61.   The official said the request is a contingency plan and does not signal a decision to resolve the politically charged issue by sending Elian back to his homeland.

62.   The prisoner releases are an emotionally charged issue in Israel where dozens of people have been killed in the past two years in attacks by Palestinian militants.

63.   While homelessness is often a politically charged issue in the United States, in Japan it draws relatively little media coverage and few defenders or advocacy groups.

64.   Other emotionally charged issues include the future of Jerusalem and the creation of an independent Palestinian state.

65.   Political analysts say Fujimori will have a hard time allaying the doubts that the opposition has planted about him on the emotionally charged issue of Peruvian sovereignty.