1.   But Robert Dallek, a Boston University historian, said that direct election of presidents could foment political instability.

2.   Forget the dire warnings that this delayed presidential vote counting will foment instability and fatally divide our nation.

3.   In the past, he has charged that Russia is fomenting instability in his country.

4.   All three countries accuse Khartoum of fomenting instability in the region.

5.   But the Iraqi government suggests they had ulterior motives, such as fomenting instability to further prolong the international sanctions against Iraq.

6.   Milosevic has been blamed for fomenting instability in the Balkans for years, triggering wars in Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo.

7.   The Uzbek government has accused its opponents of fomenting instability and, in particular, of spreading an Islamic fundamentalist message.

8.   Police said he was arrested over statements blaming Taylor for fomenting instability in the Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea region.