breakaway region as well as its own ethnic conflicts.

18.   Officials planned to discuss restoring order to the Caucasus, which have been struggling to deal with internal conflicts and spillover violence from Chechnya.

19.   Russia and the Central Asian states fear a refugee flood or spillover violence from U.S. strikes on Afghanistan could further rock the restive region and drain its scarce finances.