1.   Americans often learn of distant places like this only when ancient hatreds turn them into caldrons of unbearable suffering.

2.   Ancient hatreds in the Balkans have produced cycles of killing and revenge.

3.   Ancient hatreds, extending from the national aspirations of Israelis and Palestinians in this century to the tribal struggles of biblical times, influence the present-day politics.

4.   As France and other countries try to snuff out Muslim extremism, they unleash the ancient hatreds of Islam.

5.   But as the prolonged war in Bosnia proves, ancient hatreds in Europe have yet to heel.

6.   But ancient tribal hatreds have cast a dark shadow over what had been a promising few months.

7.   Even now, under a tentative diplomatic protocol, the seeds of ancient hatreds still produce their vile fruit.

8.   Securing a city like Jerusalem, site of ancient hatreds and modern enmities, is difficult.

9.   The ancient hatreds seem inescapable.

10.   The barriers essential to sustain the myths of ancient hatred and the madness of war may thus be beginning to crack.