1.   And fears had emerged within his National Security Council that the fighting could spread.

2.   If the fighting spreads, the fact that our unilateral action had triggered the escalation would compel us to deal with the consequences.

3.   Khamidov said authorities in Kazakhstan have responded by warning that the fighting could spread into its territory.

4.   The fear was then and is now that the fighting could spread across borders.

5.   The U.N. officials also fear that the fighting would spread, with Croats and Serbs in other parts of the Balkans joining in.

6.   Police said fighting had spread to another village, Malina, and to the nearby Kodra Pura Mountain.

7.   President Boris Yeltsin insists the fighting will not spread.

8.   As the fighting has spread, hundreds of thousands of Hutu refugees have fled their camps, a strategic benefit to the Tutsis.

9.   Foreign powers fear the fighting will spread to other countries with large Albanian communities.

10.   Hoxha and the refugees here know the police armored vehicles are just a few kilometers away and are waiting for the fighting to spread to the fields.