41.   From the start, this insecurity found expression in ethnic tensions and the persecution of minorities.

42.   He also believes that the Roma were manipulated by the Serbian government over the years specifically to stir up ethnic tension in Kosovo.

43.   He said Rwanda still has a long way to go toward reconciliation and the rebuilding of government institutions that can withstand ethnic tensions.

44.   In many African countries, violent ethnic tensions can be blamed in large part on the forced associations of arbitrarily drawn colonial borders.

45.   In the past months Moi has increasingly accused Western nations of meddling in African affairs, of creating and exploiting ethnic tensions and of wanting to recolonize Africa.

46.   In this diverse pecking order made up largely of black and Arab youth, ethnic tensions simmer but rarely come to a boil.

47.   Instead the committee attributed political violence in Guatemala to ethnic tension.

48.   Instead, they have looked within Israeli society to its deepening ethnic tensions and its religious-secular divide.

49.   It is a challenge in Asia, where Cold War tensions have given way to ethnic tensions.

50.   It might enable Nigeria itself, a country with real possibilities, to begin a comeback from decades of corruption, dictatorship, ethnic tension and war.