31.   Two Syrian intellectuals who have spent eight months in detention were charged Thursday with incitement to riot, defaming the government and threatening national unity.

32.   Ultimately, this gap between Java and the other islands, and between the western and eastern parts of the country, will generally threaten national unity.

33.   Wiranto said unrest in Indonesia made neighboring countries such as Singapore and Malaysia nervous, and threatened national unity.

34.   But HAMAS on Thursday urged the Palestinian Authority to end the operations, warning they threatened Palestinian unity and played into the hands of Israel.

35.   But since then several northern prosecutors have begun proceedings against the flamboyant Northern League leader and his party for threatening national unity.

36.   China on Thursday appealed for more foreign investment in its agriculture sector, where it faces problems which are slowing down economic development and threatening national unity.

37.   Coordinating Minister of Political and Security Affairs Susilo Sudarman has called on Indonesians to act to prevent violence that threatens national unity, a press report said Friday.

38.   Coordinating Minister of Political and Security Affairs Susilo Sudarman has called on Indonesians to prevent violence that threatens national unity, the Pikiran Rakyat daily said.

39.   Yeltsin ordered his army in the Caucasus republic to crush a three-year independence drive that he maintained was threatening Russian unity.

40.   Meanwhile, the bickering and proliferation of candidates stepping forward is threatening party unity.