1.   An Israeli refusal to release political prisoners, for example, prompted Palestinian youths to provoke violent clashes with Israeli soldiers.

2.   But there were also unconfirmed reports that the killings had provoked further clashes.

3.   Proposals for such regulation have provoked bitter clashes in the past, with conservatives arguing that the federal government has no business setting standards.

4.   The issues that provoked this clash between the executive and legislative branches are less threatening to the Constitution than those in Watergate, say some who lived through both.

5.   PLO officials said activists of the Hamas group provoked the clash at the mosque.

6.   Police said they arrested one U.S.-born ultra-Orthodox youth for trying to provoke clashes with secular Jews.

7.   A separatist leader urged the Russian government on Thursday to withdraw all its troops, saying their presence could provoke clashes.

8.   A statement from the new Kragujevac government accused police of trying to provoke clashes and demanded that officers vacate the station.

9.   An article in several state-run newspapers blamed Falun Gong leader Li Hongzhi for inciting members to extreme acts that upset public order and provoked clashes with police.

10.   An inquiry later determined that the clashes had been provoked by government agents.